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Eagles: 5 Available free agent DTs who could fill in for Timmy Jernigan

The answer to everyone’s question has been given, the amount of time Philadelphia Eagles defensive tackle Timmy Jernigan will be on the shelf. Four to six months can be seen as a long time, and it is. Unborn babies reach approach their third trimester in that same time frame. Still, if we all think about it, four-to-six months, in the grand scheme of things, isn’t long at all.

Unless, of course, we’re discussing an NFL season, where the season for any given franchise can be, well, four-to-six months long.

It’s time to re-visit Howie Roseman’s ‘band-aid theory’.