The Eagles released Mychal Kendricks on May 22, the same day Paul Worrilow suffered a season-ending knee injury in an OTA drill. If Nate Gerry wasn’t already in the conversation to play a decent number of linebacking snaps in 2018, he certainly jumped into the discussion then, with a 2017 starter and a key free-agent signee erased from the competition.
Last summer, the fifth-round rookie from Nebraska looked a little small and a little slow, transitioning to linebacker after playing safety in college. When Gerry started the season on the practice squad, it was tempting to write him off.