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PHILADELPHIA — This wasn’t exactly the way Devin White planned his resurgence with the Philadelphia Eagles.
Looking for a fresh start to his career, White signed with the Eagles following five seasons with the Tampa Bay Buccaneers. White hoped for a fresh start in Philadelphia after a rough outing in Tampa Bay, yet hasn’t played through the first two games.
Monday’s loss was the low point. White was a healthy scratch in the loss, not being on the field when the defense collapsed in the final two minutes. Perhaps White could have helped if he was active.
“Very frustrating but it ain’t the end of the world,” White said being a healthy scratch. “You know, when I look, turn on the tape I see a lot of good things about myself. I’m pretty sure they do too.
“So I just got keep working, you know, get better at the next thing and just keep going.”
White has handled the demotion with professionalism, which had to be a tough pill to swallow since he spent all of training camp with the first team. He’s been in this situation before with the Buccaneers, making this situation easier to handle.
“I don’t think I handled it the best,” White said telling the story of his benching in Tampa Bay. “You know, it was a lot going on that we didn’t expect to go on, just far as you know, starting off asking for a trade. That wasn’t like me, but I did it, you know, I had to own up to it, went to work, went to training camp, did everything right, you know, obviously getting hurt, trying to play through the injury, coming out of injury, keep playing, and then didn’t play.
“Everybody say, I got benched but I was literally inactive because of health reasons. And that’s cool, you know, got past it, came back, they worked me into the game with my foot and played nickel and did good at my role and that was the end of it.
“I’ve been in that situation before of just having to overcome adversity. Just…
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Author : Jeff Kerr
Publish date : 2024-09-20 18:33:53
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