Rodney McLeod will be back with the Philadelphia Eagles for one more season after the team announced McLeod reworked his deal to keep him in Philadelphia for 2019. Terms of the deal were disclosed Friday, but the Eagles will save $7.469 million in cap space with the reworked deal (per ESPN's Field Yates).

McLeod's base salary went from $7.5 million in 2019 to $1.5 million.

McLeod had two years and just over $20.8 million on his contract he originally signed in 2016, which was for five years and $40 million. This was the second time McLeod restructured the deal, the first being in May of 2017.

So where do the Eagles sit in cap space? Per figures released by the NFLPA, the Eagles will carry over $6.1 million of salary cap space for this offseason, reducing their salary cap amount to $9,275,726 million over the limit (this was before the McLeod deal). With the McLeod deal in place the Eagles are projected to be $1,806,726 over the cap (this isn't taking into affect the new contract McLeod signed).

McLeod played in just three games for the Eagles before going on injured reserve with a torn MCL. He finished with 10 tackles and four passes defensed in five targets.

This comes after two solid seasons in Philadelphia which McLeod played 2,062 snaps, compiling 130 tackles and six interceptions in 30 games, with 13 passes defensed. McLeod was one of the best coverage safeties in football in 2016 as opposing quarterbacks had a 55.0 passer rating when targeting him.

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The reworked deal ensures McLeod's starting safety spot in 2019, allowing Avonte Maddox the freedom to play cornerback. Maddox had an incredible rookie season with the Eagles, already becoming a threat to opposing quarterbacks that targeted him in 2018. Opposing quarterbacks had just a 59.9 passer rating when targeting Maddox this season, which was tied for fourth-lowest in the NFL.

Turns out Maddox's coverage stats were even better than that. Per Pro Football Focus, Maddox allowed a league-low 0.56 yards per coverage snap in 2018, beating All-Pro cornerback Patrick Peterson (0.63 yards per coverage snap).

Coverage snaps played per target measures the rate at which a defensive player is targeted. Richard Sherman was targeted just once every 12.6 coverage snaps (on average) in 2018, the lowest mark among cornerbacks with 300-plus coverage snaps. Maddox finished second at 11.8 coverage snaps played per target.

Maddox started nine games for the Eagles, finishing with 35 tackles, two interceptions, four pass breakups and a forced fumble. Not bad for a player who was a fourth-round draft pick out of Pittsburgh last April.

The Eagles will go into 2019 with McLeod starting opposite Malcolm Jenkins, forming one of the best safety tandems in the NFL. All of a sudden the Eagles secondary is a viable strength heading into next season with McLeod back, especially at the cornerback position.

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