According to NFL.com insider Ian Rapoport, the Philadelphia Eagles and wide receiver Miles Austin will reach an agreement later this week on a one-year deal that would reunite the 30-year-old with former Dallas Cowboys teammate, running back DeMarco Murray.
The #Eagles will sign WR Miles Austin when he visits this week, source said, assuming all goes well with the physical.
— Ian Rapoport (@RapSheet) March 30, 2015
Darin Gantt of ProFootballTalk.com writes,
Austin caught 47 passes for 568 yards and two touchdowns for the Browns last season, solid numbers for 12 games. But he finished the year on injured reserve after he was hospitalized with a kidney injury.
Austin is a two-time Pro Bowler, and caught 34 touchdown passes over 106 games in his career as a Cowboy from 2006-2003. His best season came in 2009, where he completed 81 receptions and 11 touchdowns over 1,320 yards. Austin's only other 1,000-plus yard season in his nine-year career came a season later in 2010 for 1,041 yards.
The Summitt, New Jersey native out of Monmouth University will attempt to fill the void left by Jeremy Maclin, who parted ways with Philadelphia to join Andy Reid and the Kansas City Chiefs on a five-year deal worth $55 million, $22.5 million guaranteed.
Austin and Murray were teammates with the Eagles' NFC East Rival, Dallas Cowboys, from 2011-2013.
Matt Rappa (@mattrappa) is a contributor to Eagledelphia.com.
