Quote (Sixers @ Mar 15 2023 01:49pm)
He was terrific earlier in the season for sure. Definitely fell off later in the season though. Also, we have to remember he did draw opposing #1 a lot so he did get the tough matchups often. That game against Jefferson early on was a thing of beauty though.
But overall, there was a reason Bradberry was selected as an All-Pro and had insanely good numbers in coverage. Technically speaking, he was the better corner. Slay carries the bigger name though (hence why he was selected to the Pro Bowl and Bradberry wasn't).
Either way, there's no way the Eagles were going to keep him under his current cap hit, and he refused to restructure, and they weren't going to extend him for the guaranteed money he wanted at his age.
Yeah it was going to be too much for an older player, whose play started to dip for half a season. I also think Bradberry is a better Fangio scheme fit. Slay is known for man to man, and traveling with the opponents best WR. And though that is important, the defense under gannon was more zone based in general
And with the scheme running more zone than man, you can definitely argue Bradberry is a better pure zone corner, which is exactly what you want for a Fangio defense. And they are still running a similar scheme under Sean Desai as he comes from the Fangio tree