The Eagles will continue their partnership with Anthony Harris. The former Vikings safety agreed to a one-year deal to stay in Philadelphia, Adam Schefter of ESPN.com tweets.
This is the second consecutive year the Eagles and Harris have agreed on a one-year pact. Harris, who played the 2020 season on the franchise tag in Minnesota, started 14 games for the Eagles last season.
Both of Philly’s starting safeties from last season hit free agency this week. Longtime Eagles starter Rodney McLeod remains unsigned. Harris, 30, has not secured a long-term pact but did make good money on the tag two years ago. He played for $4MM last season. With McLeod not on the roster at this point, the Eagles’ payroll had little money devoted to the safety position entering Friday.
Harris intercepted six passes for the Vikings in 2019, leading to them tagging him the following year. He has one INT combined over the past two seasons but has proven to remain a reliable starter, lining up with the Vikes and Eagles’ first-string defenses in 30 games from 2020-21. Harris allowed a 68.7 passer rating when targeted last season, way down from the 118.1 figure he compiled in 2020. He allowed a 51% completion rate when targeted as well, with that figure also down considerably from his 2020 performance.