Celebrate good times, c'mon!
No, the Philadelphia Eagles haven't completed any big free-agent signings just yet (outside of re-upping punter Donnie Jones for three years—more to come). However, they did manage to do one better.
The team announced the release of safety-in-name-only Patrick Chung on Tuesday, marking the end of his one-year reign of terror in the Birds' secondary. Signed as a free-agent stop-gap from New England last offseason, Chung was injured early on, and generally terrible after he returned.
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The Eagles eat $1 million in dead money to save $2.25M in salary cap space in 2014. Update:
Correction: #Eagles won't have to pay $1 million guar to Patrick Chung if he signs elsewhere, per source. Had offset language in contract.
— Jeff McLane (@Jeff_McLane) March 11, 2014
Doubt very much that Cary Williams or Trent Cole are sad to see Chung go. At one point, he was becoming a serious danger to his own teammates, as evidenced in this photo essay.
