The Eagles need to upgrade at wide receiver three
The Philadelphia Eagles have the luxury of having two wide receiver number ones on their team. A.J. Brown and DeVonta Smith both shined on the biggest stage. We know they are the future as the Eagles’ wide receivers. With that being said, another Eagles wide receiver was a major talking point during the Super Bowl, but for all the wrong reasons.
With just over six minutes to go in the third quarter, Jalen Hurts fired a deep ball down the field not for Brown or Smith, but for Quez Watkins. The ball went right through the hands of Watkins and the Eagles had to settle for three points that drive. Now was this exact play why the Eagles lost the Super Bowl? Absolutely not, but in games of this magnitude, mistakes like this can not be made.
After a strong year in 2021, Quez took a major step back this year. Obviously, with the addition of Brown, he was likely to see less work, but he had an extremely rough season. After having 647 receiving yards in 2021, Watkins only had 354 this year. A lot of factors go into play so you can’t just look at the numbers. Watkins has had some key drops in games this year, the Washington loss for example, and of course now in the Super Bowl.
Watkins is now heading into a contract year. While the Eagles should not cut him, they should look to find a serviceable replacement for Watkins as the wide-out three. How should they go about that? They could look for a veteran in free agency that is more reliable or they could look to address the need in the draft.
Now it has only been a week since the loss and the Eagles have a lot of other work to do re-signing key players at other positions. That being said, getting a serviceable replacement over Watkins needs to be in the off-season plans.
Watkins will likely be back on the team next year and I respect him a lot for admitting he had a down year, but after losing the Super Bowl on a last-second field goal, Howie Roseman has to do everything in his power to get back to that game. Upgrading over Watkins now becomes a must
The emotions are still running high after that brutal loss, but free agency is almost here and it’s time to start revamping this team for another run next season.
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