If Carson Wentz can return to his 2017 form and stay healthy for 16 games, this Eagles receiving crew could lead the division in statistical production. Gilmore held Cooper to no catches on 2 attempts (one of which went for an interception). The "Cheetah" has put up historic efficiency numbers this season, gaining 3.7 yards for every route run. Tier 1: Elite 1. Slay held Cooper to 3 catches on 8 attempts for 38 yards (a 38% catch rate). Brandin Cooks was a first-round pick by the New Orleans Saints in the 2014 NFL Draft. Will he ever duplicate that magical five-game stretch last year? QB-pass catcher duos Undrafted players Wide receivers Players in 2022 Top 5: Brother duos NFL Network's "Top 100 Players of 2022" -- voted on by the players themselves -- concludes on. He doesnt need a lot of subtlety here though, his athletic traits are what allow him to win. Note that Reagor got injured earlier in this game and looked to be in a lot of pain, but came back and played through it very effectively (as shown here). New York Giants tight end Evan Engram is a more talented overall player than both but the 3rd year TE is struggling with his catch percentage(it is sub 60%) as an offense safety blanket Engram has been a disappointment this year. Where do Eagles' receivers rank among NFC East. Not many teams can present such a matchup, but the NFCE faced two such DBs last year in Darius Slay and Stephon Gilmore, each shadowing Cooper in their respective games. East Carolina: R: NAME: TEAM: COLLEGE: Tate is a good route runner, an extremely reliable catcher (2nd fewest drops among WRs in 2018), and most importantly is one of the NFLs best WRs at getting yards after catch (YAC). Who tops the list? It should be extremely worrying when Daniel Jones is the only guaranteed player who will start for their franchise next season. This play highlights Richardsons deep threat ability, change-of-direction, ball tracking, body positioning, leaping ability, and strong hands at the catch point. Slayton doesnt fake inside before breaking outside, he doesnt fight for inside leverage while running down the sideline, he doesnt body out Gilmore when he jumps for the ball, he doesnt grip the ball strong enough that Gilmore cant knock it out of his hands. 2023 NFL Enterprises LLC. Its a big change from the pre-Gettleman Giants, who, for a while, fielded one of the highest-profile receiving groups in the league. I expect him to have just as much utility in the screen game as he does stretching the field. He shows enough effort and skill in route running that I think he will develop into a capable NFL starter under good coaching, but I think his immediate value will be on special teams, where he already has the ability to make an impact. Jeffery rewarded Cutlers trust with two 1000-yard seasons in his first 3 years in the NFL, though he hasnt been able to replicate that production since, due to repeated nagging injuries he seems to suffer every year. During his first two seasons, McLaurin has proven himself as a true No. As Slayton makes the reception, he stops on a dime and cuts so hard back outside that the CB whiffs on the tackle. The score is calculated by scaling each metric to a percentile (from 0 to 100) relative to all wide receivers who have played at least 150 offensive snaps through Week 14 of the 2022 season. Cooper is the true No. However, JJ has tremendous ability to stay open even when covered, using his big body, long arms, and good hands-catching ability to reach out and grab the ball out of the CBs reach, even with very little separation. They also arguably have the best starting group of anyone in the NFL. Oh, and adding CeeDee Lamb to the mix certainly does not hurt. Odds & lines subject to change. Watching tape of McLaurins 2019 season, it became clear that other teams saw him as the number one threat in the Redskins passing game. These traits were evident in his game tape as well; he plays more fast than quick, and uses physicality or deep speed to get open more often than agility. Jefferson caught 128 passes for . Best Wide Receiver Duo (Douglas DeFelice-USA TODAY Sports) There are many potential choices for the best receiver pair in the game today. The Commanders are interviewing former UCLA receiver and head coach Karl Dorrell for their WRs coaching vacancy, per source. 1 receiver. Lets get a closer look at some of the wide receivers of the NFC East. A touch under $40 million was fully guaranteed at signing, with another $17.221 million becoming guaranteed at the start of the 2023 league year. 