22 hours ago, Iggles99 said:

It’s not like they didn’t have their pick of wr coaches too, like Sanjay lal, Hines Ward. I believe Bobby Ingram and Antwan Randle El turned them down. So they must’ve really liked Moorehead cause there were alternative options 

Hopefully they Let Watkins wear 87 in honor of Pinkston lol

Only if his favorite drink is Gatorade in honor of Pinkston's arms LOL

I think it's down to Hightower and Watkins for one roster spot. Perhaps the other makes it to the PS. Hightower looks like a more versatile WR. He also looks a lot bigger even though they are listed similarly. Watkins definitely looks faster though and he catches the ball with his hands where as Hightower lets it get to his body. Should be a very interesting situation / camp battle to monitor. It's pretty much a coin flip in my opinion, and if you can develop one of these guys into a 3rd or 4th WR it's a huge win.

4 hours ago, T-1000 said:

I think it's down to Hightower and Watkins for one roster spot. Perhaps the other makes it to the PS. Hightower looks like a more versatile WR. He also looks a lot bigger even though they are listed similarly. Watkins definitely looks faster though and he catches the ball with his hands where as Hightower lets it get to his body. Should be a very interesting situation / camp battle to monitor. It's pretty much a coin flip in my opinion, and if you can develop one of these guys into a 3rd or 4th WR it's a huge win.

I hope both make it but I know that's unlikely. I think both bring something to the team potentially and I'd like to see how they do in real NFL action. 

4 hours ago, UK_EaglesFan89 said:

I hope both make it but I know that's unlikely. I think both bring something to the team potentially and I'd like to see how they do in real NFL action. 

Yeah realistically I think one goes to PS. Though I’d rather they both beat out Goodwin who I think is a stiff. 
 

Djax, Reagor, JJaw, Ward, Hightower, Watkins would be my 6 with Jeffery possibly returning from IR. 

On 4/26/2020 at 7:18 AM, birdman#12 said:

Speed is great.....but it don't mean sh-- if the routes suck, can't track the deep ball or can't catch consistently.......I keep hearing echoes of shelton gibson and mack hollins.

Hopefully, the new receivers coach can develop these guys into guys who can contribute....

Nah.  Both Watkins and Hightower are already leagues above Hollins and Gibson when they came out. They are faster (both clocked and in game speed) and they both have better route running and hands.  Either one of Watkins or Hightower would have been at least 3rd round picks in the drafts that Hollins and Gibson came out. 

1 hour ago, Ace Nova said:

Nah.  Both Watkins and Hightower are already leagues above Hollins and Gibson when they came out. They are faster (both clocked and in game speed) and they both have better route running and hands.  Either one of Watkins or Hightower would have been at least 3rd round picks in the drafts that Hollins and Gibson came out. 

My point is that we just don't know.  I don't care what round they were drafted in.....plenty of high draft pick receivers don't pan out. 

Hopefully, they can get coached up.....

15 hours ago, T-1000 said:

I think it's down to Hightower and Watkins for one roster spot. Perhaps the other makes it to the PS. Hightower looks like a more versatile WR. He also looks a lot bigger even though they are listed similarly. Watkins definitely looks faster though and he catches the ball with his hands where as Hightower lets it get to his body. Should be a very interesting situation / camp battle to monitor. It's pretty much a coin flip in my opinion, and if you can develop one of these guys into a 3rd or 4th WR it's a huge win.

While that may be the reality of the situation, I think it's pretty likely both look better than JJAW in this offense.

16 hours ago, T-1000 said:

I think it's down to Hightower and Watkins for one roster spot. Perhaps the other makes it to the PS. Hightower looks like a more versatile WR. He also looks a lot bigger even though they are listed similarly. Watkins definitely looks faster though and he catches the ball with his hands where as Hightower lets it get to his body. Should be a very interesting situation / camp battle to monitor. It's pretty much a coin flip in my opinion, and if you can develop one of these guys into a 3rd or 4th WR it's a huge win.

I think one of the two will for sure...possibly both.  

I don’t see Arcega-Whiteside as a lock to make the team, tbh. I think he most likely does, but I don’t think it’s a lock.

4 hours ago, Ace Nova said:

Nah.  Both Watkins and Hightower are already leagues above Hollins and Gibson when they came out. They are faster (both clocked and in game speed) and they both have better route running and hands.  Either one of Watkins or Hightower would have been at least 3rd round picks in the drafts that Hollins and Gibson came out. 

What do you think of them positionally?  Is Hightower suited for X or Big slot?

1 minute ago, dawkins4prez said:

What do you think of them positionally?  Is Hightower suited for X or Big slot?

I think the Eagles are going to begin to move their receivers around.  So your traditional X usually would be a bigger guy like JJAW but the Eagles will probably try different guys out there...Reagor...and maybe both Hightower and Watkins...all depends on what they look like in camp, scheme, etc   They will probably get looks at, at Z in certain packages as well.

I think all 3 are capable of playing slot in the Eagles offense and they will probably have looks there as well.  
 

Too early to tell at this point and we really don’t know what these guys look like in the Eagles offense until camp....and that’s probably one of the reasons they are bringing in so many guys this year. 

On 4/26/2020 at 6:50 PM, Iggles99 said:

It’s not like they didn’t have their pick of wr coaches too, like Sanjay lal, Hines Ward. I believe Bobby Ingram and Antwan Randle El turned them down. So they must’ve really liked Moorehead cause there were alternative options 

Hopefully they Let Watkins wear 87 in honor of Pinkston lol

Well, I'd imagine someone will end up wearing a number in the 80s, even though the trend these past several years for WRs is to rock numbers in the 10s. A bunch of our WRs are already rocking numbers in the 10s (Jackson - 10, Jeffrey - 17, Arcega-Whiteside 19, Davis 14). Several already have most of the other numbers in the 80s as well (Mitchel - 80, Burnett - 82, Gibson - 83, Ward - 84, Green - 89)

Here's my guesses for the new WRs:

18 - Reagor: Same number he wore freshman year at TCU

16 - Hightower: Same number at Boise State

87 - Watkins: Repping another Southern Miss alum at WR that played for us

81 - Goodwin: Maybe the veteran doles out some cash to get 84 from Ward or 88 from Goedert, so he can wear a familiar number, but I think he'll go with something new

From the other topic about WR room.

Realistic: Jeffrey (IR), 1 Jackson, 2 Reagor, 3 JJAW, 4 Hightower, 5 Watkins, 6 Goodwin, 7 Ward

They can allot 1 or 2 on special teams as returners.  Or stash 1 on practice squad. 

They know Jackson and Goodwin also have injury histories and they'll keep extra WRs for insurance. 

1 hour ago, NOTW said:

From the other topic about WR room.

Realistic: Jeffrey (IR), 1 Jackson, 2 Reagor, 3 JJAW, 4 Hightower, 5 Watkins, 6 Goodwin, 7 Ward

They can allot 1 or 2 on special teams as returners.  Or stash 1 on practice squad. 

They know Jackson and Goodwin also have injury histories and they'll keep extra WRs for insurance. 

Precisely what I'd do there. I'd carry 7 and I'd see how they get along. Some of those can contribute on STs so they have value there. 

18 hours ago, vaff said:

I don’t see Arcega-Whiteside as a lock to make the team, tbh. I think he most likely does, but I don’t think it’s a lock.

Ask him to add 10-15 pounds and move to TE3 to make the roster? 😂