PHILADELPHIA -- Though we talked about Bill Barnwell’s take on Sam Bradford and Chase Daniel on Tuesday, we didn’t get into the rest of his plan for the Philadelphia Eagles' offseason.

It’s time to correct that oversight.

Barnwell is doing a division-by-division look at all 32 NFL teams and what their offseason priorities should be. He lists five areas each team should focus on. With the Eagles, the first was not using the franchise tag on Bradford and the second was signing Kansas City Chiefs backup quarterback Chase Daniel.

The other three suggestions were interesting as well. For starters, Barnwell advises the Eagles to "lock up" defensive tackle Fletcher Cox.

No argument here. The 2012 first-round pick went to his first Pro Bowl this year after three seasons of playing out of position in a 3-4 scheme. With Jim Schwartz taking over as defensive coordinator, the Eagles will play a 4-3 defense that prizes disruptive players at defensive tackle.

Cox should fit that scheme perfectly, which again raises the issue of why Chip Kelly and Bill Davis were so determined to run a 3-4. Cox had 9.5 sacks last season, but he also contributed to linebacker Connor Barwin's 14.5-sack season in 2014. That comes directly from Barwin, by the way.

The 6-foot-4, 300-pound Cox just turned 25 in December. He is just entering his prime. Cox won’t even reach age 30 until the end of the final season of a new five-year contract.

On top of that, Cox is an outstanding team-first guy. The only time he’s ever been less than cordial with the media is when he senses a question is leading to criticism of the Eagles, their coaches or their scheme.

Cox is as unlikely to change with a big contract as any player on the roster. If anything, it might encourage him to be more comfortable as a leader. His teammates already see him that way, but Cox’s quiet nature minimizes that part of his game.

Another Barnwell recommendation is to re-sign Walter Thurmond. This one is a little bit more complicated than it first appears.

Thurmond had been a cornerback in Seattle and with the New York Giants. He signed a one-year deal worth $3.25 million to play for the Eagles in 2015. After assessing the roster, the coaches asked Thurmond to move to safety. He did and he played pretty well in that role.

There are two issues here. In Davis' defense, the safeties play more like cornerbacks. There isn’t a traditional strong safety/free safety alignment. So Thurmond and Malcolm Jenkins -- who started his NFL career as a cornerback -- were able to work together. If Schwartz needs a strong safety in his scheme, the Eagles will need to find one.

Meanwhile, Thurmond said after the season that he was likely to prefer signing somewhere he can play cornerback. In the NFL, cornerbacks tend to make more than safeties. That discrepancy will be tough to ignore with the Eagles, who gave Thurmond’s old Seattle teammate Byron Maxwell a six-year, $63 million contract last year.

Thurmond isn’t getting that deal as a cornerback or a safety. But that doesn’t mean he needs a constant reminder of the league’s economic unfairness. Especially since Thurmond outplayed Maxwell last season. On top of that, Jenkins outplayed Thurmond, so the Eagles face a challenge trying to come up with contracts that don’t create any friction.

Finally, Barnwell says the Eagles should not move on from DeMarco Murray. This suggestion is simultaneously easy and difficult for the team.

It’s easy because of the salary-cap implications of moving on from Murray. Releasing him would mean a $13 million hit to the Eagles’ cap. The contract that created that situation also makes it very unlikely that any other team would trade for him.

The difficult part is that Murray was certifiably miserable with the Eagles in 2015. Even with the change in coaches, he might not be able to put that behind him and become fully committed in 2016. It would be better for everyone if Murray could get a fresh start somewhere.

That is not likely to happen, though. The Eagles can only hope that Murray feels at home in coach Doug Pederson’s offense and finds some redemption after a terrible 2015.