Philadelphia Eagles: Jalen Reagor sees the writing on the wall

The addition of A.J. Brown is fantastic for almost everyone associated with the Philadelphia Eagles. His addition makes his good friend Jalen Hurts‘ life easier as a quarterback, he makes Nick Sirianni’s life easier as a play designer, and frankly, he makes the rest of the Eagles’ offensive playmakers easier too, as he will draw strong interest from any defensive coordinator the team faces off against.

But for Brown to become that sort of big-time difference-making playmaker for the Eagles, someone will have to lose their spot in the team’s starting lineup in order to facilitate a focal point role for the former Tennessee Titans.

That player appears to be Jalen Reagor, who was Philly’s primary X receiver last year, and he apparently knows it, as he has removed all mentions of the Eagles – and posts in general – from his Instagram and Twitter accounts.

Will a trade ultimately come to pass? Will the Philadelphia Eagles be able to get value back from the former first-round pick during this, draft weekend, or will Jalen Reagor have to fight for a spot on the team this summer and potentially find himself a roster casualty come August? I guess we’ll have to see.

The Philadelphia Eagles have fully moved on from Jalen Reagor.

Coming into the 2021 NFL season, Jalen Reagor was expected to expand his offensive role with the Philadelphia Eagles’ by taking more snaps out of the slot.

At the time, the decision made a good bit of sense; Reagor is a dynamic offensive weapon who was at his best during his time at TCU playing out in space, and his speed, strength, and burst could be an intriguing option.

… except it didn’t happen, Reagor was the Eagles’ fourth/fifth offensive option and largely underwhelmed versus even the meager expectations fans had after his disappointing rookie season.

Now granted, Reagor did play in the slot from time to time, but he was primarily stuck on the outside, as Quez Watkins largely manned the interior as a super speedy vertical threat down the middle of the field. Reagor, instead, was used on the outside and became a clear second thought behind his fellow first-round draftee DeVonta Smith.

With Smith destined to become an elite outside receiver deployed off the line at the flanker spot where cornerbacks can’t immediately press him off of his route, Reagor’s long-term future with the Eagles became rather murky, and it became murkier still when Howie Roseman and company signed Zach Pascal, a favorite of Nick Sirianni, to fill effectively the same role in the offense many expected the TCU product to play moving forward.

And now that the team has 100 million reasons to play A.J. Brown at outside wide receiver, the writing is on the wall: Jalen Reagor isn’t a part of the Philadelphia Eagles future.