By Jack Ryan
The NFL scouting combine starts this week in Indy and with it the real action in the NFL off-season, with franchise tags allowed starting today and free agency on March 10.
Here’s what CBSSports.com’s Jason Laconfora thinks of the Eagles’ situation:
Letting DeSean Jackson walk a year ago will probably haunt Chip Kelly for a while. So now Jeremy Maclin has him over a barrel a year after the Eagles were able to re-sign him on the cheap while coming off an ACL injury. With the quarterback position unstable — or at least unproven — this team needs to keep skill players who fit and Maclin is the obvious starting point. If I can find a trade partner for Trent Cole, I’m doing it, and I am releasing Riley Cooper before his salary becomes guaranteed next month.
No, the flap over the controversial Cooper appearing on the Birds’ calendar during Black History Month has nothing to do with it!
