The Philadelphia Eagles are adding some much-needed depth to their secondary. The membership has agreed to phrases on a maintain veteran cornerback Bradley Roby, in accordance to NFL Media. CBS Sports HQ Senior NFL Insider Josina Anderson stories Roby is being signed to Philadelphia’s practice squad.
The particular phrases of Roby’s contract with Philly weren’t right away disclosed.Â
Roby has been at the unfastened agent marketplace for the reason that summer season after the Saints launched him all through ultimate roster cuts on Aug. 23. The 31-year-old have been with New Orleans over the former two seasons and seemed in 27 regular-season video games (11 begins).Â
He in the beginning started his occupation with the Broncos, who drafted him with the No. 31 general pick out within the 2014 NFL Draft out of Ohio State. During his tenure in Denver, Roby helped the membership to a win over the Carolina Panthers in Super Bowl 50, however didn’t totally reside up to that first-round draft billing, beginning simply 29 of his 79 regular-season video games performed for the franchise. After 5 seasons with the group, Roby inked a maintain the Texans in 2019 and was once in the end traded to New Orleans in 2021.Â
For the Eagles, Roby may just end up to be an possibility to guy the slot, a task he is labored in all the way through his occupation. That place had in the past been held via Avonte Maddox prior to he tore his pec in Week 2. Since then, James Bradberry has been seeing added reps within the slots, so the coming of Roby may just permit for Bradberry to go back to the boundary.Â
In 13 video games performed final season for the Saints (10) begins Roby totaled 36 tackles and broke up 5 passes. When focused, he allowed simply 54% of the ones passes to be finished, and opposing quarterbacks registered a 79.4 passer ranking in opposition to Roby.Â