At his current pace, Brent Celek will finish this season with fewer catches than the year before, which would be the sixth straight season that the Eagles tight end failed to top his previous year’s total.
And Celek cares.
“It’s tough sometimes being in the position I’m in just because if you don’t do it then people think you can’t do it,” Celek said Wednesday. “I still feel like I can do it. Sometimes you just need the opportunity.”
Celek, 32, got that opportunity last game when Zach Ertz was a late scratch. He caught three passes for 39 yards against the Broncos — not exactly the kind of numbers Celek put up in his heyday.