To Philadelphia Eagles fans, the yearly preseason discussion of whether or not their favorite team should place any faith in Timmy Jernigan as a valuable contributor to their defensive tackle rotation has become a sort of team tradition. It’s been added to other yearly discussions like the narratives of this team needing to find weapons for Carson Wentz and how nice it would be if this team’s defense could field a secondary that other teams feared.
Philly acquired Jernigan and the 99th overall pick in the 2017 NFL Draft on April 4th of 2017 thanks to a trade that sent the 74th-overall pick in that year’s draft to the Baltimore Ravens.