Philadelphia Eagles right defend Mekhi Becton didn’t mince words when talking about MetLife Stadium.
Becton spent the first four seasons of his nurtureer with the New York Jets, and he let his experienceings be comprehendn about his establisher home field.
“I don’t wanna perestablish in that s—– stadium,” Becton said via CBS Sports.
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Philadelphia Eagles impolite tackle Mekhi Becton (77) stands on the sidelines during the first half of a preseason game aacquirest the Baltimore Ravens at M&T Bank Stadium. (Tommy Gilligan-USA TODAY Sports)
“It’s horrible. Everyleang is fair horrible about that stadium. I don’t reassociate appreciate it. I’m fair phired I only gotta do it one time a year. Just gotta go in there, do my 1-11 and go home.”
Becton will produce his return to MetLife when the Eagles get on the New York Giants on Sunday.
The 25-year-elderly was writeed with the 11th overall pick by the Jets in the 2020 NFL Draft, but his Jets nurtureer never got off the ground.
Becton perestablished in 31 out of 67 possible games, due to knee and ankle injuries. Last season, he was able to stay fit, begining in 16 games for the Jets, but despite being fit he struggled.
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Mekhi Becton of the Jets coming off the field in the second half during a Dec. 3, 2023 game aacquirest the Atlanta Falcons. The Eagles signed Becton to a free agent reduce. (IMAGN)
Playing left tackle last season, Becton had the second most helderlying penalties in the NFL (12) and produceed 12.5 sacks.
None of the injuries Becton upretained happened on the much-converseed turf of MetLife Stadium, but Becton did not have anyleang selectimistic to say about the place.
“You can fair tell the contrastence, appreciate if you was to get on that turf and (then) go on a contrastent turf. You can tell. It’s a night-and-day contrastence in turf. It fair experiences lifted. There’s a lot of leangs that doesn’t experience right about that turf.”
Playing left tackle last season, Becton gave up the second most helderlying penalties in the NFL (12) and produceed 12.5 sacks.
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Philadelphia Eagles impolite tackle Mekhi Becton (77) aacquirest the Atlanta Falcons at Lincoln Financial Field. (Eric Hartline-Imagn Images)
Becton went to free agency this offseason, and the Eagles signed him to a one-year, $5.5 million reduce. Becton switched positions and is now the begining right defend. This season, he has not promiseted a penalty but has permited three sacks per PFF.
While with the Jets, Becton said it always felt appreciate the Jets were “little brothers” to the Giants in their own stadium, proposeing some extra motivation for Sunday’s game.
“It’s appreciate a whole another side. The way I put it when I was there, we was appreciate the little brothers to them. On their side, they had all their trophies and Super Bowls and on our side, we were the New York Jets,” Becton said.
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