ESPN: Players leveled up in 2019

viman96

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NFCE only. Read the article for the other teams.

https://www.espn.com/nfl/story/_/page/nfl_32for32200128/players-leveled-all-32-nfl-teams-2019-season

Dallas Cowboys
Michael Gallup, wide receiver. He showed flashes as a rookie in 2018, but he made major leaps in his second season, finishing with 1,107 yards and six touchdowns on 66 catches. He and Amari Cooper became the first Cowboys receivers to post 1,000-yard seasons in the same year since Terrell Owens and Terry Glenn did it in 2006. Gallup made some Dez Bryant-like plays in 2019 but still needs to work on route running and making contested catches. With Gallup and Cooper, the Cowboys could have one of the NFL's best receiver tandems to grow with quarterback Dak Prescott for years ago come. -- Todd Archer

New York Giants
Markus Golden, outside linebacker. He has done it before. The 2015 second-round pick had double-digit sack totals in 2016 with the Arizona Cardinals. But the previous two seasons were a struggle for Golden because of a knee injury; he had 2.5 sacks combined during that span. Golden leveled up in 2019, though, getting back to where he had been prior to the injury. Golden had 10 sacks and was the Giants' best defensive player this season. -- Jordan Raanan

Philadelphia Eagles
Dallas Goedert, tight end. The 2018 second-round pick nearly doubled his production from his rookie season, finishing with 58 catches for 607 yards to go with five touchdowns, and he did so while sharing the field with Pro Bowl tight end Zach Ertz. Goedert played his best ball down the stretch, including in a wild-card playoff loss to the Seattle Seahawks in which he caught seven balls on eight targets for 73 yards. The Eagles head into 2020 with a nasty 1-2 punch at tight end thanks to the emergence of Goedert. -- Tim McManus

Washington Commanders
Ereck Flowers, guard. He was a disaster as a tackle, both with the New York Giants, who made him a first-round pick in 2015, and with the Jacksonville Jaguars in 2018. But he revived his career by playing well at left guard for the Commanders this past season. It's not as if Flowers was great, but he was good -- and better than anticipated considering he didn't fully make the switch until the middle of training camp. Flowers' size made him a big help in the Commanders' power run game, and despite his occasional whiffs, he was a pleasant surprise for Washington. He's a free agent, but the Commanders would like him back. In November, former Commanders offensive line coach and interim head coach Bill Callahan said: "The thing that I love about him is he's conscientious, he's dependable, he's a reliable guy, he loves football, got a passion for the game and he has a thirst for knowledge and getting better every day." -- John Keim


 

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Pretty good list. Flowers is a big surprise. Gallup hopefully just keeps learning and getting better.
 

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Gallup is as good as advertised out of college. He will be a good one for a long, long time. I would love to see the Cowboys draft another WR in the 3rd or 4th that turns out to be as good.
 
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