The Good and Bad

How pathetic is the Eagles WR corps?

 

Kevin Curtis has to undergo sports hernia surgery and it basically decimates position. Undrafted free agents Hank Baskett and Greg Lewis (how long will he continue to hang on with this team? Answer – for as long as the Eagles refuse to upgrade at his position) are the backup plan, along with underperforming Jason Avant (why can’t the Eagles draft wideouts from pass-happy college conferences and not from run happy leagues like the Big 10?) and DeSean Jackson – a player who EVERYONE would have been happy with by contributing on special teams during his rookie season but who now is expected to become the Eagles #2 WR by opening day. Amazing.

 

It is telling that Kevin Curtis was the Rams #3 WR, yet managed in just one year to ascend to become the Eagles #1.

 

Losing Curtis for at least a month and getting him back at probably 70% for the rest of the season is bad enough. Worse is a lineup that has Brown, Avant, Baskett and G. Lew as your veteran pass catchers. Seriously, until proven otherwise those guys just may be worse than the infamous quintet of Torrance Small, Charles Johnson, James Thrash and Todd Pinkston.

 

The good news is that history has shown the Eagles have shown a willingness and ability to make the personnel moves they need to make to shore up shaky units, a la Levon Kirkland, in August. So the good news is that the Eagles are not afraid to pull the trigger to bring another player in to upgrade a position. The bad news is that we’re talking wide receiver here which means, like linebacker, the Eagles are almost incapable of gauging talent so whoever they acquire (Anquan Boldin excepted) probably won’t be the answer and will more likely be nothing more than a # WR, just like the rest of the current stiffs on the active roster (Jackson excluded).