Eagles

Eagles Sign Philly Native S Will Parks, LB Jatavis Brown

By Russ Joy

Published: Mar 21st, 2020 · 3:36 PM EDT

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Howie Roseman is wheelin’ and dealin’ today. While Eagles fans come to grips with the departure of Nelson Agholor, the Eagles GM made a couple of signings to bolster the defense.

The more notable of the signings is safety Will Parks, which was first reported by the NFL Network’s James Palmer:

Versatile #Broncos safety Will Parks, a Philly native, is heading home. Parks is signing with the #eagles on a 1 year deal per source. Parks had a lot of interest from around the league over the last few weeks.

— James Palmer (@JamesPalmerTV) March 21, 2020

Parks has been a Swiss army knife of sorts during his tenure with the Broncos, including lining up at cornerback and nickel linebacker in addition to his primary safety position. While he’s started just 15 of 62 games in his career, it sounds like the potential to play significant minutes and challenge for a starting role on his hometown team played a factor in his decision to sign with the Eagles:

I was told CB/S Will Parks turned down more money elsewhere to come home and play for the #Eagles. He felt this was the best opportunity for him.

He received $1 million in guaranteed cash, $375K in signing bonus on a $1.6 million deal, per league source.

— Mike Kaye (@mike_e_kaye) March 21, 2020

What kind of player are the Eagles getting? One who absolutely busts it from hash to hash to break up a sure-fire touchdown:

Solid signing.

The Eagles also brought in former Chargers linebacker Jatavis Brown who -despite having a lackluster 2019 season- posted 97 tackles in 2018.

Here are some highlights from a 79 tackle season in 2017: