Patrick Robinson’s football career was on the ropes this summer.
Already released by two teams in two years, it was beginning to look like the 30-year-old cornerback might not even make it to the 2017 starting line with the Eagles.
He signed a one-year deal with the team in late March and spent spring OTAs and the first couple of weeks of training camp as one of the team’s two starting corners along with Jalen Mills.
But he wasn’t playing very well, and when the Eagles traded for Ronald Darby in mid-August, Robinson’s roster stock plummeted.