Eagles Sign WR Jordan Matthews
Philadelphia: As the Philadelphia Eagles get ready to take on the Indianapolis Colts on Sunday from Lincoln Financial Field, the Eagles would make some news on Wednesday morning.
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Early Wednesday morning, a report by Jordan Schultz saying the Eagles would sign WR Jordan Matthews.
about 10 minutes after the Report by Jordan Schultz, the Eagles would make the move official and also placed WR Mike Wallace on IR.
There were rumbling about Jordan Matthews yesterday as some reporter spotted Matthews at the Novacare Complex
This was a move the Eagles had to make as they are very short at WR with the injury to Mike Wallace, No Alshon Jeffery, Mack Hollins is on IR. Matthews knows the offense and this comes at a very good time as Carson Wentz will make his return to the lineup on Sunday. The Eagles would draft Jordan Matthews in the second round of the 2014 NFL Draft out of Vanderbilt. During his three years with the Eagles from 2014–16, Matthews would play in 46 games with 225 catches for 2,673 yards and 19 touchdowns.
During the 2016 season which was the first for QB Carson Wentz, Matthews would have 73 catches for 804 yards and 3 touchdowns, his highest catch performance was 11 catches in an overtime loss to the Cowboys.
