Just a little two weeks prior to Thanksgiving, the Philadelphia Eagles signed linebacker Dannell Ellerbe. It was a moved that turned a few heads seeing as how, for the second time in three years, starting middle linebacker Jordan Hicks‘ season ended with quite a few regular season games remaining on the regualr-season schedule. Still, seeing as how the Eagles were Ellerbe’s fourth team since entering the league in 2009, everyone knew he’d need time to get acclimated.
A little over a month later, he’s playing on Monday Night Football and in on 27 plays, 39 percent of the total snaps on defense, and former seventh-round selection Joe Walker was placed on the team’s inactive list.