Payments commerce DE Harold to Eagles for OT Bates
Marcel Louis-JacquesESPN
ORCHARD PARK, N.Y. — The Buffalo Payments have traded defensive finish Eli Harold to the Philadelphia Eagles for offensive sort out Ryan Bates.
The groups introduced the commerce Friday night, someday after a pair of offensive linemen suffered accidents within the Payments’ preseason opener towards the Indianapolis Colts.
Bates signed with the Eagles as an undrafted free agent out of Penn State this offseason after beginning 12 video games for the Nittany Lions in 2018. His capacity to play each sort out positions was interesting to the Payments after they positioned “swing” sort out LaAdrian Waddle on injured reserve earlier this week with a torn quadriceps muscle.
Harold signed a one-year cope with Buffalo in 2019 after spending his first three seasons with the San Francisco 49ers and 2018 with the Detroit Lions. He was listed as Buffalo’s fourth-string defensive finish on its first unofficial depth chart of the preseason. He practiced in full Friday and was knowledgeable of the commerce after the conclusion of apply, in line with a league supply.
The addition of Harold provides wanted depth on the defensive finish place for the Eagles after they misplaced Joe Ostman to a torn ACL final week.
Sort out Ryan Bates (74) has been traded to the Buffalo Payments, with the Eagles receiving defensive finish Eli Harold in return. The Payments noticed plenty of accidents to offensive linemen in coaching camp. Kyle Ross/Icon Sportswire
Waddle is the one injured Payments offensive lineman to land on IR, however middle Mitch Morse has been within the concussion protocol since struggling a concussion within the workforce’s first padded apply July 27. The Payments made Morse the league’s highest-paid middle with a four-year, $44.5 million deal this offseason.
Guards Spencer Lengthy and Jon Feliciano every missed a number of practices throughout coaching camp, though each practiced in full Friday. Feliciano began rather than Morse towards the Colts.
Sort out Conor McDermott was cleared Thursday after being evaluated for a concussion — however was positioned into the concussion protocol Friday after displaying concussion-like signs earlier within the day. Additionally lacking apply had been inside offensive lineman Russell Bodine, with an indirect pressure, and sort out Ty Nsekhe, who was given a relaxation day.
Buffalo additionally launched offensive lineman Jeremiah Sirles with an damage settlement throughout coaching camp and signed Nico Siragusa to switch offensive lineman Isaac Asiata, who introduced his retirement July 30. The Payments signed offensive lineman Jarron Jones this week to correspond with Waddle’s transfer to IR.