2017 NFL Draft: Best wide receiver options for Eagles in each round
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on January 17, 2017 at 5:30 AM, updated January 17, 2017 at 7:27 AM
With just $3.5 million in cap space, the Eagles are going to need to add multiple difference makers through the NFL Draft this season.
That means hitting on players late in the draft, and adding impact players with more than just their first-round pick.
Here is a look at receivers -- arguably the team's biggest need -- that would make sense for the Eagles in each round of the draft, using CBS Sports prospect rankings and draft projections.
1st Round: Mike Williams, WR, Clemson: Williams is the crown jewel of the draft class, and more than any other player at his position, has the chance to be a true difference maker for the Eagles. Williams, 6-foot-3, 225 pounds, has it all -- the speed, the height and the playmaking ability. If he drops to the Eagles in the first round, it will be a no-brainer.
2nd Round: Dede Westbrook, WR, Oklahoma: Westbrook comes with off-the-field concerns, but on it, he is one of the biggest playmakers in the draft. Westbrook finished with 12 touchdowns of at least 40 yards in 2016, and would stretch the field for the Eagles, something they desperately missed last season.
Here is how the Eagles can knock the 2017 offseason out of the park.
3rd Round: Noah Brown, WR, Ohio State: Brown is a raw prospect, with just 14 games under his belt, but 6-foot-2, 222 pounds, has the size and speed that NFL teams look for at the position. Brown also has production, bringing in seven touchdowns in 14 career games.
4th Round: Ryan Switzer, WR, North Carolina: Switzer might not have the ceiling of other receivers in the draft, but he does have a track record of production, with at least 50 catches, over 600 yards and six touchdowns in each of his past two seasons. At 5-foot-10, 185 pounds, Switzer is undersized, but has dependable hands -- something the Eagles desperately need.
5th Round: Darreus Rogers, WR, USC: Rogers, 6-foot-1, 215 pounds, has the size to play on the outside, where the Eagles' biggest need is at receiver. Rogers didn't put up big numbers at USC -- just 11 touchdowns in four years -- but he is a physical player, something that the last receiver the Eagles drafted from USC, Nelson Agholor, is not.
6th Round: Travin Dural, WR, LSUural had a poor senior season, but his junior season was a glimpse at what the 6-foot-2, 203 pound receiver can do, as he averaged 19.0 yards per catch on 28 catches for 533 yards and three touchdowns.
7th Round: Ricky Seals-Jones, WR, Texas A&M: The seventh-round of the draft is for projects, and that is exactly what Seals-Jones, the tallest receiver in the draft, is. At 6-foot-5, 235 pounds, Seal-Jones is more polished version of Dorial Green-Beckham.
Eliot Shorr-Parks | NJ Advance Media for NJ.com By Eliot Shorr-Parks | NJ Advance Media for NJ.com
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on January 17, 2017 at 5:30 AM, updated January 17, 2017 at 7:27 AM
With just $3.5 million in cap space, the Eagles are going to need to add multiple difference makers through the NFL Draft this season.
That means hitting on players late in the draft, and adding impact players with more than just their first-round pick.
Here is a look at receivers -- arguably the team's biggest need -- that would make sense for the Eagles in each round of the draft, using CBS Sports prospect rankings and draft projections.
1st Round: Mike Williams, WR, Clemson: Williams is the crown jewel of the draft class, and more than any other player at his position, has the chance to be a true difference maker for the Eagles. Williams, 6-foot-3, 225 pounds, has it all -- the speed, the height and the playmaking ability. If he drops to the Eagles in the first round, it will be a no-brainer.
2nd Round: Dede Westbrook, WR, Oklahoma: Westbrook comes with off-the-field concerns, but on it, he is one of the biggest playmakers in the draft. Westbrook finished with 12 touchdowns of at least 40 yards in 2016, and would stretch the field for the Eagles, something they desperately missed last season.
Here is how the Eagles can knock the 2017 offseason out of the park.
3rd Round: Noah Brown, WR, Ohio State: Brown is a raw prospect, with just 14 games under his belt, but 6-foot-2, 222 pounds, has the size and speed that NFL teams look for at the position. Brown also has production, bringing in seven touchdowns in 14 career games.
4th Round: Ryan Switzer, WR, North Carolina: Switzer might not have the ceiling of other receivers in the draft, but he does have a track record of production, with at least 50 catches, over 600 yards and six touchdowns in each of his past two seasons. At 5-foot-10, 185 pounds, Switzer is undersized, but has dependable hands -- something the Eagles desperately need.
5th Round: Darreus Rogers, WR, USC: Rogers, 6-foot-1, 215 pounds, has the size to play on the outside, where the Eagles' biggest need is at receiver. Rogers didn't put up big numbers at USC -- just 11 touchdowns in four years -- but he is a physical player, something that the last receiver the Eagles drafted from USC, Nelson Agholor, is not.
6th Round: Travin Dural, WR, LSUural had a poor senior season, but his junior season was a glimpse at what the 6-foot-2, 203 pound receiver can do, as he averaged 19.0 yards per catch on 28 catches for 533 yards and three touchdowns.
7th Round: Ricky Seals-Jones, WR, Texas A&M: The seventh-round of the draft is for projects, and that is exactly what Seals-Jones, the tallest receiver in the draft, is. At 6-foot-5, 235 pounds, Seal-Jones is more polished version of Dorial Green-Beckham.
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