Seven games remain in the regular season and as the Eagles returned to work on Monday at the NovaCare Complex after their bye week, the defense received a boost. Two, actually. And in the war of attrition that is the NFL regular season, every gain counts.
The first gain is one the Eagles made by signing veteran linebacker Dannell Ellerbe. He’s played in 77 career games, he’s won a Super Bowl (with Baltimore), and he’s here to add depth and learn all three linebacker positions and, hey, the Eagles could use the depth.
For a team that lost starting middle linebacker Jordan Hicks for the season with an Achilles tendon injury, the Eagles have more than gotten by the last couple of weeks with Joe Walker starting in the middle, Mychal Kendricks playing some of the best football of his career at the WILL position, and with Nigel Bradham as steady as he comes on the strong side.