Philadelphia Eagles special team coach Michael Clay benched Tank Bigsby during the team's Week 6 loss to the New York Giants , but he is not ready to bury him just yet.
Clay benched Bigsby after the latter dropped a kickoff in the loss, a mistake that caused head coach Nick Sirianni to yell out in frustration. After the game, Clay noted that Bigsby will not be shelved for the year just yet, but also made a point to say that the Eagles “have a lot of options.”
“It's not like you're going to get benched for the year after one mistake, but we have a lot of options,” Clay said, via Jeff McLane of The Philadelphia Inquirer.
One of those options is AJ Dillon, whom the team turned to on kickoffs after benching Bigsby. Dillon proceeded to commit an even worse mistake than Bigsby by droppin