Before trying to make sense of a peculiar two-day stretch in March when the Eagles released and re-signed him, the defensive tackle laughed for a moment., the 31-year-old said his release was a result of a missed deadline for a contract restructuring.
“Everything was respectively professional,” he said. “I knew days or maybe a week or so before that we were trying to get things worked out, Todd and [ Cox said he received calls from other teams during the roughly 36 hours he spent available on the market, but he knew there was a chance the Eagles would figure out a way to bring him back.
Cox also expressed frustrations about the way he was being deployed by defensive coordinator Jonathan Gannon midway through the season.in the first round this year and using a 2021 third-round pick on Louisiana Tech alumnus Milton Williams last offseason.The Eagles’ pattern under Jeffrey Lurie spells uncertainty for Nick Sirianni and Jalen Hurts
The arrival of Davis also signals a potential shift toward more odd-man fronts with the rookie as a nose tackle. When Davis lines up at the nose, there’s a chance Cox, Hargrave, and Davis could be on the field at the same time.