Eagles mailbag: Putting players at different positions originally appeared on NBC Sports Philadelphia
Another Sunday without football. But at least you have this mailbag to get your fix.
I answered the first bunch of your questions yesterday but we got a lot so we broke them all up.
Here’s Part 1.
Here’s Part 2:
These are fun offseason questions. The one obvious one that we should mention is Jordan Mailata. Since the Eagles drafted him in 2018, fans have been clamoring for the Eagles to use him in different ways. Maybe one day, they’ll line him up in the backfield. And we saw Lane Johnson catch a pass this season. I think that’s an area where he could get more snaps. We also saw Darius Slay get some snaps on offense, which was a lot of fun.
So let’s leave off those possibilities.
Here are a few other guys who would be fun at another position for a snap or two:
Avonte Maddox: Tailback/slot. Maddox has already been in the league for four season but back in 2018, he ran a 4.39 and…