Eagles release cornerback Avonte Maddox after six seasons originally appeared on NBC Sports Philadelphia
Corner Avonte Maddox, who’s missed 29 games the last four years, has been released by the Eagles, a league source said, confirming a report by ESPN’s Adam Schefter.
The move was not a surprise.
Maddox, 27, has been a very good slot when healthy, but those healthy games have become less and less frequent.
He missed six games in 2020 with an ankle injury, played just nine games in 2022 thanks to ankle, knee and toe injuries and then was limited to four games last year after undergoing surgery to repair a torn pectoral in September. He came back for the last few games of the season but wasn’t close to 100 percent.
With Maddox out most of the year, the Eagles found themselves in deep trouble trying to settle on an inside cornerback, and they never did.
Maddox signed a three-year, $22.5 million extension in November 2021 with $13.3 million guaranteed. He had one year left on that deal with a $6.85 million base salary and a $9.676913 million cap figure, according to OverTheCap.
If the Eagles released Maddox with a post-June 1 designation – and it’s not clear yet whether they did – he would count about $1.96 million against their 2024 cap and then about $5.76 million against their 2025 cap. If they didn’t designate him post-June 1, he would count about $7.72 million in dead money this year. That would be about a $2 million savings with no dead money beyond this season.
Maddox was a 4th-round pick in the Eagles’ outstanding 2018 draft class, which even without picks in the first, third or fifth rounds brought them Dallas Goedert, Maddox, Josh Sweat and Jordan Mailata.
He became an immediate contributor as a rookie, starting nine games and picking off two passes. He only had two more interceptions over the next five years. He played 64 games in an Eagles uniform, starting 38. Maddox and Jalen Mills are the only corners the Eagles have drafted in the last 20 years…
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Publish date : 2024-03-06 23:27:45
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