2:22 PM ET
Tim McManusESPN Staff Writer
PHILADELPHIA -- The Eagles proceed to load up on the antiaircraft interior.
They agreed to presumption with antiaircraft tackle Ndamukong Suh connected a one-year woody Thursday, 1 time aft signing chap seasoned tackle Linval Joseph.
Suh, 35, played for the Tampa Bay Buccaneers past season. He started each 17 regular-season games and finished with six sacks, 7 tackles for nonaccomplishment and 13 backmost hits.
General manager Howie Roseman has aggressively responded to a brace of injuries astatine the position.
Rookie standout Jordan Davis is connected injured reserve with a high-ankle sprain, and Marlon Tuipulotu joined him connected IR connected Wednesday aft hurting his genu successful Monday's 31-21 nonaccomplishment to the Washington Commanders. The tally defence has been having issues successful Davis' absence, yielding 320 yards and 2 touchdowns connected the crushed the past 2 weeks.
"It's 1 of the things we've been moving on," said antiaircraft coordinator Jonathan Gannon. "I deliberation that it should beryllium better. We person to manager it amended and I person to telephone the crippled a small spot amended to assistance our guys out."
Suh, the second-overall prime by the Detroit Lions successful the 2010 draft, has played for the Lions, Miami Dolphins, Los Angeles Rams and Tampa Bay Bucs implicit his 12-year career, signaling 70.5 sacks and 130 tackles for loss. He has been named first-team All-Pro 3 times, has been selected to 5 Pro Bowls and won a rubric with the Bucs successful Super Bowl LV.
He registered 7.5 sacks successful the regular and postseason combined successful 2020, including 2 takedowns of Patrick Mahomes successful the Bucs' 31-9 Super Bowl LV triumph implicit the Kansas City Chiefs. Five of those sacks came successful the 4th fourth of games, demonstrating his quality to assistance adjacent retired games.
Suh's 7 postseason sacks are tied for third-most among progressive players. In summation to his on-field performance, Suh played an important relation successful the improvement of first-round draught prime Vita Vea, who signed a four-year declaration hold worthy $73 cardinal successful January.
Suh has shown singular durability passim his career. His 191 games since his rookie twelvemonth with Detroit successful 2010, aft which helium was named the Defensive Rookie of the Year, are the astir of immoderate antiaircraft subordinate successful that span. He has missed lone 2 games successful his career, some successful 2011, erstwhile the NFL suspended him 2 games for on-field conduct.
ESPN's Jenna Laine contributed to this report.
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