Eagles cut wide receiver Dorial Green-Beckham

Source: www.fanragsports.com --- Friday, June 30, 2017
Dorial Green-Beckham continues to struggle to see his once-highly regarded talent translate into NFL success, and the former second-round draft pick saw another team give up on him on Friday. The Philadelphia Eagles cut Green-Beckham a year after trading for him, Adam Schefter of ESPN.com reports. Green-Beckham will venture onto waivers and present teams with an opportunity to claim him. If unclaimed, the 24-year-old wideout will be a free agent. Eagles waived WR Dorial Green-Beckham. — Adam Schefter (@AdamSchefter) June 30, 2017 It’s certainly in play another team claims Green-Beckham. He’s only 24 and has two years remaining on his rookie contract. The 6-foot-5, 225-pound receiver has always possessed measureables that tantalized teams, dating back to being the No. 1 recruit in the country years ago. But he hasn’t been able to put his elite skill set to good use on an NFL field and didn’t particularly stand out in college, at least not on a level his talents would suggest he should have. Green-Beckham saw his standing with the Eagles impacted when they signed both Torrey Smith and Alshon Jeffery in March. The Eagles also used a fourth-round pick on North Carolina’s Mack Hollins this year. Jordan Matthews and 2015 first-rounder Nelson Agholor are also on the team, complicating Green-Beckham’s status entering his third season. That said, this move is telling because Green-Beckham is under team control for two more years as part ...

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