Saturday, July 27, 2013

Jeremy Maclin done for year with torn ACL

Not good....not good at all for the Eagles. Wide out Jeremy Maclin tore his ACL today in practice and will miss the entire 2013 NFL season. A crushing blow to a team that really relied on Maclin the past seasons and will now look heavily to Desean Jackson and Jason Avant to pick up the slack. I believe if you had to lose either Maclin or Jackson, this might be better for a high tempo offense that needs Desean Jackson and now Damaris Johnson who is going to have a big role in the offense. Maclin went down during the 7 on 7 drills and was carted off the field with a towel over his head, clearly he was upset. Now Riley Cooper and Arrellious Benn are the two I am looking at to step up and fill the void because they both fit the possession type WR that will score touchdowns like Maclin did (He had 7 last year). This also gives another spot open to rookie Ifeanyi Momah to maybe impress during the preseason and make the roster. Again losing a very productive and explosive player never helps and the Eagles have their work cut out for them to replace a very good football player. 

 

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