Can Cooper DeJean move to safety full time? What the Eagles like when they play DeJean at the position

Philadelphia – is not placed in secondary Cooper Dejean is not natural.

Slot Cornerberback, Dejean shows Rookie at the best in the league now. Extra Angerback, Dejean can play a top level if the eagles asked him.

Safety? That’s the next challenge for Dejean as your head in two. Eagle adds to Dejean plate as he was the first-team safety in the base of the defense, tried to standout angerback in the field all the time.

“From 1, I tried to learn all three positions, and I played all three positions in this part,” Dejean said. “So if it is at the point where they put me there, I feel ready to do. “

Playing safety is to reduce the services to slot cornerback. The Eagle run a nickel defense of the majority of time, and puts dejean in one of the most difficult services in slot. Dejean is very good as a slot Angerback last season only defender NFL Distance no touchdowns and 5.0 fewer yards by effort in coverage. The scored more to touchdowns last time (1) than touchdowns allowed in coverage (0).

Why do you move a good slot angerback as Deljean to health? It allows Eagle Defensive Coordinator Vic Fangio to one of the best defensive players in the field all the time is not taking the eagle’s nickel or free packages.

“As I thought, it can be a good health” said. Soon the next day we had to be struggling in the last year in the games to pick up and makes the same would like to have a safety whole life. So yeah, and it will be good health if you need it. “

Dejean’s experience in health

What’s Deljean experimental safety intriguing? Dejean is played just one snap in college career as a deep health (PFF). He especially college angerback to Iowa, playing 163 Snaps in slot and 172 or in the box or the defensive line combined in junior or senior times with hawkeyes.

Essentially, dejean most of the boundary corerback or in a slot. If you dejean and play the safety that rarely used it. Eagles liked Dejean because of its versatility, which wants to explain more than this time after the most keeping the slot in a rookie campaign.

Playing health new dejean, or how the eagles want to use the safety. Fangio prefers his own safeties to read coverages, tackle well and create turnovers. Dejean can all three, that’s why it’s growing on the role like summer rolls.

“I’m still learning how to play in the site, all the skills and services,” Dejean said. “But I am sure starting to feel more comfortable.”

The Eagles can be a dejean safety

In short, more takeaway opportunities. 26 Takeaways 9 Eagle Time on NFL. And with 13 interceptions, which was tied to 12 in the league – and CJ Cicero, Johnson with six of them. Philadelphia Traded Cicero, Johnson to Houston on offseason creating a site battle between Sydney Brown, Rookie Andrew Mukuba and Tristan McCollum to health job opposite red.

While the plays of Safety, which fills empty to the eagles in the center of the field. Blankenship can or play back there and dejean can go into the box or vice versa. Dejean’s coverage skills stand at the place that is where the eagles can create more takeaways with the already young defense. Dejean stands in the health of the competition with an eagle, there is even if you do not have a very good time.

Could Dejean to be full-time safety in 2025? It is not in cards, even with a rookie four-in pick Mac Mac McWilliams impressing in slot. Perhaps a line, that Dejean do not mind if any eagle wanted.

“You got a lot of time to reduce the” Dejean said. “You can see a lot more. Sometimes it’s good. Sometimes it’s better. Sometimes it is.

“I think I just back there and I couldn’t see the entire field of what’s like.”