Eagles agree to terms with veteran linebackers Zach Cunningham, Myles Jack, make other roster moves

The Eagles agreed to terms on one-year deals for veteran linebackers Zach Cunningham and Myles Jack on Sunday in an effort to bolster the depth chart after two weeks of training camp.

Jack, 27, played for the Pittsburgh Steelers last season after six seasons with the Jacksonville Jaguars. He started 13 games in Pittsburgh and logged 104 total tackles and three pass breakups. The former first-round pick was billed as a plus athlete coming out of college and has 95 career starts.

Cunningham spent last season with the Tennessee Titans, but missed the majority of the season with an elbow injury. He started six games and recorded 24 tackles. The 2017 second-round pick for the Houston Texans had 169 total tackles in 2021. The following year, the Texans waived him after 10 games.

The Eagles came into training camp without any proven commodities at linebacker and a minor ankle injury to Nakobe Dean left them especially barren at the position. Dean, who has taken over play-calling duties with the starting defense in his second season, suffered the injury last Thursday and is considered day-to-day. Outside of Dean, the Eagles have been rotating guys into the first-team defense with Nicholas Morrow and Christian Elliss splitting most of the reps. Rookie edge rusher Nolan Smith has also gotten a few snaps at off-ball linebacker since Dean’s injury.

Before Sunday’s practice, Eagles coach Nick Sirianni said the signings were made to increase the numbers at the position.

”I feel really good about the room,” Sirianni said. “Just wanted to get some competition in there. I feel really good about Nakobe.”

The Eagles have also announced the signing of offensive lineman Josh Andrews, among other moves, as preseason training continues.

Andrews, 32, is a veteran free agent who last played with the New Orleans Saints. He played 16 games in two seasons after signing with the Eagles back in 2014 as an undrafted free agent. Andrews was on the practice squad during the season in which the Eagles won Super Bowl LII.

The Eagles also released linebacker Davion Taylor, who was a third-round pick for them in 2020.

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Charleston Rambo was waived by the Eagles with an injury designation. He linked up with the Eagles in May after playing with the Orlando Guardians of the XFL in the spring. Rambo will revert to injury reserve upon clearing waivers, and then he’ll be forced to miss the 2023 season unless he reaches an injury settlement with the Eagles.

Offensive lineman Josh Sills returned to Eagles practice on Sunday for the first time since he was placed on the commissioner’s exempt list on Feb. 1.

Sills, 25, was acquitted Friday of raping and kidnapping a former high school classmate in his hometown of Sarahsville, Ohio following four days of testimony. He was found not guilty of forcibly restraining the woman in his truck and forcing her to perform oral sex after driving her home in December 2019.

Following the verdict, the NFL announced Sills’ removal from the exempt list and the Eagles issued a statement that said he would return to their active roster.

”We followed all the protocols there as far as just wanted to let the legal process play itself out,” coach Nick Sirianni said on Sunday before open practice at Lincoln Financial Field. “I think just at the end of the day, we let the legal process and the league’s decision to take him off the exempt list kind of make our decision.”

The Eagles signed Sills as an undrafted free agent out of Oklahoma State on April 30, 2022. He was one of three undrafted free agents to make the initial 53-man roster out of training camp last season and appeared in one game, taking four special teams snaps.

”My experience with Josh has been nothing but positive,” Sirianni said. “He’s been a great teammate and done his job, and the guys love him on this team. My experience with him has been great and we’re happy to have him back.”