SO SAD: PHILADELPHIA EAGLES 2 KEY PLAYERS ARE VERY ANGRY AND DECIDE NOT TO PLAY AGAIN…
PHILADELPHIA – All eyes will be on the defensive side of the ball for the Philadelphia Eagles when free agency begins in March and the 2024 NFL Draft fires up in April.
That’s not much different than last year when they lost five starters from their Super Bowl team.
The offense won’t be overlooked, though.
The Eagles need receivers to complement A.J. Brown and DeVonta Smith.
Quez Watkins, Julio Jones, and Olamide Zaccheaus are likely gone.
The Eagles signed a few receivers to futures contracts when the season ended, including Shaquan Davis, Jacob Harris, Griffin Hebert, and Austin Davis.
And Joseph Ngata was on the practice squad all last season and is being brought back.
Do any of them move the needle for the front office?
Devon Allen finished the year on the practice squad’s injured reserve and is hoping to rehab in time to try to qualify for the 2024 Olympic Games in Paris.
Then there’s Britain Covey. He is an exclusive-rights free agent who has no interest in going anywhere except back to the NovaCare Complex this spring to begin yet another quest for a pass-catching role.
Oh yeah, I wanna be back,” said the former undrafted free agent from Utah. “Are you kidding? I wouldn’t want to be anywhere else.”
Covey was injured during training camp and didn’t get to play in the preseason.
He was cut and not brought back until after the opener against the New England Patriots.
Missing that time may have been costly to his chances of contributing as a receiver.
That really hurt me this year not getting that,” he said. “If they were regular season games I would’ve played. I haven’t missed a game in my two years in the NFL.
“I haven’t missed a game in the last four years of my career, so if it was a “game” game, I would’ve played, but it wasn’t worth it in preseason, even though I feel like it did hurt me not being able to put some receiver reps on tape.
