Lawlor: Secondary A Spot To Watch

Doug Pederson has stressed the need for better play by the secondary since he became coach of the Eagles. Pederson didn't just make that a casual goal. The Eagles worked aggressively this offseason to upgrade the talent on the back end. Leodis McKelvin and Ron Brooks were added in free agency. Nolan Carroll was re-signed. The Eagles drafted Blake Countess and Jalen Mills to add talent and versatility to the secondary. Arguably the biggest move was signing Rodney McLeod in free agency. He joins Malcolm Jenkins to give the team one of the best safety tandems in the league.

Making moves doesn't guarantee success. After all, the Eagles added Byron Maxwell, Walter Thurmond, Eric Rowe and JaCorey…