The Eagles signed Everette Brown back in January. There was no coach at the time. There was no scheme in place. The Eagles liked Brown enough coming out of college that they wanted to bring him in and see if he could finally get his career on track.
Dave Spadaro did a nice piece on Brown. The thing I liked most is that Brown admitted he was at fault for his career struggles to this point.
“As much as I thought I was mature coming out of college and that I knew a lot, but now I realize that wasn’t the case. I’ve had to set aside my pride and I’ve had to learn how to look in the mirror and understand that I don’t have the answers. I don’t think I know everything anymore.”
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“In college, you can run around the blocker. You can’t do that here. I feel like right now I’m playing my best football, and I’m eager to show the coaches that. I think that we have a new coaching staff and that everybody here is going to have a fair shot. That’s all I want, and that’s all any player can ask for.”
I was very high on Brown coming out, but he has been a complete bust. He still has talent. The question is if he has developed the skills you need to succeed in the NFL. As he said above, you can’t just run around blockers anymore.
Brown seems like a more natural fit in the 4-3, but he failed there. Maybe the switch to the 3-4 will bring out the best in him. Sure can’t hurt.
You know, we all hit that level where we can’t do what we thought we could or did against lesser opposition. It really is humbling.