{"id":23129,"date":"2017-06-30T14:04:30","date_gmt":"2017-06-30T18:04:30","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/lwosonnfl.ms.lastwordonsports.com\/?p=23129"},"modified":"2021-03-13T14:01:30","modified_gmt":"2021-03-13T19:01:30","slug":"dorial-green-beckham-project-ends-philly","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/nfl\/2017\/06\/30\/dorial-green-beckham-project-ends-philly\/","title":{"rendered":"Dorial Green-Beckham Project Ends in Philadelphia"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The Philadelphia Eagles waived third-year wide receiver <strong><a href=\"http:\/\/www.pro-football-reference.com\/players\/G\/GreeDo00.htm?utm_campaign=Linker&amp;utm_source=direct&amp;utm_medium=linker-\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Dorial Green-Beckham<\/a><\/strong> today to make room for quarterback <strong>Dane Evans<\/strong>. Evans, a relative unknown at the position, joins a\u00a0<\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">solid quarterback group consisting of <strong><a href=\"http:\/\/www.pro-football-reference.com\/players\/W\/WentCa00.htm?utm_campaign=Linker&amp;utm_source=direct&amp;utm_medium=linker-\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Carson Wentz<\/a><\/strong>, <strong><a href=\"http:\/\/www.pro-football-reference.com\/players\/F\/FoleNi00.htm?utm_campaign=Linker&amp;utm_source=direct&amp;utm_medium=linker-\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Nick Foles<\/a><\/strong>, and <strong><a href=\"http:\/\/www.pro-football-reference.com\/players\/M\/McGlMa01.htm?utm_campaign=Linker&amp;utm_source=direct&amp;utm_medium=linker-\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Matt McGloin<\/a><\/strong>.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">The <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/Eagles?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">#Eagles<\/a> waived WR Dorial Green-Beckham, another team to pass on the talented high draft pick.<\/p>\n<p>&mdash; Ian Rapoport (@RapSheet) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/RapSheet\/status\/880805399573786624?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">June 30, 2017<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<h2><strong>Dorial Green-Beckham Project Ends in Philly<\/strong><\/h2>\n<p>That Green-Beckham was cut for a player who&#8217;s unlikely to make the final roster suggests how far he had fallen in the eyes of the coaches. After a rollercoaster rookie season in Tennessee, <a href=\"http:\/\/www.nfl.com\/news\/story\/0ap3000000685910\/article\/dorial-greenbeckham-traded-to-eagles-from-titans\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">the Titans traded Green-Beckham to the Eagles<\/a>\u00a0for tackle <strong><a href=\"http:\/\/www.pro-football-reference.com\/players\/K\/KellDe00.htm?utm_campaign=Linker&amp;utm_source=direct&amp;utm_medium=linker-\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Dennis Kelly<\/a><\/strong>. Initially, many suspected the ultra-athletic receiver would fill a void left by <strong><a href=\"http:\/\/www.pro-football-reference.com\/players\/M\/MaclJe00.htm?utm_campaign=Linker&amp;utm_source=direct&amp;utm_medium=linker-\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Jeremy Maclin<\/a><\/strong>. Instead, Green-Beckham was plagued by drops and an inability to learn <strong><a href=\"http:\/\/www.pro-football-reference.com\/players\/P\/PedeDo00.htm?utm_campaign=Linker&amp;utm_source=direct&amp;utm_medium=linker-\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Doug Pederson<\/a><\/strong>&#8216;s offense. That trait followed him into this year&#8217;s off-season training program.<\/p>\n<p>With <a href=\"http:\/\/www.philly.com\/philly\/blogs\/sports\/eagles\/Eagles-sign-Alshon-Jeffery-to-one-year-deal.html\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">the free agency additions<\/a> of <strong><a href=\"http:\/\/www.pro-football-reference.com\/players\/J\/JeffAl00.htm?utm_campaign=Linker&amp;utm_source=direct&amp;utm_medium=linker-\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Alshon Jeffery<\/a><\/strong> and <strong><a href=\"http:\/\/www.pro-football-reference.com\/players\/S\/SmitTo02.htm?utm_campaign=Linker&amp;utm_source=direct&amp;utm_medium=linker-\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Torrey Smith<\/a><\/strong> back in March, Green-Beckham&#8217;s time in Philly seemed to be limited. That was further compounded by 2017 draft picks <strong>Mack Hollins<\/strong> and <strong>Shelton Gibson<\/strong>. Finally, the surprising rise of <strong><a href=\"http:\/\/www.pro-football-reference.com\/players\/A\/AghoNe00.htm?utm_campaign=Linker&amp;utm_source=direct&amp;utm_medium=linker-\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Nelson Agholor<\/a><\/strong>\u00a0shut down any possibility of Green-Beckham earning a roster spot. Green-Beckham at least played through OTAs and minicamp but clearly didn&#8217;t leave an impression on the Eagles coaching staff.