The risk in bringing Stephen Tulloch into the Eagles nest is that Jim Schwartz will crack open and start the middle linebacker at the expense of the yet-to-hatch Jordan Hicks and the still-hatching Mychal Kendricks.
Even if the 31-year-old Tulloch were to remain a backup the entire season - an unlikely scenario considering the injury history of the Eagles linebackers - his addition is another win-now move by the front office.
The Eagles guaranteed $1.75 million of Tulloch's potential $3 million salary - cap space from this season that could have been rolled over into next year when their expenditures increase dramatically.