Jalen Reagor has excessive expectations heading into his 2d NFL season. The Philadelphia Eagles wide receiver is already behind the eight ball on the commence of camp, failing his conditioning test conducted before the commence of the first apply.
There used to be a motive the 22-year-outmoded Reagor failed the test. Reagor has been coping with a most fashionable atomize of a friend (as Inquirer.com beat creator Jeff McLane reported), which the Eagles relate affected his readiness for the commence of camp.
“We clearly need all our guys available daily. Jalen needed to plow thru some things that I’m in a position to now not even take into consideration going thru that he needed to contend with, so I know that mentally, he has to salvage himself in a collection,” Eagles coach Slash Sirianni told reporters before the commence of Saturday’s practising camp apply. “So, I’m now not concerned.”
Reagor used to be a shock list on the injury document the first day of apply. The Eagles labeled it as “decrease physique tightness,” which they’ve been easing him abet into the apply routine.
“He’s been getting himself abet ready to transfer these final couple days,” Sirianni stated. “He’s received some tightness in his physique, for this reason we’re preserving him abet. All as soon as more, any time – we appropriate relate that in apply so valuable, that that is where you crimson meat up as a player.
“So, any time a player misses, clearly we’re now not going to need that nonetheless no enlighten on legend of he’s heading within the correct direction to be ready.”
The Eagles occupy their first chunky-padded apply Tuesday, the first test for Reagor to showcase what he can build in a new offense. Philadelphia is relying on Reagor to emerge as the No. 2 option at wide receiver, hoping he can change into a viable counterpart to DeVonta Smith and excel within the slot.
There could be heaps of force on Reagor to salvage a wide receiver neighborhood that hasn’t had a factual first week of apply (outside of Smith), showing signs the unit hasn’t a superb deal improved from final season. The first sing of industry is to salvage Reagor’s mind correct — serving to him out as he’s going thru a stressful time in his life.
“Comely being there for him,” Sirianni stated. “If we are going to insist the very first core fee is connecting after which have to now not there for players in a time of need, then we’re chunky of it. And so or now not it is appropriate being there for him, and you perceive, having the of us in space within the building to relieve him contend with the leisure that he’s going thru. So that you simply occupy mavens that build that, correct, that will talk over with him if need be after which you appropriate occupy coaches that esteem him which will be there to chat to him, too.
“I mediate you look, too, the players, you look that right here’s a factual-knit neighborhood of players, as effectively. So there’s heaps of guys for him to be able to chat to, again, mavens, coaches and his teammates.”
