Eagles Franchise L.J. Smith

The Philadelphia Eagles have decided to put their franchise tag on tight end L.J. Smith.

“Any player wants a long-term deal - that’s what you want, to feel secure in your job and also your family’s position, but I’m OK with it right now,” Smith said. “I definitely would have preferred a long-term deal but, hey, my agent, he’s going to want to talk with the team, and who knows? I didn’t even think I was going to get this. Maybe they can get something worked out later on.”

L.J. Smith isn’t that good of a tight end and I’m surprised the Eagles are keeping him around. He can’t seem to stay healthy and he’s a below-average blocker. Sure he’ll make a nice catch every now and then but Philadelphia could have easily found a better overall tight end.