Philly.com · Jun 8, 2016
Can Rueben Randle shed 'loafer' tag with Eagles?
It was an interception at the worst time possible. Eli Manning threw the pass. Rueben Randle was supposed to catch it. The ball was placed slightly behind Randle, but he could have caught it had he run a precise route.
The Eagles had a similar play last season when Mark Sanchez threw an ill-advised pass to the lazy-route running Miles Austin and the ball was picked off in the end zone. Austin was released a week later.
Randle's dubious moment occurred around the same time, but survived until the end of the season. During the offseason, however, the New York Giants elected not to retain their 2012 second-round draft pick and he inconspicuously became a free agent.
