Tristin McCollum had his first meaningful snaps in an NFL game during the Eagles' win over the Ravens and he certainly made the most of it.
Tristin McCollum is expected to make his first NFL start Sunday at the Linc when the Eagles face the Panthers.He didn’t play at all as a rookie with the Texans. Not a single snap. Never made it off the practice squad.
Blankenship suffered a concussion with the Eagles clinging to a 14-12 lead with 2 ½ minutes left in the third quarter vs. the Ravens in Baltimore.In crunch time of a huge showdown between two of the NFL’s best teams, McCollum got the call for the first extended high-leverage snaps of his NFL career. Blankenship is in the concussion protocol and didn’t practice on Wednesday. Barring an unusually fast recovery, McCollum will make his first NFL start Sunday at the Linc when the Eagles face the Panthers.
“I am a patient person, but everyone I feel like has their tipping point,” McCollum said after practice Wednesday. “I just keep my head down. It’s one of the hardest things in sports, being a backup and making sure you’re ready for an opportunity that you might never get.
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