Mychal Kendricks’ long goodbye, a couple of years in the making, through some unexpected twists, is finally complete, done, and settled, with Kendricks’ release last week.
What isn’t settled is who inherits the Eagles’ starting weakside linebacker position. Corey Nelson, a free agent signee from Denver, announced the day he arrived that he’d been told he would compete for that spot, but defensive coordinator Jim Schwartz didn’t declare Nelson – or anyone – the frontrunner when Schwartz spoke to reporters this week for the first time since before the Super Bowl.
“The plan is to just have competition and see what comes of it,” Schwartz said.