The Philadelphia Eagles have a loaded offensive roster thanks to Howie Roseman and a wide receiver group that is gaining a lot of attention as the Birds march towards the start of training camp. With the addition of DeSean Jackson and JJ Arcega-White to the roster — coupled with the maturation of Dallas Goedert — Carson Wentz and company should shatter several team records on offense.
The Eagles are legit on offense and recently caught the attention of the NFL.com’s Bucky Brooks, who is one of the premier personnel men not currently linked to an NFL team. During an appearance on his Move The Sticks podcast, Brooks broke down the top-5 pass-catching groups in the NFL, adding tight ends to the wide receiver group. It wasn’t a shock that the Eagles were highly thought of, landing at No. 3 on Brooks list.
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Starting five: Alshon Jeffery, DeSean Jackson, Nelson Agholor, Zach Ertz, Dallas Goedert.
Despite playing without their QB1 down the stretch and in the playoffs last season, the Eagles’ receiving corps was able to keep the offense afloat with Super Bowl LII MVP Nick Foles at the controls. Heading into the 2019 season, the unit could be vastly improved with Jackson re-joining the squad to add some speed to the mix. Jeffery is the ultimate post-up player on the perimeter with an extraordinary wingspan to expand the strike zone for the quarterback. Ertz and Goedert have emerged as a solid 1-2 punch to dominate with a high-low post game in the red zone. Agholor, who’s in a contract year, has been a bit of a forgotten man when observers bring up the Eagles, but the young pass catcher has to move past the trade rumors that hung over his head like a black cloud leading up to the draft. NBA comparison: Denver Nuggets.
Brooks compared the Eagles offense to the Denver Nuggets in an NBA comparison, which is not bad considering that young core made it to the Western Conference Semifinals. Rounding out that top five, the LA Chargers came in on the back-end, gaining comparison to the Houston Rockets. At No. 4 on the list were Sean McVay’s LA Rams. The Eagles were No. 3, while at No. 2 on the list, were the highly explosive Atlanta Falcons. The top pass-catching group in the NFL according to Bucky Brooks, was the Cleveland Browns, who with Baker Mayfield, Odell Beckham Jr and Jarvis Landry, gained comparison to the Golden State Warriors.