Pats Pulpit<\/a> recently had to say about Blay:<\/p>\n[\u2026] given that he did not make any noticeable contributions in training camp so far, the writing very much remained on the wall.<\/p>\n
The Eagles could be looking at Blay for the sake of more defensive tackle depth ahead of their first preseason game, which takes place in less than a week (August 15).<\/p>\n
Jackson, who turns 25 next month, finished his college football career at Arkansas before joining the Jacksonville Jaguars as an undrafted rookie free agent in 2025. The Jags kept him on their practice squad last season but then waived him back in May.<\/p>\n
A big back with an imposing frame, Jackson is a one-speed runner lacking burst and juice in the open field. He reacts to traffic once he gets into the run but isn\u2019t proactive enough in his early reads to set up linebackers and unlock the lane. He\u2019s too slow getting in and out of cuts, allowing defenses to rally and tackle quickly. He plays with adequate lane choice and can add yards after contact with his size and leg drive. Jackson\u2019s size and strength will appeal to teams but a lack of functional speed and third-down value limit his ceiling.<\/p>\n
His spider graph reveals he\u2019s a big back with long arms:<\/p>\n
Oh, hey! Here\u2019s someone we know.<\/p>\n
The Eagles originally selected Jackson with a sixth-round pick (No. 191 overall) in the 2021 NFL Draft. He appeared in 22 games with Philly from 2021-2023 until the Birds cut him in August 2024. Jackson then spent a brief stint with the Carolina Panthers before returning to the Eagles in November. But then they cut him again a month later, so, he wasn\u2019t actually with the team when they won Super Bowl LIX. Tough.<\/p>\n
Jackson signed with the San Francisco 49ers in 2025 but suffered a neck injury that ended his season in late July.<\/p>\n
Now presumably healthy again, Jackson could have a third stint in Philly.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"The Philadelphia Eagles hosted three free agents on visits at the Jefferson Health Training Complex earlier today, according…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":808568,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[63],"tags":[349,46147,99],"class_list":["post-808567","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-nfl","tag-nfl","tag-philadelphia-eagles-news","tag-sports"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/808567","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=808567"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/808567\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/808568"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=808567"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=808567"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=808567"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}