Bennie Logan didn’t fare well in Eagles defensive coordinator Jim Schwartz‘s scheme last season, but the veteran defensive tackle is looking forward to moving back to a 3-4 front under Chiefs DC Bob Sutton, as Pete Sweeney of Chiefs.com writes. “I just felt like it was time for me to have a change of scenery,” Logan said. “I just wanted to go out and do something different. I enjoyed my time there but I just felt like it was time for me to branch off and try to establish myself somewhere else.” Logan, 27, signed a one-year, $8MM deal with Kansas City this offseason, and will seek to replace — or better — the production vacated by former Chiefs interior defender Dontari Poe.
Here’s more from the AFC:
- Although they play slightly different positions, Jaguars center Brandon Linder could use Raiders guard Gabe Jackson‘s recent five-year, $56MM extension as a benchmark in negotiations, opines Ryan O’Halloran of the Florida Times-Union. The 25-year-old Linder graded as the NFL’s No. 5 center in 2016, per Pro Football Focus, but he’s slated to earn just $1.797MM next season before becoming an unrestricted free agent in the spring. As O’Halloran notes, Linder and Jackson were selected just 12 spots apart in the third round of the 2014 draft. Because he wasn’t a first-round choice, Linder isn’t eligible for a fifth-year option in 2017, and the franchise tag isn’t an option for an interior lineman.
- Now that the Raiders have locked up Jackson and quarterback Derek Carr, the next item on the club’s offseason itinerary is finding a middle linebacker, according to Paul Gutierrez of ESPN.com, who tosses out both Perry Riley and Rey Maualuga as possible fits. I recently named both Riley and Maualuga among the five best unsigned linebackers in the league, along with DeAndre Levy, Daryl Smith, and D’Qwell Jackson. Riley, of course, spent the 2016 campaign in Oakland and experienced a career resurgence after several middling seasons with the Redskins. At present, the Raiders are fielding Cory James, Ben Heeney, and Tyrell James at middle linebacker.
- In case you missed it, we rounded up several AFC notes earlier today, with items on the Jaguars, Jets, and Ravens.