The guy who threw the “Philly Special” fourth-down touchdown pass in the Super Bowl is leaving, as expected. But the guy who caught it seems to be staying, and that might have been Tuesday’s biggest Eagles news.
The NFL Network reported that Eagles pending free agent tight end Trey Burton has agreed to a four-year, $32 million contract with the Chicago Bears, during the league’s 48-hour “legal tampering” period, which ends Wednesday, the official start of NFL free agency.
Other Eagles departures include their longest-tenured player, tight end Brent Celek, who was released Tuesday, saving $4 million under the 2018 salary cap, and pending free agent defensive tackle Beau Allen, whose already likely exit from the d-line rotation was made inevitable by the team’s reported signing of five-time Pro Bowl DT Haloti Ngata.