Xavier Gipson is headed down I-95.
After being reduce by the Jets and the Giants within the span of 10 days, Gipson is now a member of the defending Tremendous Bowl champion Eagles after they claimed him off waivers, the crew introduced on Monday.
Gipson is now on his third crew this season after his time with the Jets ended after a expensive miscue of their Week 1 loss to the Steelers, after which he spent 9 days as a Big with out taking part in in a recreation for them.
The Eagles made the transfer a day after they’d had points on kickoffs throughout their win over the Rams, which noticed Tank Bigsby wrestle on two punt returns.
Philadelphia additionally noticed extensive receiver Darius Cooper injure his shoulder in that recreation.
Gipson had spent the primary two seasons of his profession with the Jets after signing with Gang Inexperienced as an undrafted free agent in 2023.
Via 35 profession video games with the Jets, he had returned 68 punts and 44 kickoffs, whereas averaging 8.9 yards on the punt returns and 26.0 on the kickoff returns.
As a large receiver, Gipson had 27 catches for 268 yards for the Jets and a landing.
The error within the Week 1 recreation helped the Steelers come from behind in what would finish in a 34-32 loss at MetLife Stadium.
Afterward, head coach Aaron Glenn didn’t sugarcoat the repercussions.
“The one factor to me that turned this recreation is, man, we will’t have turnovers,” Glenn advised reporters after the loss. “We will’t do it. We now have to be a extra disciplined crew. There have been some penalties that occurred in that recreation that have been true self-discipline points and, once more, that’s one thing that will likely be addressed as a result of you’ll not be on the sphere with this crew for those who’re going to trigger us to lose video games, for those who’re going to trigger points like that.”
Gipson was reduce the following day.
