Nelson Agholor is getting a fresh start in Las Vegas, according to reports.
The wideout has signed a 1 year handle the Raiders as he carries on from the City of Brotherly Love. Agholor’s time with the Eagles was . intriguing. He entered the league with expectations as a first-round choice in the 2015 draft. He had some strong production, with his best year being 2017 when he completed with 62 receptions for 768 yards and 8 goals. He even assisted lead the Eagles to a Super Bowl triumph over the Patriots.
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However Eagles fans most likely won’ t keep in mind Agholor for his success. Rather, they will remember him for his drops.
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Agholor’s drops ended up being a running joke that reached a peak when a Philly local referenced the receiver in a TELEVISION interview. While addressing concerns about capturing children from a burning structure, Hakim Laws stated, “My man just started throwing babies out the window and we was catching them, unlike Agholor.”
So, naturally, when reports came out that the Raiders had signed Agholor, NFL fans had absolutely nothing however jokes about the receiver’s drops.
Even Pro Football Focus participated the action with fact-based jokes.
Nelson Agholor has more drops than TD receptions every season of his profession other than for 2017
— PFF (@PFF) March 21,2020
Raiders dropped the ball on this one
— Cameron Magruder (@ScooterMagruder) March 21,2020
Everybody else’s reactions were as anticipated.
Raiders dropped the ball on this one
— Cameron Magruder (@ScooterMagruder) March 21,2020
He dropped his pen signing the agreement
–‘( @BigBoyFro) March21,2020
Nelson(****************************************************** )is so bad you didn’t even offer him his own tweet
— Morty’s Burner (@MortySportz24)
March 21,2020
While Twitter had jokes, it will be intriguing to see whether Agholor can discover success with theRaiders Eagles fans can be hard to handle, so a modification of surroundings will most likely benefit him. We’ll need to wait to see whether he’s capturing passes from Derek Carr or Marcus Mariota, however anticipate him to get some playing time on a Raiders offense that’s currently doing not have receivers.
