Dorial Green-Beckham Traded To Eagles
Eagleswide receiver Chris Givens clearly isnt familiar with his new teammate.
"Honestly, I don"t know too much about the guy, Givens said about Dorial Green-Beckham, whom the Eagles acquired from the Titans Tuesday (see story).
No disrespect to him or anybody else, I"ve never heard of him, so I don"t know what he brings. I just heard he"s like 6-7, so I guess that"s good for him, but other than that, I have no idea."
Rueben Randle didn"t appear too familiar with him either.
Actually we just found out at the end of practice, so its new to everyone, so [Im] just gonna go out there like anyone else and try to get better, Randle said.
The Eagles have made a sincere effort over the last couple seasons to add to their receiver depth, and the 6-foot-5, 237-pound Green-Beckham is the latest wideout to get an opportunity. Green-Beckham had 32 receptions for 549 yards and four touchdowns in his rookie campaign with the Titans, but it was his off-field issues that made headlines.
Nonetheless, hes another body in camp, albeit a very talented yet troubled one (more on that here),who has a chance to take a roster spot from someone else. So what does that mean for the receivers who have been in Eagles camp all offseason?
I dont feel like that has anything to do with me, Givens said. Thats something [the front office wants] to do, Im gonna come out here and compete and show that I need to be on the field every single down, and thats it."
Last years first-round pick Nelson Agholor knows Green-Beckham well; thetwo were part of the same draft class and spent time together at the NFL Scouting Combine.
At the end of the day, whatever decisions that they make upstairs, we cant control that, Agholor said. What we can do is respond. What were gonna do is with a guy coming in, were all gonna compete. Hes gonna make us better, were gonna make him better.
The Eagles receivers were inconsistent and at times unreliable last season, including their top wideoutJordan Matthews, who struggled with drops throughout the season. Even with somewhat of a new group this year, they didnt put together a noteworthy showing in the preseason opener last Thursday, either.
I dont know how much you can take away from a first preseason game, Givens said. But if they did, thats what they did, thats what they felt like they needed to do, so Im just gonna continue to focus on my craft and be the best I can be and go out here and be somebody this team can depend on.
HowieRoseman noted Tuesday that Green-Beckham is not guaranteed a roster spot and simply will have an opportunity with the team. How he affects the Eagles plans and who may be the odd man out come final cuts is something to keep an eye on.
While the trade will certainly enhance competition throughout the rest of the preseason, the current receiver group knows the move was made in the best interest of the team.
Hes gonna enter our family in the wide receiver corpsand were all gonna compete and you know, competition makes us all rise, Agholor said. He has skillsets that I can learn from, and its gonna help me out, and Im gonna try to help him out.
Source: http://www.csnphilly.com/philadelphia-eagles/eagles-wide-receivers-react-trade-dorial-green-beckham
