Damaris Johnson- Stock Watch

Still have not picked him up? Hoping for a middling Avant to finally have more value than bye week fill-in? Hoping for Riley Cooper to well.....be allowed by his own teammates onto the field?

Damaris Johnson is owned in only 0.1% in ESPN and 9.3% in MFL.

1) From team website:
"The play of practice, however, was a bucket throw of a rainbow pass
from Foles that traveled 45-50 yards in the air and hit wide receiver

Damaris Johnson, who had split the defense, in stride at the 5-yard line for an easy touchdown. Johnson is still uncoverable, by the way."

2) From competitor website (Stock up):

"Johnson has been “uncoverable” in camp, according to the
team’s official website. The 5’8,
170-pounder has the speed and quickness to thrive in HC Chip Kelly’s
offense. And there’s opportunity with
Maclin’s season-ending injury, Riley Cooper’s ordeal and Arrelious Benn's knee
issue."

3) Riley Cooper has been excused from all team activities as he seeks counseling for his recent racist actions.

The
Eagles released the following statement: "This is all new territory and
we are going to evaluate this timetable every step of the way. He will
meet with professionals provided by the Eagles during this period of
time to better help him understand how his words have hurt so many,
including his teammates." Cooper released a statement of his own and
said he plans to "step away for a period of time" as he deals with his
"inexcusable" actions. Look for some combination of Arrelious Benn,
Jason Avant, and Russell Shepard to man the No. 2 receiver spot in camp
while Cooper is away. Aug 2

Do we seriously need another Damaris Johnson thread

LukeB5301 said:

Do we seriously need another Damaris Johnson thread

You are right....Just pumping my guy.

I would not be offended if moderators closed the conversation on this thread.

Johnson or McCluster for this year only?

We've seen what mccluster can do, I'd probably take a shot on Johnson

Double post

They both need to grow up. Give me some Toon.

george said:

They both need to grow up. Give me some Toon.

I really like Toon's value to increase this year. The injuries are a major concern with him though.

icemic said:

Johnson or McCluster for this year only?

I'm going to guess McCluster.

Anybody know much about this kid?

Undrafted WR Russell Shepard is running with the Eagles' first-team offense in Sunday's training camp practice.

Shepard is having a "real nice" camp, according to CSN Philly's Reuben Frank. This comes a week after the Sideline View's Adam Caplan called the ex-LSU Tiger one of the Eagles' "biggest surprises" so far. Shepard is a big-time athlete, as evidenced by his 41 1/2-inch vertical and 11-foot-2 broad jump. He's a candidate to bump longtime Eagles slot receiver Jason Avant off the team. Aug 4 - 1:46 PMSource:

george said:

Anybody know much about this kid?

Undrafted WR Russell Shepard is running with the Eagles' first-team offense in Sunday's training camp practice.

Shepard is having a "real nice" camp, according to CSN Philly's Reuben Frank. This comes a week after the Sideline View's Adam Caplan called the ex-LSU Tiger one of the Eagles' "biggest surprises" so far. Shepard is a big-time athlete, as evidenced by his 41 1/2-inch vertical and 11-foot-2 broad jump. He's a candidate to bump longtime Eagles slot receiver Jason Avant off the team. Aug 4 - 1:46 PMSource:

WR Russell Shepard, Eagles

Talents: The most fascinating player I've seen at
the Senior Bowl in five years I've been attending the college all-start
game might have been Shepard. On the third day of South practices,
Shepard joined the team as a late addition and they began the practice
with drills to emphasize routes and attacking the football. During that
20-minute span, Shepard was the most impressive player I saw and that
included Terrance Williams, Tavarres King, and Quinton Patton.

He was smooth, precise, and explosive changing direction and did an
excellent job catching the football. It wasn't even close how much
better he looked compared to his teammates in the first 3-5 drills they
did that afternoon. As the team got deeper in to the practice period,
Shepard's consistency took a nosedive and with every rep he struggled
with something. I thought he looked tired and considering that at LSU he
was largely a player without a position, I could see how this might
happen.

While I chose not to write much about Shepard, I tucked away that
sparkling 20 minutes into my memory. The former prize recruit as a
quarterback is now earning praise from the Eagles coaches in OTAs for is
ability to pick up the system as a receiver.

Team Fit: Chip Kelly's new system needs speed,
dynamic athletes with skill after the catch and the versatility to make
plays from the backfield. Riley Cooper, Jason Avant, and B.J. Cunningham
are all nice depth chart players with traditional skill sets as
physical, possession players. Cooper has some big-play upside, but in
the Andy Reid regime he was stuck behind DeSean Jackson and Jeremy Maclin.

Damaris Johnson's
calling card is his return ability, but he flashed some skills as a
receiver last year. He will likely be the obstacle in Shepard's path to a
role as a slot receiver. Still, Johnson's work on special teams could
mean that if Shepard translates his fast start into a strong camp, that
he could be pitted against Jason Avant. If the Kelly regime wants more
speed at the slot, Avant could be the odd-man out if Shepard plays
well.

Why He Was an Afterthought: LSU couldn't find a
position for Shepard and he got lost in the shuffle. It's becoming more
apparent that this is easy to do in Baton Rouge. A lot of fine skill
players seem to get lost in Bayou country after Les Miles takes them out
on his swamp boat.

He was used a lot like a poor man's Antwaan Randle El when I think there's potential for him to be a poor man's Randall Cobb
in the right system. Philadelphia could be that system considering it's
imagination and tempo is about as opposite from LSU as one could get.

Without a track record of production or a position, Shepard was a
draft-day afterthought. Still, there were 10 teams reportedly interested
in signing him and with the good start this spring, the rookie is worth
monitoring.

What Re-Draft Owners Have to Learn: The Eagles'
up-tempo practice sessions and rotation of first-team reps for a broader
range of players than we've seen in the NFL means that one might want
to downplay any reps that Shepard is getting right now. OTAs in
Philadelphia appear to be a feeling-out process.

If Shepard is still earning first-team reps by the second week of
August and seeing those reps in preseason games, it's time to pay
attention. This is unlikely without something happening to the rest of
the Philadelphia depth chart. Injuries to Avant or Johnson will help
Shepard's cause as a future waiver option in 2013. However, he's at best
a player in sub packages and this limits his upside to 3-5 touches per
game unless the starting options suffer long-term injuries.

What Dynasty Owners Have to Learn: I think the
initial news that Shepard is earning praise from coaches is a start. If
Avant, Cooper, or Johnson struggle to pick up the system or Shepard is
seeing the kind of sub package looks that no one but DeSean Jackson
is seeing, then we might be seeing the rookie earn a role as the
understudy that makes this offense electric. If you own Jackson, it
would be worthwhile to monitor Shepard.

Riley Cooper is back practicing with the Eagles. How big is the drop off from Cooper to the rest of the Eagles receivers if they keep bringing him back?

george said:

Riley Cooper is back practicing with the Eagles. How big is the drop off from Cooper to the rest of the Eagles receivers if they keep bringing him back?

I don't think there is a dropoff. In fact Id rather have Johnson/Shepard than Cooper. I just don't see much upside for Cooper, and don't think he's long for PHI.

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