After an unexpectedly turbulent season, Jalen Hurts is the only defender in the Eagles squad at the start of the league year on Monday, making him the QB1 for now.
Eagles fans seem undecided as to whether they are excited for Hurts to be the team’s long-term starting QB, but the second-year QB is working hard to make sure that, if he is indeed the owner of Week 1, he will be ready. .
The Hurts are in Texas this week, training with some NFL wide receivers, including the current Eagles wideout, Greg Ward Jr., and … the former Eagles wide receiver Nelson Agholor ?!
What?
Here are 48 seconds of footage of his workouts that Ward sent to his Instagram on Sunday – with a few slanted videos, because the technology is like this:
If you are willing to tilt your head or phone, you can watch a series of short, intermediate and deep balls from Hurts to Ward and Agholor.
Oh, and guess who is a free agent as of Monday? That would be Agholor.
Is an Eagles meeting in progress? Hmm.
It is difficult to say whether he would be willing to return to Philadelphia, even if there is a new coach and defender in the city. Frankly, he would be a welcome addition to an Eagles WR body that desperately needs good, young talent.
Agholor signed a 1-year, $ 1,047 million contract last season with the Raiders and had a one-year career, scoring 48 passes for 896 yards and 8 TDs. He looked like a totally new man, engaging with Derek Carr and becoming a legitimate deep-ball threat.
There may even be a chance that Agholor played so well in 2020 that the Eagles can no longer afford it. But never exclude Howie Roseman.
The Eagles drew Agholor in 20th overall in the 2015 NFL Draft. He picked up 224 passes for 2,515 yards and 18 TDs in 71 regular season games with the Eagles, and picked up 15 passes for 167 yards in the 2017 postseason, en route to the Eagles’ Super Bowl victory. But bad takedowns and inconsistent play caught up with him, and the team opted to move on to the last pre-season.
Agholor has an intriguing place in the history of the Eagles. We’ll see if he has another chance to tell his story.
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