Two NFL scouts evaluate Eagles roster

* Scout 1: "If I were them, I'd feel very good about their cornerback situation. They've got four good ones. They've all got cover skills and they're good tacklers. Safety is a concern, though. [Strong safety Quintin] Mikell is functional. Better than functional. But they need to solidify the other spot. I'm not crazy about any of their options there. [Quintin] Demps runs fast in a straight line, but a safety has got to come up to balance, break down, be flexible enough to be able to flip his hips and those things. [Sean] Jones is stiff and another fast straight-line guy, who has trouble breaking down. We had orange [low] grades on him in Cleveland. And Macho Harris, once again, you're taking a boundary corner and asking him to play safety. He's a baller, but I don't know if he has the natural instincts to play safety. You lose Bradley and now you've got concerns about the middle part of your defense deep. That's not good. If I'm an offensive coordinator, I'm going to be trying to attack the Eagles in the pass game in between the numbers."

* Scout 2: "Mikell has developed into a solid safety. The three they've got battling for the other spot, none of them has stepped up. All of them are capable and have done some good things. But none of them has proven they can be trusted back there. They're fine at corner. Better than fine. They're good and they're deep. In this league, that's a good place to be deep. [Asante] Samuel is a ballhawk who is going to get you six or seven interceptions. Sheldon [Brown] is a smart, tough, reliable guy. And [Joselio] Hanson has turned out to be a real find for them. He's one of the better nickel guys in the league right now. Considering their problems at free safety, I wouldn't be surprised to see them use some three-corner, one-safety packages."

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