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Philadelph­ia Eagles

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The Eagles are taking a chance on another underachie­ving high draft choice at wide receiver. Philadelph­ia acquired WR

Dorial Green-Beckham from the Tennessee Titans in a trade for reserve OL Dennis Kelly. Green-Beckham was a secondroun­d draft choice in 2015, and at 6-5, 237, he provides a huge target for QB Sam Bradford.

But Green-Beckham was jettisoned by the Titans after catching 32 passes for 549 yards and a touchdown as a rookie. He had been kicked off his college team at Missouri and arrested for marijuana-related incidents. Eagles vice president Howie

Roseman said Green-Beckham had a rare skill set but acknowledg­ed he needed to be more consistent. That’s pretty much the book on the Eagles’ disappoint­ing young wideouts — 2015 firstround pick Nelson Agholor and 2014 third-rounder Josh Huff.

Green-Beckham was targeted twice in Thursday’s win but did not record a catch.

Rookie watch: The most impressive wide receiver in camp has been undrafted free agent

Paul Turner. In two preseason games, he has caught nine passes for 78 yards, including a spectacula­r one-handed catch Thursday. … Seventh-round LB Joe Walk

er, who had played himself into a position as the likely top backup to MLB Jordan Hicks, suffered a season-ending knee injury.

Noteworthy: Caleb Sturgis, battling Cody Parkey for the kicker job, suffered a concussion during warmups when he was hit in the head by an errant punt. He was cleared Monday. Parkey, who seemed to have fallen behind in the competitio­n, made his only field goal attempt, a 40-yarder, against the Pittsburgh Steelers.

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