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[1:43] This is why the Redskins drafted Terry McLaurin. But those wide receivers that have been most successful of late early in their career are the Route Runners. These are guys who are exceptional coming out of their breaks without losing too much speed, have repetitive and repeatable routes time after time so their quarterback knows where they are going to be and can create separation by setting up a cover man and making every route look the same from the beginning. March 1, 2023 6:03 am USAToday PanthersWire. Washington: Terry McLaurin, Curtis Samuel, Dyami Brown, Kelvin Harmon, Adam Humphries, Cam Sims. Love is draped all over JJ, trying to muscle him even having the awareness to reach out when the ball is in the air to break up the pass. Slay is in position to easily break the pass up instead. As miserable as that 2020 season was for the Cowboys, he still had 92/1,114/5. CeeDee Lamb is running away with this award. The Dallas Cowboys are the only team that has all the same faces. His lack of deep speed often shows up after that, as opposing CBs will close that distance fast. In an unusual season that, due to global pandemic, may turn out to be unlike any other, the wide receiver position seems to offer an interesting and potentially exciting year to fans of the NFC East. The Cowboys are 6-1 with an NFL-leading average of 35.7 points per game since Dak Prescott returned from injury in Week 7. Although McLaurin isnt able to get much separation from Slay, he is able to body Slay out and break open just as the ball reaches him. Here are the current preseason depth charts at wide receiver for teams in the NFC East & NFC South. Richardson is a weak (though willing) run blocker. Jonathan Mingo - Mississippi Feb 2, 2023; Mobile, AL,. Though hes only 511, Reagors leaping ability allows him to go up pretty high to make a catch. Ross has been a disappointment in the NFL but anything the Giants get out of him will simply be a bonus. With Dak Prescott healthy, this offense could be fun to watch. Check out the NFC West's top 10 receivers. They bring two DBs down to bracket Slayton (bottom of screen). Tate gets wide open and signals Wentz for the TD. Commanders Reacts Survey: Do you want to see the Washington Commanders on Hard Knocks in 2023. Reagor is a bit more physical than you might expect from a playing weight under 200 pounds, though he still struggles a bit with press coverage. Being able to abuse coverage with slants and out routes over and over is more valuable than a receiver that can occasionally win deep downfield. Jeffery is just a bit less gifted in each of these areas than an elite player like Julio Jones, and isnt really elite in any area. Former Pro Bowl wide receiver Brandon Marshall made a plea to the Packers star via Instagram on Tuesday, during which he implored Rodgers to drift on into retirement. The more I learn about certain recent Eagles draft picks, the more it seems like they are perfect long-term replacements for some of the star players on the Eagles roster. And, sure, Reagor had a disappointing rookie season in 2020 but its way to early to write him off, especially with a new offensive scheme coming to town. NFC East Positional overview. It would have made more sense for Darby to press Slayton at the line, disrupt his route, then run with him and have the other DB start further back to act as insurance if Darby gets beat. Zay Flowers, Wide Receiver (Boston College) Let's say Johnston and other top wide receivers are off the board. Dealt from Chicago to Baltimore, Roquan Smith was one of the biggest names to change teams before the NFL trade deadline. DAVANTE ADAMS, LAS VEGAS RAIDERS The former Green Bay Packer is at the top of his game as he makes the move to the Las Vegas Raiders. Each week of the 2022 NFL season, the Next Gen Stats analytics team will present a different Position Power Ranking meant to spotlight the top performances among a specific group of players. The Cowboys 2018 season turned around completely when they traded for Amari Cooper, who, playing in his 5th year option season in 2019, is in a contract year and looking to get paid going forward. In fact, with four games remaining on the schedule, Brown already has set the Next Gen Stats era (since 2016) single-season record with four touchdowns on deep, tight-window passes. But that couldnt have just been a fluke. Golden Tate has consistently been one of the NFLs most underrated WRs. This division has new faces all around, and some of the best talent in all of football. At 63, 216 lbs, and running a 4.48s 40 yard dash, he checked a lot of the boxes for a WR1 in the NFL. 1. Tate only has good speed, but has elite quickness, and plays like this highlight his ability to get separation quickly when in tight coverage if the DB doesnt maintain constant eyes and leverage on Tate. McLaurin gets a poor angle on the block because of the DBs speed, but nevertheless uses his strength to hold his man in place and eventually follow him to the ground, forcing the defender to reach out for an attempted shoestring tackle. He does a good