When Nnamdi Asomugha arrived in Philly to join the Philadelphia Eagles in 2011, it was naturally met with excitement. After all, the team was getting an All-Pro cornerback who was in his prime at the time.

Sure enough, the team couldn't be more wrong. Asomugha struggled in his time in Philly and lasted just two years with the Eagles–not even half of the five-year deal (worth $60 million) he signed with the franchise. Philadelphia released the cornerback, who then played for the San Francisco 49ers for one year to little success as well.

However, according to his former Eagles teammates Asante Samuel and LeSean McCoy, they knew Asomugha was overrated after seeing him in Day 1 of practice, via New York Post.

“So when we had Nnamdi, it was his first one-on-one at practice, it was camp. Everybody’s like, ‘Oh we’ve got Nnamdi,’ he signed a big-ass deal, so we’re all looking,” McCoy said on the I Am Athlete podcast. “But when he went against the tight end Brent Celek … the tight end hit him with, like, a post corner. We was like, ‘Awwwww.'”

Samuel, for his part, has a theory why Asomugha had a hard time adjusting with the Eagles. For him, the three-time Pro Bowler was not used at the ball being thrown at him. While he did allow just one touchdown in 45 games with the then Oakland Raiders, opposing quarterbacks apparently targeted him more in Philadelphia.

“Before Nnamdi Asomugha came to Philly, he was a great player right. Then he came to Philly, they start throwing the ball at him. They weren’t throwing the ball at him [in Oakland],” Samuel explained.

“So they’re throwing it at Nnamdi, and now you’ve got to see the real player that Nnamdi is. You’re brainwashed because they weren’t throwing the ball at him. [Asomugha was a] guy that was just overrated and, you know, they gave a lot of pub to because of whatever … Just like a lot of overrated people.”

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While Nnamdi Asomugha could have a different version of what went wrong in his career after leaving the Raiders, the fact that he was out of the league by 2014 is quite telling. Perhaps Asante Samuel and LeSean McCoy is right about their assessment, though it would certainly be interesting to hear from Asomugha himself.