So.. I am honestly asking. Do you think its a better chance his play has dropped off in the last two years because he was in Philly or because he has been playing for 10 years and lost his step... Ive heard a lot of what I call experts (that have participated in this game from playing to coaching to FO) say he has lost a step or two at 30 Yo.

With 8 years in the league before he went to Philly, he had to have known how the place was..

He also does not play special teams anymore, which I think lowers his value even more.

I am of the opinion that after Jim Johnson died in 2008 (Eagles last deep playoff run) they never replaced the guy. Eventually the horrible defense play and mid-season defensive coaching shuffle contributed to Andy Reid getting canned.

Great read: Eagles Must Find The Next Jim Johnson - SB Nation Philly

As for Asomugha, the past 3 or 4 times I saw the Eagles play the past couple years I didn't key in on him, but he started. I also felt like the Eagles had talent on their defense, a big beefy d-line, quick DB's, and they played like they were stoned or something. Watching both the Dallas and Atlanta games last year was almost laughable for the Eagles D as a whole. Been proven that giving a veteran a new team can get him to perform again. He is only 31 so he has a good 3 to 4 years left in him.

Remember, Nnamdi is a local (from Lafayette, LA) so it would be a great place to close-out his career.

I['m not going to blame Nnamdi Asomugha or anyone on the Eagles defense for the issues. Mainly I'm going to blame Juan Castillo for never having coached the defensive side of the field when he took over. He made good folks look bad and was NEVER able to bring that defense together

2012 they were middle of the pack.. 15 overall I think

So for the next hour, we sat and watched Nnamdi Asomugha. Baldinger had already gone through the tape earlier in the day. He pointed out how Asomugha locked down receivers, one-on-one, how he used his long arms to jam them at the line. He bumped them and kept them from getting into their routes. He destroyed the timing between the quarterback and the receiver. Only three balls were thrown to his side. None were completed.

“That’s a clinic on how to play the corner,” Baldinger said.

It only confirmed what I had heard and read about Asomugha. He had allowed just one touchdown pass in three seasons. There were only 13 passes completed on him in all of the 2010 season. So when the Eagles signed him in July, 2011, it made perfect sense to think it was a great move.

So how did it go so wrong?

Well, it didn’t help that he walked into an Eagles defense that was in a state of disarray with a miscast Juan Castillo serving as coordinator. They were playing a tricked-up front (the wide nine) and trying to fit three Pro Bowl cornerbacks into two spots, which meant Asomugha found himself playing more zone defense. He looked confused and uncertain playing in space. The geometry of the game – the angles he took to the ball, the angles he took to make a tackle – was different.

In Oakland, Asomugha played almost exclusively on the outside, one-on-one with a man right in front of him. He didn’t have to read or adjust; he just had to stay with his man. It was a good fit for him with his height and long arms. He played it so well that teams did stop throwing the ball to his side. He had eight interceptions in 2006 and just three in the next four years combined.