{"id":771762,"date":"2026-07-19T08:44:13","date_gmt":"2026-07-19T08:44:13","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/771762\/"},"modified":"2026-07-19T08:44:13","modified_gmt":"2026-07-19T08:44:13","slug":"eagles-wr-makai-lemon-is-feeling-great-ahead-of-camp-eager-to-learn-from-offenses-many-veterans","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/771762\/","title":{"rendered":"Eagles WR Makai Lemon is ‘feeling great’ ahead of camp, eager to learn from offense’s many veterans"},"content":{"rendered":"

Lemon is a key figure in the Eagles’ biggest storyline heading into the 2026 season: How will they adjust offensively after trading<\/a> A.J. Brown<\/a>?<\/p>\n

Filling the void left by Brown, a 1,000-yard receiver in all four of his seasons with Philly, won’t be easy.<\/p>\n

Luckily, Lemon isn’t expected to do it alone, nor does he even profile as a one-to-one replacement for the three-time Pro Bowler. While Brown stands at 6-foot-1 and 226 pounds with a proven knack for imposing his will on cornerbacks, the Eagles’ rookie wideout is two inches shorter and 34 pounds lighter. Lemon excels in the slot using well-developed route-running and sticky hands, which he put on display while collecting 1,156 yards and 11 scores on 79 receptions in his final year at USC.<\/p>\n

Dontayvion Wicks<\/a>, acquired in an April trade<\/a> from the Packers, free-agent signee Marquise Brown<\/a> and ’26 second-round tight end Eli Stowers<\/a> were also brought in to help the usual suspects — DeVonta Smith<\/a> and Dallas Goedert<\/a> — lift the passing operation as a collective.<\/p>\n

The amount of able contributors should ease some of the initial pressure on Lemon, and Philadelphia’s heavy veteran presence on offense will also lessen the young wide receiver’s learning curve.<\/p>\n

No matter where Lemon looks in the meeting room or lined up at practice, there will be battle-hardened players to provide him with guidance. From Smith and Goedert to Super Bowl LIX MVP Jalen Hurts<\/a>, former Offensive Player of the Year Saquon Barkley<\/a> and six-time Pro Bowl offensive tackle Lane Johnson<\/a>, the knowledge of what it takes to succeed runs deep on the roster.<\/p>\n

That can only be a good thing for Lemon, who has been welcomed into the brain trust and is eager to build on lessons already learned once camp is underway.<\/p>\n

“They had open arms for me,” Lemon said. “A lot of veteran guys in my room. I’m just there to learn from them. Soak up any information I can. I’m ready for the season to ride out with them boys, man.”<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Lemon is a key figure in the Eagles’ biggest storyline heading into the 2026 season: How will they…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":771763,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[63],"tags":[6255,226445,3,349,6257,215714,1239,99],"class_list":["post-771762","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-nfl","tag-around-the-nfl","tag-makai-lemon","tag-news","tag-nfl","tag-no-minute","tag-offseason-news","tag-philadelphia-eagles","tag-sports"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/771762","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=771762"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/771762\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/771763"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=771762"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=771762"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=771762"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}