Adrian Fedkiw
Frustration can come out in the heat of the moment and Philadelphia Eagles wide receiver Nelson Agholor was unable to bite his tongue following Sunday night’s crushing 29-23 overtime loss to the Dallas Cowboys.
The second-year wideout apologized for his postgame outburst Wednesday.
Here’s some of what he said via CSN Philly.
“Some of my comments weren’t a representation of a professional,” Agholor said. “I apologize, for one, for swearing. There’s young children out there that listen to what we say, and I don’t want to give anybody a representation that I don’t come from a good household. I know how to communicate, I know how to explain myself and I let passion get the best of me that day when I was speaking.”
“The most important thing is, I understand ownership, especially in this game. This game is tricky. You can be very successful and sometimes you can fail, but if you don’t own them both, if you don’t believe in growth, then you’re not in the right place.
“I never wanted to undermine the understanding that dropped footballs could hurt a football game,” Agholor said, “because they didn’t help us win, especially my drop that was crucial.
“It just sucks that was the result. I would love to answer questions about missed opportunities when we win, but that’s not the reality and as a professional, I didn’t handle my responsibility well. I have a responsibility to own up to the fact that I missed a play out there.”
And let’s flashback to his profanity-filled outburst from Sunday:
“I don’t give a damn, man, that shit is nothing,” Agholor said. “You just have to make the next one. Everybody runs routes. Sometimes they are contested. Sometimes you drop them. If you make as many as you possibly can that come your way, you’ll put yourself in a good position. No one is perfect.
“I don’t look at no drops, or that type of shit. I’m tired of hearing that shit. It’s just stupid. We play football. I dropped the first one. I didn’t drop one after that. What does it matter? Because if we lose, then it’s like we’ll place blame on this person did this. No. As a team, we have a responsibility to win football games and I get it, some plays could have helped. But there are sill four quarters of football to be played and we got to win.
“I don’t got time for that no more. I got time to win football games, only. No statistics. No who did this. Win, that’s all that matters. That’s what coaching staff cares about. That’s what I care about. that’s what we all care about, winning football games.”
Agholor has caught 21 passes for 216 yards and a touchdown this season.