Safety Kevin Byard didn’t ask to be traded when the Giants asked him to Take a pay cut This is the off season and he later agreed to it Reworked deal With a team that seemed to indicate it would play this year in Tennessee.
A subpar start to the Giants’ season and the Eagles’ need in the secondary conspired to change that outlook this week. Byard was traded to the Eagles and met with the media for the first time since the trade on Wednesday.
Byard was born in Philadelphia, but moved away as a teenager and said “it’s exciting for me” to be back in the city. He said he would “just come to learn the rules of the game, develop the relationship with the players, and try to come and help as much as possible” with a team that has a much better position in the standings than the one he led. Just left.
“This is my eighth season and I feel really good, also after a bye week,” Byard said on the team’s website. “I definitely feel refreshed now. This team has a great culture and I’m looking forward to adding to that Feels good to wake up 6-1“.
Byard’s first game with his new team will come against the Leaders on Sunday and helping them win will ensure the Eagles stay atop the NFC East and the NFC as a whole.
