Nelson Agholor called out his Raiders teammates last month in a wild locker room outburst, according to a story in The Athletic.
Agholor may no longer be an Eagle, but the story shows how much Agholor’s experience in Philadelphia shaped what kind of person and what kind of teammate he is now.
Vic Tafur, who covers the Raiders for The Athletic, wrote about Nelly’s reaction after the Raiders blew a 4th quarter lead against the Dolphins in Week 16, which Miami was able to score three times in the final four minutes of the game. .
It was the Raiders’ fifth loss in six games after a 6-3 start and fourth loss at home. That dropped them to 7-8 and eliminated them from the quarrel after the season.
According to Tafur, Agholor addressed his teammates in the locker room before coach Jon Gruden had the chance to speak and told them that they were selfish and that ‘they suck’, according to Tafur:
According to the people in the room, Agholor said that his teammates were selfish and did not work hard enough, and that they had stopped against the Dolphins as well as in the previous two losses. He said there was no liability in the locker room. , and on winning teams players play for each other and the coaches. The performance of the Raiders in the previous six games was unacceptable, and too many people in the team just accepted it. Agholor told his teammates they were sucking. “
According to Tafur, no one else said a word after Agholor spoke and even Gruden did not speak.
Tafur said he asked Gruden on Thursday night about the incident, and Gruden simply texted him, “I love Agholor.”
Agholor, the Eagles ‘first-round pick in 2015, spent his first five seasons in Philadelphia and although he largely underperformed, he had 9 passes for 84 yards in the Eagles’ Super Bowl victory over the Patriots after the 2017 season received and had three first receptions from Nick Foles during the game in the fourth quarter.
Agholor signed a one-year minimum wage agreement with the Raiders last season, catching 48 strokes for an 896-yard career high of eight times.
But the Raiders end the post-season for the 3rd consecutive season under Gruden and the fourth consecutive season.
The Raiders have not won a playoff game since 2002, when their coach was Bill Callahan, who was with Gruden from Ray Rhodes’ Eagles staff from 1995 to 1997.
Agholor is a free agent again this free season. Whether he will return to the Raiders remains to be seen, but the story certainly tells you a lot about Agholor, who had an up-and-coming career but was always about the team, wherever he was.
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