Time to move on from James Bradberry?

Eagles snap counts: Time to move on from James Bradberry? originally appeared on NBC Sports Philadelphia

After a disappointing 2023 regular season, James Bradberry finally saw his snaps slashed in a major way during the Eagles’ 32-9 playoff loss to the Bucs.

Bradberry, 30, started the game but after giving up some big plays, the Eagles began to use a heavier rotation at outside cornerback.

After playing more snaps than anyone on the defense this season (1,052/91%), Bradberry played just 39 of 70 in the wild-card round loss. There’s a good chance it was his final game as an Eagle.

The Eagles played rookies Kelee Ringo for 35 snaps and Eli Ricks for 15 in Tampa.

“We’ve done that in the past a little bit,” Bradberry said about the rotation. “It wasn’t as much as today. But we did it a little bit in the past. It was kind of an in-game adjustment.”

The veteran cornerback admitted it “for sure” hurt to have his snaps slashed.

Even in limited snaps on Monday, Bradberry really struggled. He gave up 5 catches on 6 targets for 108 yards, per PFF. And the one target that didn’t result in a catch was a drop by Mike Evans on a deep ball after he ran past the aging cornerback.

Bradberry was also responsible for 2 of the Eagles’ 13 missed tackles. One of them led to a 56-yard touchdown that basically ended the Eagles’ chances to win the game.

The Eagles signed Bradberry to a three-year, $38 million contract this past offseason but it was an extremely disappointing season for Bradberry, who was a second-team All-Pro in 2022.

If the Eagles decide to move on from Bradberry, they’re going to have to deal with a lot of dead cap money. With a normal release, Bradberry would leave $15 million in dead cap money, according to OverTheCap. With a post-June 1 release, Bradberry would eventually leave just $4.335 million in dead cap money in 2024 but the rest (nearly $11 million) would count the following season.

“We don’t know what holds for next year,” Bradberry…

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Publish date : 2024-01-17 15:20:57

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