PHILADELPHIA – Finding a linebacker after 13 weeks of the NFL season is a lot like stumbling into a yard sale, where one man’s trash is another man’s treasure.

So, the Philadelphia Eagles are hoping Shaq Leonard can be that treasure, plucking him from the Indianapolis Colts’ yard sale. They signed the free-agent linebacker, 28, to a one-year, $1.08 million contract on Monday that has a salary cap hit of $300,000.

It’s the same Colts team that is battling to make the AFC playoffs under first-year head coach and former Eagles offensive coordinator Shane Steichen. At 7-5, Indy didn’t feel Leonard could help make the difference between a vacation at the end of the regular season and a playoff game in mid-January.

Why? Injuries.

Two back surgeries, with the most recent coming just last November, had robbed him of the All-Pro form he flashed in three of his first four years in the league after the Colts drafted him in the second round out of South Carolina State.

Leonard will meet with the Eagles media, probably on Wednesday, and give his side of the story, which will most likely include an assertion that he has plenty left to give the Eagles.

The Eagles certainly seem to think he does.

Exactly why Leonard chose the Eagles over the Dallas Cowboys, who wanted Leonard just as badly as Philly, will probably be revealed on Wednesday as well. The expectation is he will play against the team he spurned Sunday night in primetime when the Eagles visit Dallas.

“I know how smart Shaq is and how much he works at it,” said Sirianni. “I know our coaches will work hard at it as well to get him up to speed. Some game plans have less in them, and some game plans have more in them.

“The style of the team you’re playing. There are so many different things that go into it. We’ll have a better feel as the week goes, but we’re going to try to get him up to speed as quick as possible.”

When the Eagles recruited Leonard last week, head coach Nick Sirianni passed the phone around to senior offensive assistant coach Marcus Brady, tight ends coach Jason Michael, and passing game coordinator Kevin Patula.

“We still have confidence from the tape that he still can play, and he’s been a high-level player in this league for a very long time,” said Sirianni. “…“Still has a knack to take the ball away. Still has that knack to run and hit the ball carrier. Still has the length that he had to make throws hard in the passing lane. So excited about the player we’re getting.”

In nine games with the Colts this season, Leonard made 65 tackles, including two for losses.

If he has anything left, he very well could become a starter at some point. At the very least, he brings much-needed depth behind Zach Cunningham and, maybe Nick Morrow, who struggled in the 42-19 blowout loss to the San Francisco 49ers on Sunday.

Per Pro Football Focus, Morrow allowed 175 yards of 49ers quarterback Brock Purdy’s 314 passing yards and two of the four touchdowns Purdy tossed.

For the most part, Morrow has played well enough to continue in his role, but it was a role that was reduced when Nakobe Dean was healthy for the handful of games he played this season.

Sirianni insisted the addition of Leonard is not a reflection on the position group, which includes the inexperienced Christian Elliss who made the first start of his three-year career on Sunday, and the even more inexperienced rookie Ben VanSumeren.

“Again, I don’t want to make any mistake about it, I like our linebackers,” said the coach. “I know (Sunday) was a tough day for us, but still have a lot of faith in the linebackers and the people we have in the building. Just going to be a good addition with Shaq in this building.”

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