job of positioning his body to box out CBs and gives himself the leverage advantage in making plays on the ball. Call 1-800-GAMBLER. Also, Im not sure how much this will translate to the NFL, but I literally saw Reagor yelling at his QB after some plays where he expected a different read or better ball placement. He still doesnt have the short-area-quickness or suddenness to juke DBs out of their shoes, but he showed better ability to get open in tight spaces using fakes and body positioning. However, I noted he had a few flaws in his game that I thought would cause him problems. Not only did the Giants sign Golladay to a four-year, $72 million contract this offseason, but they also used their first-round pick on Toney, the explosive rookie wideout from Florida. Fulgham is a huge question mark but we know hes talented. In addition to showing Tates change-of-direction ability yet again, this play shows his improvisational ability and persistence. Every team has at least one . Although he managed more than 1000 receiving yards in each of his first two seasons, most of those yards seemed to come in about 30% of his games. Winslow Townson-USA TODAY Sports Flowers is another potential first-round option depending on how his combine week goes. By DJ Siddiqi. With very little separation, Slayton runs down the sideline on a fade route, looks back, sees the ball in the air and reaches for it, but Gilmore bats it out of his hands. In addition to that, he had a bit of a college injury history, missing several games to injury his sophomore year, then redshirting his entire junior year due to a torn ACL. Here are the pre-free agency wide receiver rankings for the NFC North. While gaining separation through great route running is fantastic, there are some great receivers like DeAndre Hopkins that just win time and time again at the catch point despite not gaining a lot of separation. He loses close to the line of scrimmage to CBs like Josh Norman who are even more physical than he is. He is an excellent route-runner, excellent (and prolific) at selling fakes, and has elite change-of-direction ability to shake DBs loose in order to get open or break tackles. Which game is featured at the top of NGS's unlikeliest victory rankings? Ceedee Lamb is the best performing rookie by some distance. Philadelphia Eagles. Id like to quote heavily from that series here. Lamb leads the way here and is also the youngest of the three, while . He doesnt do it often enough to be a big issue, but maybe because his cuts are so sharp, he seems to trip himself up and miss out on extra yards now and again. He is also still an excellent route runner, running crisp routes with a tremendous sense of timing and anticipation of the balls arrival. This play shows what happens when Slayton is matched up against a CB who is just as fast and quick as he is and allowed to play close. [7:17] Cooper, in the slot, runs a slant route, blowing by Fabian Moreau to get open and secure the catch; he then does a good job redirecting outside to break Moreaus poor tackle and run free. Golladay will finish his Giants career with 43 receptions for . Even better, he displayed strong hands, winning quite a few contested catches. Call 1-800-GAMBLER. 0 Comment. The Vikings pulled off the biggest comeback in NFL history last week, but the Next Gen Stats analytics team says it wasn't the most improbable comeback of the season. Cooper releases as if hes running deep down the sideline. Playing like this opens up the risk of Cooper getting behind them if he wins the foot race on a deep route, which is why only equally fast DBs can play him this way. Goedert has a high catch percentage showing he is performing well as the teams safety blanket. With Amari Cooper off to Cleveland, and James Washington and Michael Gallup dealing with injuries this season, the window has been there for Lamb to step up, and hes done so with flying colors to help Dallas to its 10-3 start. Well, they are often doing battle with excellent man coverage cornerbacks. AZ, CO, CT, IL, IN, IA, KS, LA, (select parishes), MD, MI, NH, NJ, NY, OH, OR, PA, TN, VA, WV, WY, CA-ONT only.Eligibility restrictions apply. However, when healthy, Richardson is a very capable pass catcher. Lions shutdown CB Darius Slay follows him into the slot, and indeed shadowed him all game. But the problem is when the book is written that a wideout cant get off the jam, the opponent knows this as well. In the end, if a wide receiver has everything else you want at the position but cant consistently bring the ball in and gain yardage, he isnt much good to his team. The Eagles belong at the bottom of this list but that doesnt mean there isnt potential. [0:32] Richardson runs a deep route, subtly faking outside to get inside leverage on the CB, then turning the route back inside to split the CB and S, get