James Bradberry is headed to Philly. On Wednesday, the free agent cornerback agreed to a one-year, $10MM with the Eagles, as Ian Rapoport of NFL.com tweets. 
Bradberry, 28, was cut by the G-Men earlier this month. That was pretty much expected, given his would-be cap hit of $21.8MM+ and the other cost-cutting moves that were made by new GM Joe Schoen. The Giants tried to trade him, but ultimately couldn’t find a suitable deal.
“I thought there would be more interest,” Schoen admitted earlier this spring. “There were some teams that showed interest pre-draft, and we had a couple different times [where] there [was] compensation in place and the contract never worked out.”
The former second-round pick was a Pro Bowler in 2020 and has only missed five games across his six-year career. In 2021, his second season with the Giants, he played in all 17 games, tallying 47 tackles, a career-high four interceptions and 17 passes defensed. Clearly, Bradberry still has a lot left in the tank. Now, he’ll get a chance to face his former club twice in 2022 and, perhaps, give them some second thoughts about releasing him.
For what it’s worth, the Giants explored bringing Bradberry back on a cheaper deal. The Texans, Chiefs, and Raiders were also connected to him, but the Eagles ultimately placed the winning bid. Now, Bradberry will team with Darius Slay and Avonte Maddox atop the Birds’ cornerback depth chart.
Way to go Howie! Now we’ve got a great CB trio.
Yes, CB2!
we had $10 million to spend? not complaining though
The Eagles probably are including voidable years in the deal to cut down on the cap hit in 2022. They’ll have more money under the cap next year to sign him long-term.
It’s a 1 year $10 million deal. His cap hit will be $10 million.
Actually, there are 4 voidable years so the 2022 cap hit is about $2.5 million
Great signing. The off-season looks fantastic on paper, hopefully that translates to reality. I’m assuming Howie is done, unless he can trade Reagor , JJ , Clark and\or Dillard for a Safety or late round draft picks.
Howie not done. He’s going for his final piece with Jessie bates.
Maybe in a trade for Dillard and a draft pick ?
Now all you need is to announce Garder Minshew as the starting QB.
Birds
Great signing, lucky he became available and hasn’t been snatched up yet.
Be careful what you wish for…..he ain’t that good!
Maybe not, but they had the money available and signed a Pro Bowler to fill a big hole. He’s better than what they had, I’ll take it!
Going to win our division.
Run stoppers in Cox and Davis, two really good CBs in Slay and Bradberry against the throw, a whole bunch of new LBs. On offence AJ Brown was a huge addition and the o line also improved.
Cowboys lost Cooper, Collins and Gregory with no major additions.
Commanders improved a little but not enough and same with the Giants.
This was the best offer from 5 separate teams. It’s a third team deal and its short term. Time to start curbing the enthusiasm with on field expectations.
Yes, there was a reason beyond money that even the Giants were willing to make him an ex-Giant…..his coverage last year was pretty much terrible and any tackles he made were from behind after the receiver had made the catch and was running free…..now he may work out just fine for the Eagles but beware the enthusiasm over an “all pro” who pretty much was very average to below average last season albeit for a bad ball club.
Well at least nobody is suggesting Bradberry was signed to get inside info on the Giants playbook.
Had a feeling wherever he landed it would just be a 1 yr deal. Seems like King and Clowney will be in the same boat.
He immediately becomes better with the Eagles defensive line and defensive scheme. Great signing.