The Philadelphia Eagles have seen teams across the NFL try to lure top talent away from the City of Brotherly Love in hopes of bolstering their respective rosters.
Sometimes that works out for teams, other times it doesn't. This line of thinking is nothing new in the NFL, though. As Eagles fans know, this is a copycat league, and the rest of the NFL will do their best to follow suit once one team has success with a group of players or a particular scheme.
For the Tampa Bay Buccaneers, the former Eagles All-Pro they brought in this offseason is already being forced to answer tough questions relating to his decisions concerning the team's offseason training schedule.
Ex-Eagle Haason Reddick Makes Excuse for Skipping OTAs With Bucs
Haason Reddick arrived at Bucs minicamp this week and joined his new teammates for the first time after signing a one-year, $14 million contract with the franchise in March. Upon his arrival, Reddick was met with several questions, with the biggest being why he was not present for any of Tampa Bay's OTAs.
As you can see from the clip below, Reddick did his best to downplay any concerns fans may have regarding his absence, saying he wanted to get his personal affairs in order after making the move to Tampa. However, this doesn't change the fact that this scenario has played out with Reddick before, and it did not lead to a positive ending to the working relationship he had with his most recent team, the New York Jets.
#Bucs OLB Haason Reddick addresses the concerns that people had about him not being at OTAs pic.twitter.com/Gvb7mjxnBi
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Reddick is no stranger to drama. This past season, he requested the New York Jets trade him to another team and only returned to the field in late October after the two sides agreed to rework his contract and end his holdout.
Despite being physically present on the field with New York's defense, Reddick had little impact as the ferocious pass rusher set new career lows for total tackles (14), tackles for a loss (2), and tied his career-low for quarterback sacks (1.0).
Perhaps Reddick will be happier now that he is part of the Buccaneers organization, and his play will return to the level it was while he was an All-Pro with the Eagles. If not, this could be the start of another Eagles rival learning that Philadelphia's recent success has more to do with the culture in place rather than any individual player.