open, locate the ball in the air, and dive for the catch. NFL+ gives you the freedom to watch LIVE out-of-market preseason games, LIVE local and primetime regular season and postseason games on your phone or tablet, the best NFL programming on-demand, and MORE! McLaurin keeps track of the play, and when he sees Peterson coming to his side of the field, does a great job blocking Mills out of the play. Still, he forces teams to respect the deep game, and I often saw him get an easy completion on a crossing or out route because the DB gave him a lot of cushion in order to defend the deep routes. March 1, 2023 6:03 am SBNation TomahawkNation. But the ball is perfectly placed where only JJ can get it, and he again reaches out and uses his long arms and sure hands to secure the ball beyond the reach of the CB for a tough TD catch. He was traded to the Cowboys in the middle of last season (the 4th year of his rookie contract) for a 1st round pick in 2019 draft, and Cooper had an immediate impact, seemingly jump-starting the Cowboys offense and helping them to a division championship. He does a great job turning on a dime to locate the ball in the air, then boxes out the deep safety Marcus Gilchrist to keep him out of the play (though Gilchrist isnt able to change direction in time anyway). [1:17] Arcegna-Whiteside makes a great fake outside to over-commit the CB, then uses quick feet to explode inside and get great initial separation. After the Giants signed Kenny Golladay, the NFC East is shaping up to be one of the most competitive divisions in 2021. He has a PhD in Experimental Particle Physics and has spent several years doing research with the Large Hadron Collider (LHC) at CERN, and now does R&D work as a US government contractor. 1 receiver. Staying close and allowing little separation early in the route also allows those DBs to keep Cooper covered when he breaks inside on a crossing or curl route. Eagles: DeVonta Smith, Jalen Reagor, Greg Ward, Travis Fulgham, Quez Watkins, John Hightower. In this section, well offer a look at a few of the top players in the division, with an analysis of their styles, skills and limitations written by Andrew York, who has volunteered to help me with this series. 1 option. He had two years remaining on his $72 million contract. 100 routes). The prospect with perhaps the best potential to become a true No. There are plenty of talented wideouts that call the division home, so let's take a look at the top eight heading . Reagor dealt with some poorly thrown balls and did an amazing job adjusting to them as shown earlier, but he also had too many easy misses and drops like the one shown here. Eagles fans were decrying their lack of receivers in the latter half of 2019, and hope that the addition of first-round pick Jalen Reagor will be a partial answer to their concerns, even as they hold out hope that the light will come on for last years second-round selection J.J. Arcega-Whiteside, and that the aging speedster Desean Jackson can remain healthy for more than the opening week game against the Redskins. The addition of Brown has helped Jalen Hurts and the Eagles' offense reach new heights, as Hurts has a league-high nine TD passes on go routes this season with Brown being responsible for an NFL-best five of them. The CB starts to close the distance, but cant stop JJ, who does a great job locating and tracking the ball in the air and catching it. Were ranking the division by position group. Slayton then quickly runs away from the FS Rodney McLeod, easily outpacing him to the endzone. Tate also does a good job maintaining awareness of the QB and tracking the ball almost the entire time its in the air. He is a nuanced route runner, so he excels at running his routes in such a way that he has leverage over DBs and can get quick separation after his break. [1:52] Slayton lines up bottom of screen on the outside. Then Reagor explodes off that planted left leg to go outside and uses a bit of a shove to knock the CB off balance and shoot past him. Instead of taking a step back, Hill has elevated an entire offense and been the key to third-year quarterback Tua Tagovailoa's breakout season. [1:04] This time the defense is running man coverage. Slayton started out slow in 2019, riding the bench in weeks 1 and 2 and playing less than 50% of snaps in weeks 3 & 4. This year, were going to do it again. Andrew is a self-taught film analyst with a pretty impressive resume. New York Giants. He is also a much tougher and higher-effort player than I had previously realized, able to hang on to make contested catches, and often reaching forward after contact to gain a few extra yards. Speaking of top-end receivers who switched teams in the offseason, Adams presents another great case study in positional value. 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