The Philadelphia Eagles just quietly upgraded their CB position
By David Esser
The Philadelphia Eagles have brought back veteran CB Trevor Williams.
Despite initially cutting him right before training camp began, the Philadelphia Eagles have seemingly mended relations with former Chargers CB Trevor Williams, re-signing him for the rest of the 2020 season.
Williams was signed to a reserve/futures contract at the end of the team’s 2019 campaign, and a lot of people were under the impression he was going to have a fighting chance for the full-time CB2 job (alongside newly acquired Darius Slay). Williams has battled injuries the last two seasons, but he was legitimately an above average CB back in 2017.
Despite the mild hype that surrounded Williams over the summer, the Eagles obviously felt comfortable enough to proceed into camp without his services. Despite not specifically drafting any corners during this year’s draft, they signed a handful of UDFA defensive backs and were expecting significant steps forward from Rasul Douglas and Sidney Jones.
Douglas had spent the majority of the offseason working with renowned NFL footwork trainer Rischad Whitfield, and Jones had finally flashed some playmaking abilities at the end of the team’s 2019 run. Throw in the additions of Slay and Nickell Robey-Coleman, and the Eagles were projecting to run six deep at the CB position in 2020 (Avonte Maddox at CB2 and Cre’von LeBlanc at backup nickel).
Considering the Eagles haven’t even seen Williams play football in a few months, this is far more reflective of how they’ve felt about their current group of guys at training camp, but it should be classified as an upgrade nevertheless.
Both Douglas and Jones had a bit of a “boom or bust” potential to them this year, and seeing as Howie Roseman is out here signing veteran CBs mere weeks before the season begins, it seems like the young duo-ship has landed more in the “bust” category.