Eagles officially release Alshon Jeffery and Malik Jackson

Photo by Mitchell Leff/Getty ImagesWe’ve known since early January that the Philadelphia Eagles were going to release Alshon Jeffery and Malik Jackson as post-June 1 cuts. The team officially confirmed as much on Wednesday evening.

Here’s what we previously wrote on this subject:

Cut: $21 million cleared ($14 million in dead money for 2022)

The Eagles reportedly restructured contracts for Jeffery and Jackson in an effort to free up more cap space for 2021. Jason Fitzgerald from Over The Cap wrote about the maneuvering in more detail earlier this year. The TL;DR version is the Eagles clear extra space this year but take on more dead money next year. The Eagles have yet to officially announce…