Eagles Position Examination: Safeties (Uncertainty Abounds) The Eagles have a lot of questions that need to be answered at safety Author: Feb 14, 2021 PHILADELPHIA - The Eagles have some younger options at the safety position but uncertainty is the theme after a late-season ACL injury to the leader of the secondary, Rodney McLeod, and the pending free agency of the other starter on the back end, Jalen Mills. Pencil in changes on the coaching staff with first-time defensive coordinator Jonathan Gannon, whose positional-coaching history is the defensive backfield, and former Jets secondary coach Dennard Wilson essentially swapping positions with Marquand Manuel, Doug Pederson’s 2020 secondary coach.