Britain Covey is not returning to the Eagles

Britain Covey is leaving the Philadelphia Eagles in free agency to sign a one-year deal with the Los Angeles Rams, according to an official team announcement.

Covey was originally set to be a restricted free agent this offseason but the Eagles predictably opted not to offer him an RFA tender that would’ve cost them just under $3.3 million. They instead let Covey, who turned 28 in March, test the open market as an unrestricted free agent.

There was originally thought that the Eagles could re-sign Covey at a lower number but they apparently moved on from him when they signed free agent wide receiver/return specialist Avery Williams (who is now wearing Covey’s old No. 18 jersey number). The…