5 Philadelphia Eagles who seemingly have zero chance at a roster spot
. . Shelton Gibson, wide receiver. 2. player. 54.
It’s time to end this.
Much has been made about Eagles vice president and general manager Howie Roseman’s inability to evaluate talent at the wide receiver position. Whenever that becomes the topic of any conversation that’s Eagles related, if Shelton Gibson isn’t the first name that’s brought up, he’s the second or the third.
Philly made him the 166th-overall selection during the fifth round of 2017’s NFL Draft. By the time his rookie season had concluded, he had notched 11 total receiving yards on a grand total of two receptions. In Year 2, he fielded two kick returns in the opener versus the Atlanta Falcons for 43 yards (he’d field another in Week 15 versus the Los Angeles Rams), but he’s never excelled at the job the Eagles hired him to do, being a wide receiver, running routes and catching the football.
The only other reception of Gibson’s career came on a 48-yard reception in Week 5 of the 2018 season versus the Minnesota Vikings. On August 13th of 2019, an injury forced him to the team’s IR (injured reserve). Philly would waive him with an injury settlement eight days later, but injuries to the team’s top three receivers forced the “Birds” to bring him back on the first day of 2020.
He hasn’t done anything since then other than force the referees to throw a flag on a pass interference penalty in the Eagles one and only playoff game this past January.
With so many options at wide receiver and with the possibility that two draft picks might have to fight tooth and nail to make the squad (John Hightower and Quez Watkins), it may be time to end the Gibson experiment once and for all.