Best WRs in the NFCE? (1-4)

[mattwill]

At his best........that's the problem (lol). How often....certainly not every Sunday.

The problem you are attributing to Brown is not a problem of his own making. It is a problem with the Offensive scheme drawn up by Soriano and Moore. Being a receiver in a run-first, run-second, run-third offense is challenging in its own right, but being that receiver when the WR across from you is arguably also a #1 makes statistical consistency extremely difficult to achieve. If you approach Brown from a Fantasy Football mindset he will drive you crazy, but when the passing offense of the Eagles is called upon, he always comes through.

 

[OmerV]

As in how his QB plays. He has 8-10 rushing attempts a game. They don’t throw the football as much in their offense. Brown would put up 1600 yards plus in a pass happy offense.

Hurts running has nothing to do with it - he was running the ball just as much in 2022 & 2023 when he threw for a lot more yards. 2024 the team ran the ball 111 more times than in 2023. That was a team decision to run more. Hurts hasn't changed how he plays, the team has changed the run/pass mix.

 

[mattwill]

Physicality wise Brown is better than Ceedee, Nabers full potential is not known , mclaurin is good but flashes and quiet other times.

If we can get a Wr2 big , fast and physical with decent hands , our WR group will be better than rest ot NFC east.

Better than Brown, Smith, and Goedert (who is IMO a 85% to 90% version of Whitten)? That Cowboy WR2 will need to be an instant Pro Bowl level contributor to accomplish that.

 

[mattwill]

I think his inconsistencies come from QB play not his skill though.

I think the inconsistencies of the QB are a direct result of the Eagles coaches choice of a run-first Offensive Scheme. It is hard to put up big numbers when so few passing plays/snaps are called.

 

[Hawkeye0202]

I don’t know if Hurts has that same it factor in a different offense though. But we won’t know that until we see him in one. I think Philly has done a great job of asking him to do what he excels at as oppose to making him something he’s not. Even when he’s hurt and has a bad knee he’s still running thst football. Gotta give them their due there.

Hurts ability to make things happen with his legs as needed sets him apart IMO. He didn't have to do as much last season coz of Barkley but he's like a second RB in the backfield.

Sometime after his first year as starter his coaches noticed a significant improvement in his accuracy during the offseason. Something they say is hard for a young a QB but as it turned out he hired a QB coach.

• 2020: Completed 52.0% of his passes.
  
  
• 2021: Completed 61.3% of his passes.
  
  
• 2022: Completed 66.5% of his passes.
  
  
• 2023: Completed 68.9% of his passes.
  
  
• 2024: As of April 11, 2025, Yahoo Sports reported that Hurts is the most accurate passer in Super Bowl history, with a 73.3 career completion percentage.
  

Hurts's accuracy improvement is a result of his work ethic, focusing on refining his mechanics, building chemistry with his receivers, and studying film. He's also been praised for his ability to make accurate throws in tight windows, says FOX Sports



But the bottom line is that Hurts is putting the ball exactly where he wants to put it more than two-thirds of the time he unloads.

“Accuracy is not only where you place the ball and the ball being complete but also you going to the right place with the football,” Nick Sirianni said. “You could have an accurate throw and not go to the right place with the football and that (would) be an incompletion and not do it in a timely fashion and that (would) be a tipped ball or a sack.

 

[Proof]

CD and AJ are #1 and #2 in some order. Looking at the stat breakdown and advanced stats for 2024 from Pro Football Reference, Brown has a better catch %, more yards per game, more yards per target, and more yards per reception (a rather impressive 4.5 yards more) despite being targeted less in game by a QB that a lot of posters here still think is average at best. This is probably because he is so good at contested catches.

yeah browns a stud. but no real point in highlighting qb play when lamb was rolling with Rush most of the year. Also between the run game, protection, and attention taking counterparts, browns role was much, much easier.

 

[Proof]

Yeah you can't really use stats as freely as we want to decide this.

What would AJ Brown do in Lamb's place in Dallas, with high volume of passes being thrown at him, vs the run 1st offense he's in (and often unhappy about).

What would Nabors do with a good QB?

I think we know what McLauren is. He's the least gifted of the 4, but probably has the best head on his shoulders of any of them.

Can't just say "ceedee gets the most catches/yds so he's the best" Dallas can't run so Dak throws it to him a zillion times a game, and also ceedee gets tons of garbage yards from Dak, whereas the Eagles are handing the ball off every play in the 4th quarter trying to kill the clock because they're up by 2 TDs

AJ Brown would be the guy you LEAST want to tackle. Ceedee and Nabors would be the HARDEST to grab hold of to tackle. And McLauren is the guy you'd least worry about if you were his coach, knowing he'd be the guy QBs would probably most like having as his go to WR

Fair to say the NFC East would boast the best 4 WRs of any other division in the league?

i don't know that it would be possible to disagree with so many different things in a single post lol

 

[TheMarathonContinues]

Hurts running has nothing to do with it - he was running the ball just as much in 2022 & 2023 when he threw for a lot more yards. 2024 the team ran the ball 111 more times than in 2023. That was a team decision to run more. Hurts hasn't changed how he plays, the team has changed the run/pass mix.

