When Za'Darius Smith shocked the NFL world by announcing his retirement after 11 seasons, it left the Philadelphia Eagles in a rough spot at edge rusher.
With Smith gone and Nolan Smith on IR with a triceps injury , the Eagles are looking really thin on the edge, with Jalyx Hunt and Josh Uche borderline locks to start, while free agent addition Azeez Ojulari will rotate in alongside special teamer Patrick Johnson.
But what about Jihaad Campbell, the star rookie linebacker who many thought might transition to edge rusher at least part-time coming out of Alabama? Well, on Monday, head coach Nick Sirianni weighed in on the state of his inside linebackers room, which now features a returning Nakobe Dean, and how that could impact his outside linebacker rotation moving forward .