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Rodney McLeod talks Eagles’ safety outlook and his increased leadership role

Eagles’ veteran Rodney McLeod spoke to the media on Thursday about Jalen Mills joining him at safety, the standard the secondary is striving to live up to, and his role as a leader — and how that’s changed with Malcolm Jenkins no longer in the locker room.

Here’s what the safety had to say:

McLeod said that he and Mills have been able to get a lot of work in, despite a limited offseason. He noted that once they were able to start virtual meetings, not only with their coaches, but they started meeting individually.