Eagles rookie report card: Titans game

It's getting kind of funny now. In Week 1, Makai Lemon's peculiar usage landed him with negative five yards receiving. The screens and shuffle passes were not working for the young man. In the Tennessee game, the Eagles decided to get him on another shuffle pass that lost five yards… Luckily for his box score, it was counted as a rushing attempt.

Lemon got his first quality target in this game, however, and converted on a really nice 14-yard catch. He broke nicely on a route, Jalen Hurts hit him right in the middle of the field and he caught the pass with bodies around. Those are the kinds of plays the Eagles need from Lemon, especially out of the slot.

As the season goes on, I expect Lemon's usage increases as a middle of the field target as Hurts targets that area of the field more and more. While the Titans game wasn't a stats bonanza, we got a glimmer of hope from Lemon in this one.