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Eagles coach Nick Sirianni explains decision to release Devin White originally appeared on NBC Sports Philadelphia
Nick Sirianni didn’t have any deep insights into why things didn’t work out with Devin White.
He just wasn’t good enough.
“You know, it goes back to Nakobe (Dean) and Zach (Baun) getting that spot, winning that spot,” he said as the Eagles reconvened following their bye week.
“That’s not an easy situation. I can’t say enough good things about Devin and how he handled that really hard situation. Sometimes guys have roles on special teams, etc. And just in this particular case, this is where we were and just how it played out.”
The Eagles released White on Tuesday, seven months after they signed him with the intention of making him a starting inside linebacker.
But despite receiving most of the 1st-team reps throughout training camp, White wound up losing the starting spot to Dean, the 3rd-year 3rd-round pick from Georgia. Because he doesn’t play special teams, White was inactive the first three weeks of the season. Then he was listed as “out” prior to the Bucs game for what the Eagles described as a “personal matter.”
White wound up never playing a snap for the Eagles, and he’s currently an unrestricted free agent, free to sign with any other team.
Yeah, again, we go through our process as far as how we practice and get a lot from how you practice. And so I’m confident in our evaluation of players as far as how we go about our business practicing preseason games, etc. Just with every player in general.
When he was benched, White said he would stay ready and fill any role he was asked to fill. That only lasted three weeks.
“At the end of the day, it’s not my call,” he said back on Sept. 13. “I’ll just do what’s asked of me and just stay ready. Whether I go out there the last two minutes of the game or the first play of the game, I’ve just got to be ready and just be able to give this team all I have.
“Because that’s what I came…
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Publish date : 2024-10-09 17:18:51
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