10 Eagles Who Will Be Cut by Tuesday’s Roster Deadline

8. Nicholas Morrow

With a deep defensive back group, how can you make a case for Philly to carry more than three non-EDGE linebackers? You could maybe do it if you really want to talk up the value of special teams, but that’s a tough sell for me.

That means saying goodbye to Nicholas Morrow, who would easily be the best bet to make it as the fourth LB.

Morrow just had his first-ever 100-tackle season last year, but there’s a reason the Eagles would mark his third NFL team in the last four seasons. PFF gave him an overall grade of just 54.0 in 2022, not grading out especially well in coverage (61.0), as a pass-rusher (54.2) or against the run (46.8).

Like with our slot corner and center depth situations, if injuries require bringing someone else into the box, we need to get creative with it. We have safeties who can play up against the run, and considering Morrow’s struggles there we really wouldn’t be getting any sort of a downgrade.

Morrow also doesn’t even necessarily check that “special teams roster spot” box I mentioned from the jump. The Raiders consistently had him playing a sizeable role on specials early, but that snap share fell to 29% of special teams snaps in 2021 before dropping further to 21% in his lone season with the Bears.

Nakobe Dean, Christian Elliss and Zach Cunningham can hold things down as our only off-ball linebackers.