Ex-Eagles Star Has Eyes On Super Bowl Contender
The Philadelphia Eagles moved on from a handful of players so far this offseason. One guy that won’t be back is 31-year-old former Pro Bowler James Bradberry.
He was the most talked about player in the organization last offseason. There wasn’t a lot of turnover and Bradberry was the guy who seemed most likely to go after a tough 2023 season. While this is the case, he attempted to transition to the safety position during training camp and made the franchise’s initial roster but missed the season after being placed on the Injured Reserve.
Bradberry signed a $38 million deal with Philadelphia over three years and was a star in his first season. In 2022, he was an All-Pro. He held opposing quarterbacks to a 45.3 completion percentage on 86 targets. That’s really good. He allowed just two touchdowns, too.
In 2023, things changed, though. Opposing quarterbacks had a 59.4 completion percentage against him and he allowed 11 touchdowns in coverage.
The Eagles kept him for the year in 2024 but moved on after the season. There hasn’t been any buzz about him at all, but ESPN’s Jeremy Fowler shared on Wednesday that he’s going to meet with the Buffalo Bills.
“Veteran CB James Bradberry is making a free-agent visit to the Bills today, per source,” Fowler said. “Bradberry has ties to Buffalo GM Brandon Beane and HC Sean McDermott, who were with Carolina when the Panthers drafted him in 2016.”
Philadelphia just took down the Kansas City Chiefs in Super Bowl LIX to win its second championship in team history. The first Super Bowl win obviously came in 2018 when they took down the New England Patriots in Super Bowl LII.
The Eagles made it to the Super Bowl two years ago, but weren’t able to get over the hump against the Chiefs.
All in all, there’s been a lot of winning recently for the Eagles. This clearly has rubbed Dallas Cowboys legend Emmitt Smith the wrong way and he shared that he’s “sick of” the Eagles on “The Sweet Spot.”
“I’m sick of it,” Smith said. “We have allowed others to nitpick at the star and make fun of the star and make fun of the star and that’s what happens—now all of a sudden over the last 20 years, they win two Super Bowls and they think they’re the best thing on the planet, and everywhere I go I hear, ‘Go Birds.’ I’m sick of hearing, ‘Go Birds.’ I’m always asking where are you going? You still got a long way to go to get to us.
“That part bugs me, it bugs me because in my heart I truly believe our organization should be contending for an NFC Championship and even a Super Bowl at least once or twice every decade because every team recycles every decade. For us not to be there over the last 30 years is a crying shame.”
