Rasheed Bailey shocked his Eagles career is over

Rasheed Bailey was somewhat of a long shot to make a splash at the wide receiver position in Philadelphia. Too much depth and too much talent, even on a squad that uses a lot of players in the rotation.

That didn't stop most people in the area from rooting for him to make the cut. A local product, out of Roxborough High and Delaware Valley, Bailey was one of those names everybody in the neighborhood was pulling for.

He finished with 10 receptions for 100 yards and a touchdown in the Eagles' preseason.

Then he was cut. It raised an eyebrow. Then he didn't make the practice squad. That raised the other one.

Including Bailey's.

"They loved who I was, what I did, everything about me," Bailey told the Philadelphia Daily News. "That's what's confusing. . . Whatever decision they came up with, it's not up to me. I'm not in the meeting rooms, I don't know what goes on in there. I just know that they liked what I did.

"I was liked by a lot of players. They were as shocked as I was. They would tell me [prior to the final cuts] to relax, that I'm good, that I'd made enough plays."

Not enough in Chip Kelly's eyes, apparently. The Eagles etched two receivers into their 10-man practice squad, Quron Pratt and Freddie Martino. For now, Bailey waits for the next chance to make his way into the NFL.