Walter Thurmond is the safety the Eagles have needed

One of the most trite narratives in the NFL since the 2009 departure of all-time great safety Brian Dawkins has been the Philadelphia Eagles‘ lack of ability to replace him. Numerous draft picks have been used on the position to no avail; many free agents have come and gone without ever coming close to making a positive impact on the secondary. Last year’s signing of safety Malcolm Jenkins was a step in the right direction, but the glue that was needed to fix the middling secondary has come in the form of this year’s free agent signing, Walter Thurmond.

I, of course, said above that the signing of Jenkins was a step in the right direction for a team that desperately needed such a step to be…