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| 28th September, 2008 - 11:31 am |  Boston Herald - The Eagles are letting Asante Samuel play cornerback the way he knows how, rather then cloud his mind with the numerous changes between the defenses of New England and Philadelphia.
"What we’ve done a little bit is just let him do some of his stuff that’s made him such a good football player," Eagles defensive coordinator Jim Johnson said Thursday. "It’s not like a rookie where you say, 'Do this, do that."
"The biggest thing for him is just learning the defense and proper leverage and alignment, and where his help is," Johnson added. "That’s what you have to learn, but we’re still going to let him be Asante, too."
Samuel, who signed a six-year, $57.14 million contract on the first day of free agency, has two interceptions in his first three games with Philadelphia.
"They allow me to play to my strengths," Samuel said. "It’s a good thing for me, a good thing for the defense. I like to play my style. I like to make plays. I just want to continue to do that and put myself in the best position possible to do that." [READ] |
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