One other Eagles fixture has introduced his retirement.
Defensive sort out Fletcher Cox was set to develop into a free agent this week, however he introduced that he’s ending his taking part in profession in a social media submit on Sunday. The transfer comes lower than per week after middle Jason Kelce introduced his retirement.
Cox was a first-round choose in 2012 known as it an “honor and privilege” to put on an Eagles uniform for the final 12 seasons and thanked Kelce together with different longtime teammates, others within the Eagles group and the staff’s followers for what they’ve meant to him over the course of his profession.
“I gave all the things I needed to this staff and to this metropolis,” Cox wrote. “I don’t know what’s subsequent for me, however I do know that I’m without end grateful for my time right here in Philadelphia and with the Eagles group.”
Cox began 194 of the 200 common season and playoff video games he appeared in for the Eagles, together with each of their Tremendous Bowl appearances throughout his tenure, and is third in franchise historical past in video games performed behind Brandon Graham and Kelce. He was a first-team All-Professional as soon as and a second-teamer on three events whereas making six Professional Bowls and cementing his place as among the finest gamers in Eagles historical past.
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