October 06, 2015
Continuing on with our "quarter pole" grades, we'll cover the wide receivers, which is something opposing defenses haven't had much trouble doing this season. In case you missed the first installments of this series, we previously graded out Sam Bradford, the running backs and the tight ends:
• Quarterback grades
• Running back grades
• Tight end grades
Onto the wide receivers:
Matthews leads the Eagles' receivers in catches and yards, by a mile:
| Player | Rec | Yards | YPC | TD |
| Jordan Matthews | 25 | 281 | 11.2 | 1 |
| Nelson Agholor | 7 | 100 | 14.3 | 0 |
| Riley Cooper | 5 | 97 | 14.4 | 1 |
| Miles Austin | 4 | 73 | 18.3 | 1 |
| Josh Huff | 4 | 39 | 9.8 | 0 |
Agholor is really tough to evaluate. At times, he has gotten open and Sam Bradford has simply missed him.
Like here:
And here:
And here:
As a result, his numbers look bad: 7 catches, 100 yards, 0 TD.
However, I won't make excuses for him on the fumble on the reverse the Eagles tried to run against Washington Week 4, which was an inexcusable error.
Agholor is talented, and I believe that if the offense was more efficient he could be thriving. But at the same time, you would like to see him bail out his quarterback on a few off-target throws, which he has not been able to do.
The best blocking wide receiver in the history of the NFL.
Austin had a 39 yard TD reception against Washington that is fresh in everyone's minds, but it's been more bad than good when the Eagles have tried to get him involved. Against the Jets, the Eagles threw four times to Austin on third down, and completed none of them. Austin's fit on this team is odd. He's a reserve wide receiver who doesn't contribute positively on special teams. The Eagles paying him $2.2+ million this offseason still just makes no sense to me at all.
A few times a game, we see Cooper tell Huff not to take a return out of the end zone, but otherwise he's been invisible.
Overall wide receiver grade: C-
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