Eagles solve WR problems

heres a current list of Philly's WR core from nfl.com:
Reggie Brown 2 yrs exp
Carl Ford 2 yrs exp
Michael Gasperson 1 yr exp
Jabar Gaffney 4 yrs exp
Greg Lewis 4 yrs exp
Darnerian McCants 5 yrs exp
Billy McMullen 4 yrs exp
Todd Pinkston 6 yrs exp

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Eagles = :Flush:

im trying to find one receiver in that mix better than our top 3

Jabar Gaffney is a lot better than people give him credit. You got to keep in mind that the Texans were a bad team through and through. Gaffney will certainly do better with the Eagles. Of course he is no replacement for T.O. but I can see him collecting 60 balls and 800 yards.

note to self, assign our top cb to their one mediocre+ receiver. hahhahaha(evil laugh)

of course. the most dangerous receiver on their team is no doubt Brian W.

im trying to find one receiver in that mix better than our top 3

Well, since Darnarien is a "Big" WR - he automatically qualifies as better than anything we got since (Per Peter King) he would be a better match up against Roy Williams. And don't forget, according to Lenny P., Gaffney (6'1" 205) "bring[s] some size to an Eagles wide receiver contingent that collectively lacks that commodity." Six foot, one inch and two hundred five pounds!!! That is just monsterous!!

Look out Sean Taylor, Jabar is gonna rock your world.

They've had wide receiver issues ever since Reid has been head coach, except of course Owens' first year with the eagles. Since it's been such a problem for this long, wouldn't you think they would hire someone to just specialize in evaluating the wr talent (their own wr, in fa, and in the draft)? Nothing they've been doing is helping, it's just making it worse.

Jabar Gaffney is a lot better than people give him credit. You got to keep in mind that the Texans were a bad team through and through. Gaffney will certainly do better with the Eagles. Of course he is no replacement for T.O. but I can see him collecting 60 balls and 800 yards.
The Eagles Pre- TO years: (REC, YDS, YD/REC, TD)

2003
Freddie Mitchell: 35, 498, 14.2, 2
Todd Pinkston: 36, 575, 16.0, 2
James Thrash: 49, 558 11.4, 1

2002
Antonio Freeman: 46, 600, 13.0, 4
Freddie Mitchell: 12, 105, 8.8, 0
Todd Pinkston: 60, 798, 13.3, 7
James Thrash: 52, 635 12.2 6

Sorry, I just don't think Gaffney gets 60 balls in this system. 40-50 for 500 yards. If he gets 60, he is their number one receiving option and I can live with that!

Westbrook's numbers were inflated b/c teams had to take Owens into account. W/ Owens in 2004, Westbrook had 71 receptions. W/o Owens in 2003, Westbrook had 37 receptions.

Much as I hate the guy, I can't deny his talent - Owens created real offensive match-up problems for teams opposing the eagles. They have no such alternate option now. Teams will focus on Westbrook and matchup on the WR's and not one of them is going to require double coverage.

Archuletta and Marcus take out Westbrook, Our corners match-up one on one leaving Taylor to inflict incredible amounts of pain on the Eagle's "hey, send me over the middle" WR's.

Where's the picture of Todd "please don't hurt me" Pinkston? Just label it "Eagle Highligts - 2006".

2004 regular season. Brian Westbrook had 73 receptions for 703 yards in just 13 games. He had 6 receiving td's. 7 receptions of 20+ yds. and 3 receptions of 40+ yards. Any wide receiver in their scheme compliments Brian, not the other way around.

Dont forget about Brian.

Eagles sign Jabar Gaffney (http://sports.espn.go.com/nfl/news/story?id=2370849)

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they went down this road before. without a true number 1 receiver mcnabb seems to have trouble getting the ball to them against tougher defensive teams. gaffney is a nice player, but is clearly not going to threaten anyones defense. unless brown steps up bigtime, they have all complementary receivers