Eagles making serious push for Patriots' Devin McCourty
Eliot Shorr-Parks | NJ Advance Media for NJ.com
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MINNEAPOLIS, MN - SEPTEMBER 14: Devin McCourty #32 of the New England Patriots avoids the block from Phil Loadholt #71 of the Minnesota Vikings during an interception on September 14, 2014 in Minneapolis, Minnesota. (Photo by Adam Bettcher/Getty Images)
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The Eagles are doing everything they can to improve a secondary that was one of the worst in the NFL last offseason.
According to a person with knowledge of the situation who requested anonymity, the Eagles are making a serious push to land New England Patriots safety Devin McCourty.
That push began on Saturday when the unofficial tampering period began, and continued on Sunday. With $46 million in cap space, the Eagles can offer McCourty as much as any other team can.
McCourty, 27-years old and a product of Rutgers, is considered the best safety available and is a hot commodity. As previously reported by NJ Advance Media, the Giants are also pushing hard to land McCourty.
His current team, the Patriots, are also reportedly not out of the mix. At this point it isn't clear which way the safety is leaning.
The addition of McCourty would be a major boost for the Eagles' secondary and for a safety position that has struggled for the past few seasons. Potentially pairing McCourty with Malcolm Jenkins, who the team signed last offseason, would give the Eagles one of the more talented safety duos they have had in some time.
The Eagles can't offer a contract to McCourty until Tuesday at 4 p.m. ET.
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