Reid Makes the Special Teams Point

On Wednesday I mentioned that one area of concern I had with Stewart Bradley is that I hadn't seen him make a whole lot of plays on special teams.  In his Wednesday press conference, Reid made the same point about how those skills can translate to starting:

On whether Akeem Jordan's abilities on special teams will translate as a linebacker: "With a couple of different positions that you look at, they seem to have a carryover. One of them is linebacker. Normally, if a guy is a good special teams player as a linebacker, it normally carries over to him being successful as a linebacker. Akeem is a smart guy. He's got some great instincts as a linebacker. Those are the things that allowed him to make this football team. Now, he's going to have an opportunity to show it in a game."

The interesting thing, though, is that according to Dave Spadaro my anecdotal impressions of Bradley's play may not be very accurate:

Also in the mix is Bradley, who ranks second on the team in special teams production points and who has taken more and more reps in past weeks at practice. Bradley could play in nickel situations, when the Eagles use two linebackers, instead of three, anticipating a pass play.

Some of that is probably due to the fact that he plays in multiple phases and some past special teams standouts have been forced into more regular duty.  But it's still better than the credit I gave him.