Daily News | Thumbs up or down on the Eagles signing Linval Joseph and Ndamukong Suh
The Joseph signing addresses an immediate need with the Eagles’ top two nose tackles — Jordan Davis and Marlon Tuipulotu — injured. An argument could have been made for bringing the 34-year-old free agent in sooner, especially once Davis went down. But the Eagles likely thought they could get away with Tuipulotu and practice squad call-up Marvin Wilson during Davis’ 4-6-week recovery. If so, they thought wrong.
There were others who didn’t get the job done against the run in those games. But a nose tackle who can eat up blockers and account for both “A” gaps is crucial for Jonathan Gannon to implement his scheme. Joseph has experience in the defense having played in a similar version last season with the Chargers. Most of the 13-year veteran’s career was spent predominantly in four-man fronts with the New York Giants and Vikings.
The Eagles just need him to do his fundamental job in five-down sets, at least until Davis returns, which could be for two or more games. There’s little reason to believe, he can’t — at the least — perform that function. Joseph is actually athletic enough to step into other spots. But for the purposes of the next month, with Jonathan Taylor, Aaron Jones, Derrick Henry, Saquon Barkley, Justin Fields and Tony Pollard on the schedule, he should do just fine.
But Tampa didn’t bring him back, and he remained unsigned like Joseph. It’s likely that he didn’t want to play a full season and was just waiting for an opportunity to join a team with championship aspirations. So in that sense, Suh is a fit. But when the Eagles announced the move, just a day after Joseph, it had a “Dream Teamy” feel.
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