<\/p>\n<p>The Titans originally drafted Green-Beckham in the second round of the 2015 NFL Draft, taking him with the 40th overall pick. His talent and overall potential outweighed the significant off-field baggage Tennessee inherited by picking him. <a href=\"https:\/\/sports.yahoo.com\/blogs\/ncaaf-dr-saturday\/missouri-wr-dorial-green-beckham-arrested-drug-charges-171551944--ncaaf.html\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Green-Beckham dealt with numerous legal issues<\/a> while playing collegiately at Missouri, with <a href=\"http:\/\/www.espn.com\/college-football\/story\/_\/id\/10768484\/missouri-tigers-dismiss-dorial-green-beckham-team-wake-incident\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">the team dismissing him in April of 2014<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>Green-Beckham committed to Mizzou as one of the nation&#8217;s most highly touted high school prospects. <a href=\"https:\/\/n.rivals.com\/content\/prospects\/2012\/dorial-green-beckham-13094\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Recruiting website Rivals.com rated him<\/a> as the number one prospect of the 2012 class.<\/p>\n<p>Considering Green-Beckham&#8217;s size, athleticism,\u00a0and youth, it wouldn&#8217;t be a shocker to see him sign with another team this off-season. Teams with a need at the position could bring in\u00a0Green-Beckham for some roster competition.<\/p>\n<div class=\"getty embed image\" style=\"background-color: #fff; display: inline-block; font-family: 'Helvetica Neue',Helvetica,Arial,sans-serif; color: #a7a7a7; font-size: 11px; width: 100%; max-width: 594px;\">\n<div style=\"padding: 0; margin: 0; text-align: left;\"><a style=\"color: #a7a7a7; text-decoration: none; font-weight: normal !important; border: none; display: inline-block;\" href=\"http:\/\/www.gettyimages.com\/detail\/695647906\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Embed from Getty Images<\/a><\/div>\n<div style=\"overflow: hidden; position: relative; height: 0; padding: 66.666667% 0 0 0; width: 100%;\"><iframe loading=\"lazy\" style=\"display: inline-block; position: absolute; top: 0; left: 0; width: 100%; height: 100%; margin: 0;\" src=\"\/\/embed.gettyimages.com\/embed\/695647906?et=ItYtH8-pT7ReW0sUAEerTA&amp;tld=com&amp;viewMoreLink=on&amp;sig=bwlu3dV43TtK266fQsY8tVSX2IG1j2hzisurSmw4Zhw=&amp;caption=true\" width=\"594\" height=\"396\" frameborder=\"0\" scrolling=\"no\"><\/iframe><\/div>\n<p style=\"margin: 0;\">\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The Philadelphia Eagles waived third-year wide receiver Dorial Green-Beckham today to make room for quarterback Dane Evans.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1864,"featured_media":23151,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_lmt_disableupdate":"","_lmt_disable":"","sfio_featured_image":false,"sfio_embed_code":"","_ef_editorial_meta_date_first-draft-date":"","_ef_editorial_meta_paragraph_assignment":"","_ef_editorial_meta_checkbox_needs-photo":"","_ef_editorial_meta_number_word-count":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[36,21],"tags":[398,7346],"class_list":["post-23129","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-nfl-news","category-eagles","tag-dorial-green-beckham","tag-philadelphia-eagles-roster"],"modified_by":"David Latham, Managing Editor","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/23129","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1864"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=23129"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/23129\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/23151"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=23129"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=23129"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=23129"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}