The Eagles finally signed a free agent today, agreeing with ex-Colts CB, Marlon Jackson, on a 2 year deal worth up to $5.5 million deal if he plays and starts most weeks. Jackson is the rare DB capable excelling at CB and safety. Thus, he'll have the chance to compete for a starting safety position, most likely along side Quintin Mikell. Jackson has proven to be a good player in the past, most notably in 2007 when he was 4th on Colts in tackles with 112. Since then he has torn his ACL twice and played only 11 games in the last 2 seasons. If he is healthy now though he could be a nice fit at safety for the Birds. It could be well into training camp though, before we know just what condition he is in and what impact he'll be able to make for the Birds. So the Eagles may still want to look at a safety in the draft. At any rate it should be interesting to see how things pan out.
2 comments:
I havent heard much of Jackson but he does add depth to the secondary which the Eagles were lacking last season so I say thats a good pickup.
-to ph1llysports
yeah if nothing else he does at least add depth
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