On a day the Eagles locked up Jason Avant on a 5 year contract it just had me thinking of how the Eagles WR situation just completely flipped around. So far this off season Anquan Boldin was traded to the Ravens and Brandon Marshall is seconds away from being traded...and Eagles fans weren't pleading for either. This is a brand new feeling in Philadelphia as we are the ones that begged for Larry Fitzgerald 2 seasons ago and Anquan Boldin last season, and got neither, and yet our wide receiving core might just be a top 5 next season. How in the world did that happen?
Well It all began with the Eagles BOLD choice of taking Desean Jackson over another guy the Eagles fans pleaded for and did not receive, and now that same guy we wanted and called Andy an ignorant buffoon for passing up on, might not even be on a team next season. Yep, Limas Sweed has his job on the line this pre season. Well after making the amazing decision that was DeSean Diez, the Eagles made yet another BOLD move and traded up in the first round when Jeremy Maclin for some unexplainable reason dropped 9 spots more than he should have. After a slow start to the season Maclin slowly became a steady option for McNabb and even had a game winning catch against Denver. He is poised for a 1000 yard season as is DeSean Diez. After years on drafting futile wide receivers who could have ever guessed Andy was capable of drafting a WR worthy of contributing, let alone drafting 2 1000 yard receivers? And that brings us to the man of the hour, the man who will spend the next 5 seasons in Eagles Country, Jason Avant. Jason might be the best number 3 guy we have ever had. It is no secret he is McNabbs favorite target on third downs and for a very good reason. He has hands of glue. He is the physical WR the Eagles have lacked since the former number 81.
Just like that, despite not having trading for a stud WR Eagles have gone from one of the worst WR corps in the NFL to one of the best in a matter of three seasons. And not only that, we have a top 5 receiving tight end as well! I guess Andy does have a few trips up his sleeve. The complete transformation of the Eagles WR is the only reason I am not writing about why it was stupid to cut Witherspoon. Instead, I think I am just gonna give Andy the benefit of the doubt, who knows, maybe he can transform this line backing corps as well
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