I never said he changed what are you arguing here? That Brown is the 4th best receiver? What’s the argument here?

 

[CowboysFaninHouston]

1...Lamb.......play all 3 WRS at a high level
2...Nabers.....QB play is the only thing stopping him from joining the elites
3...MClaurin...most underrated "elite" WR in the league
4...Brown....inconsistent, the best WR in the league one Sunday, half a___ing and moaning the next.

wait. what!?
where is tolbert?

 

[Jarntt]

There is no way Brown is as good as CeeDee or Nabers IMO.
There is also zero chance McClaurin is better than Brown. That just reeks of being an anti-Philly comment.

Perhaps already, but for sure within a year or two I think it is: Nabers, CeeDee BRown, McClaurin. Nabers is a freak

 

[CowboysLakerBamaFan]

i don't know that it would be possible to disagree with so many different things in a single post lol

Cool!

I'm glad we agree then

 

[Ironicalicon]

Yeah, the best 4 are clear in my mind, which is what most are posting but let me just say if Nabers gets a real QB look out! Kid looks like OBJ2.0

 

[nobody]

Lamb gets his targets. If Dak was healthy he would’ve lead the league in targets. Brown doesn’t get that. He already has Devonta getting targets and he’s in a rushing offense.

Dude, Dak was sucking hard in 2024 before he was injured. He wasn't the same player. Something was seriously wrong.

 

[TheMarathonContinues]

Dude, Dak was sucking hard in 2024 before he was injured. He wasn't the same player. Something was seriously wrong.

2023 Dak to Lamb through 6 weeks

475 Passing Yards and 34 Catches

2024 Dak to Lamb through 6 weeks

32 Catches and 464 receiving yards…..

Nearly identical years lol… both were all pros in 2023…

 

[NotaCowboysFan]

Brown plays in one of the best, if not the best, offenses in the NFL........

And yet, according to this, he was 39th in the NFL in targets. Now he did miss some games last season but even adjusting for avg per game he was still only 26th in targets.

https://edraft.com/nfl/fantasy-football/tools/targets/wr/

Eagles offense had over 3000 yards rushing last season. They ran the ball on 58.1% of their plays. They averaged 37 rushing attempts per game!

https://www.fftoday.com/stats/24_run_pass_ratios.html

CD Lamb was #3 in targets per game in the league behind only Nabers and Chase.

 

[OmerV]

I never said he changed what are you arguing here? That Brown is the 4th best receiver? What’s the argument here?

You didn't say it was how the team offense is designed, you said it was how the QB plays. You then followed it up by saying it's related to the fact Hurts runs a lot, which doesn't make sense because Hurts isn't running any more than he did when he was putting up bigger passing numbers.

 

[TheMarathonContinues]

You didn't say it was how the team offense is designed, you said it was how the QB plays. You then followed it up by saying it's related to the fact Hurts runs a lot, which doesn't make sense because Hurts isn't running any more than he did when he was putting up bigger passing numbers.

When has he ever put up big passing numbers? He's never thrown over 4k in his whole career. What's your argument is what i'm asking. My whole argument is AJ Brown's stats suffer because of the offense he plays in. If you disagree then argue against that but i'm not entirely sure what you're arguign agains there.

 

[conner01]

I like golden but his 4.2 speed just doesn't show up on tape. I would have thought he had around the same speed as lamb. 4.2 speed I was expecting him to house a lot of the balls he got but I just didn't see him running away from guys like you used to see with DJax in philly or Tyreek hill.

But I do like Goldens hands and route running.

I like him if we traded down a few spots. But he’s would be 4th or so on my list. Milton’s size is intriguing and I like burden too

 

[gimmesix]

Physicality wise Brown is better than Ceedee, Nabers full potential is not known , mclaurin is good but flashes and quiet other times.

If we can get a Wr2 big , fast and physical with decent hands , our WR group will be better than rest ot NFC east.

Not sure about "group." I'm not classifying Tolbert, Mingo, Campbell and Flournoy as better than anyone's third receiver. Turpin might be if we actually use him.

 

[nalam]

Not sure about "group." I'm not classifying Tolbert, Mingo, Campbell and Flournoy as better than anyone's third receiver. Turpin might be if we actually use him.

Turpin / Tolbert can be adequate WR3 , if we can get a good WR2, with Ceedee , we would have a good 1-2-3 punch with Fergie/ schoon combo our offense will be ready for passing game

( LOL, need a QB and running game , but lets defer that for time being ....)