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Eagles bring in another defensive back for visit

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Eagles bring in another defensive back for visit

POSTED: Thursday, March 5, 2009, 5:25 PM

Daily News staff

With defensive back Shawn Springs having reportedly agreed to a contract with the New England Patriots, the Eagles will look elsewhere and bring in safety Sean Jones for a visit tomorrow.

Jones has spent his four-year career with the Cleveland Browns. Jones, 27, has played in 60 games (44 starts) and is ranked third among NFL safeties behind Ed Reed and Oshiomogho Atogwe with 14 interceptions since the start of the 2006 season. He is 6-0, 220 and has played strong safety, not free safety, the position vacated by Brian Dawkins' departure, but the Eagles might feel incumbent strong safety Quintin Mikell could move to free.

Another strong safety, Roy Williams, reportedly is being released by the Cowboys. No word on any Eagles interest there.

Jones was a second-round draft pick in 2004 out of the University of Georgia, where he was teammates with Eagles wide receiver Reggie Brown.

Springs, who was cut by Washington, visited the Eagles on Tuesday and Wednesday.

In other Eagles-related news, punter Dirk Johnson signed with the Redskins. Johnson was the Eagles punter from 2003 to 2006 before being replaced by Sav Rocca.

To read our earlier report on the Greg Lewis trade, click here.

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Comments (20)

0 like this / 0 don't • Posted 5:50 PM, 03/05/2009

Don't let him leave without signing! This guy can play

— Jason259

0 like this / 0 don't • Posted 5:52 PM, 03/05/2009

Now it's starting to come together....... I like this.

— wondo40

0 like this / 0 don't • Posted 6:27 PM, 03/05/2009

how bout Roy williams? too expensive maybe?

— FREDRO

0 like this / 0 don't • Posted 6:37 PM, 03/05/2009

rather have Roy Williams-Jones is just average and had knee surgery last year.

— tothehouse

0 like this / 0 don't • Posted 6:49 PM, 03/05/2009

SPEND SOME MONEY , WILL YA , JOE !

— Talon

0 like this / 0 don't • Posted 7:06 PM, 03/05/2009

Ya, I want Roy I can't cover Williams. Roy is a linebacker in a safeties body. I want NOOOO parts of him.

— luke5513

0 like this / 0 don't • Posted 7:56 PM, 03/05/2009

Dawkins couldn't cover either-what's your solution Luke-Quinten, I get faked out of my cleats on a flea flicker, got bowled over for the winning Cardinal touchdown, assinine roughness penalty on Warner, Demps?

— tothehouse