Philadelphia Eagles: Offensive rankings versus the Super Bowl teams

How do the Philadelphia Eagles compare to the Bengals and Rams at wide receiver?

The Los Angeles Rams have the best wide receiver in the NFL, and the Cincinnati Bengals have the best rookie wide receiver in the NFL; unfortunately, that doesn’t bode well for the Philadelphia Eagles.

Now granted, that isn’t a shot against DeVonta Smith; the former Heisman Trophy winner is a darn good wide receiver who set the Eagles’ rookie receiving yards record in 17 games of action, but he’s not quite on the level of Ja’Marr Chase at this point, let alone Cooper Kupp, who might just go down as this generation’s most prolific pass catcher.

That, weirdly enough, is the good news. The bad news? Behind Smith, the Eagles’ receiving corps sort of falls apart.

Outside of Quez Watkins and maybe Greg Ward, the Eagles don’t have a single wide receiver who would make either the Rams’ or the Bengals’ roster, let alone start. The Rams have Odell Beckham Jr., Van Jefferson, and, when healthy, Robert Woods, and the Bengals have Tyler Boyd and Tee Higgins, who accounted for 76.6 percent of the team’s receiving yards; unfortunately, the Eagles just don’t compare.

Ranking: Third.

The solution? Sign a veteran WR2 and draft a receiver on Day 3.

To truly take a step forward, few Eagles need some new blood at wide receiver, specifically a veteran who has a proven track record at the NFL level and a young, developmental player with compatible measurables. With a slot speedster in place in Watkins and Smith a more than capable flanker, landing a big-bodied X receiver who can haul in 50-50 balls would be very beneficial for Jalen Hurts and the offense writ large.

Add in even more depth at the wide receiver position via a BPA pick in the 2022 NFL Draft, and the Eagles’ receiving corps could rebound very well from a 1.5 man wonder to a legit unit with more than three guys getting targets in any given game.