The latest from Philly:
- Although wide receiver Jordan Matthews is entering the final season of his rookie deal, the Eagles haven’t made any progress towards an extension with the former second-round pick, according to Les Bowen of the Philadelphia Inquirer. Matthews was reportedly dealing with knee tendinitis and didn’t practice much during the spring, but some in the Eagles organization believe Mathews sulking about his contract, per Bowen. Last week, Matthews was fully cleared to participate in training camp, tweets Jeff McLane of the Philadelphia Inquirer, and declined to elaborate on the status of his knee. However, he did tell Tim McManus of ESPN.com that he would “literally never” sit out due to contract concerns. Entering his age-25 campaign, Matthews is scheduled to earn $1.095MM for the upcoming season.
- Eliot Shorr-Parks of NJ.com ran down ten cornerbacks that the Eagles could trade or sign for. The list includes Darrelle Revis, even though the former shutdown corner has clearly lost a step or three. Although Revis was bad in 2016, he wasn’t quite as bad as the Eagles’ cornerbacks in the writer’s estimation. Revis gave up three touchdowns last year, which was still less than Eagles No. 1 cornerback Leodis McKelvin‘s seven surrendered TDs. Brandon Flowers, Sam Shields, and Leon Hall are among the other veteran possibilities highlighted.
- Wide receiver Marcus Johnson is a legit contender for the Eagles‘ roster now that he is healthy, David Murphy of the Philadelphia Daily News writes. Johnson, 23 on Saturday, joined the team as an undrafted free agent last year but did not have a chance to see live action thanks to a quad injury he suffered in camp. His arrow is now trending upwards as he looks to fill a spot behind receivers Alshon Jeffery, Torrey Smith, Jordan Matthews, Nelson Agholor, and rookie Mack Hollins.
Dallas Robinson contributed to this post.
I’d be on board with brining in Revis on a one year “prove it or lose it” type of deal. He can’t be any worse than the situation we’re in now so I feel it’s a low risk high reward type thing if he were to pan out. If it didn’t pan out then it wouldn’t be a huge loss because we would’ve got roughly the same results from one of our own guys. I say go for it as long as it’s a reasonable deal. No Asomugha money. give him the cheap “prove yourself” contract
The first 6MM goes to the JETS because of the “recoup language” in the contract. The best course for the EAGLES is to be in position to make the playoffs and sign Revis for the last few games at the pro rated minimum. Revis gets to rest up in the regular season and “prove it” in the playoffs so as to get a 2018 contract and play off money.
Of course BB in NE may be thinking about bringing Revis back for the playoffs on a minimum deal.
fair enough. can’t argue with that point. our secondary is my biggest worry. I’m far from comfortable with who we’ve got right now