Arizona cardinals had a big problem in terms of wide receiver depth for decades. The team has always had no less than three sensors of competent passes on an almost annual basis and this helped to prevent the worst quarter of a quarter from finishing completely (more than times …).
But this depth was not available last season and it seems even worse before the 2025 season. Marvin Harrison Jr is back as clear WR1. Michael Wilson is back as WR2 of the team. But after that … there is literally not much for the guys under contract, but even these guys are not ready for the roles that Arizona must fill.
The next free agency pool has several veterans and young people under the radar, but I like this broad receiver course in the next draft of the NFL 2025.
The class has been seen in many ways, most often as a high -level group. I agree that there is a fairly finished duration of receptors of the first day, but the pleasure begins the second day with dozens apparently higher level guys who can contribute immediately.
You have all the different shapes and sizes and the curriculum vitae of your choice.
This is where I would prefer that the cardinals start their research; Make your free agency priorities on the swelling of the defense and use the project to obtain an offensive depth in the later towers.
We take a look at the best wide receiver to look with the NFL screening combination to come this week with the players listed among the first on my list for the team adjustments.
Large weeks could see these guys get up, so let’s go and know some guys on days one, two and three.
Emeka Egbuka, Ohio State
Big Egbuka Guy here and I have been it since the 2023 season. The things that Egbuka does after the capture blows me and it is his biggest business card for this next draft.
When you look at Egbuka, you see a creative player who makes movements when the ball touches his hands. It is remarkable what he does on the screens, under the passes, and everything that puts the ball in his hands quickly.
What intrigues me with Egbuka is that he prospered Ohio State as a number two receiver of the team. He had more than 1,100 meters in 2022 with Marvin Harrison JR in front of him and exceeded 1K this year next to Jeremiah Smith.
Despite its best success as a complementary guy, I always believe that it can direct a offense if necessary.
In other words, Egbuka is rare and guys like him succeed in the next level. It can be a quality WR1 for most teams, but it can become Ace WR2.
Don’t sleep on …
Matthew Golden, Texas
Is Golden sleeping? I think this is a difficult question to answer. We see Golden climbing in most first round simulations recently, but at the same time, it has the impression that it is not valued as it should be.
What I have already said about Egbuka is true here for Golden also in that he could be the number one receiver of a team, but a role of WR2 for a team could see him dominate. Call this an exaggeration, but I see Golden in the mold of a Chris Godwin specifically concerning his advantage as Robin for WR1 of a team, Batman.
Perhaps no player was more important in the second half of the season for Longhorns than Golden, who became the team’s Go-To in the Pass game and made a ball potential deep. Everything culminates together so that Golden is one of the best receivers of this class.
Combining it with Harrison and Wilson is a trio of sick bad guys.
Be Harris, Ole Miss
I need someone to explain to myself why someone is low on Harris, because it does not suit me. Harris has gathered more than 2,000 reception yards in the past two seasons with Ole Miss and even missed time last season.
Speaking of last season, Harris has an average of more than 17 yards by reception thanks not only to his ability to stretch the ground, but to make games in space. Call him Mr. Run-AFTER-CATCH, if you wish.
Few receivers dominated the match as Harris did last season and if he was not missing (five games), he would probably have come to the Biletnikoff Prize. Its average of 128.8 yards per match led the country … So, in theory, Harris could have nearly 1,700 reception yards. And yes, it would have led the country.
Harris is really a special talent in my eyes with a good size at 6’3 and 210 pounds and crazy game skills. If he can test and place himself at least in the upper half of the class, I think it will have to be immediately reassessed.
Don’t sleep on …
Xavier Restrepo, Miami
Count me among the biggest Restrepo fans, please and thank you. The receiver of all the Hurricanes time, yes, you read that right, was one of the best weapons that the program had last season while Cam Ward dominated the ACC.
What attracts me the most with Restrepo is its reliability. The senior receiver has lost only two passes last season while transporting around 73% of its objectives. Restrepo has also proven to be a deep threat to Miami with the north of 16 yards per reception.
Overall, I love Restrepo to be a security coverage in the pros, but its advantage of removing the defense top to my attention.
Nick Nash, San Jose State
The country’s leading receiver in receptions, yards and affected. Yeah, the winner of the triple crown. And no, he did not win the Biletnikoff prize as the best receiver in the country. But it’s a whole different conversation …
What we are concentrating in place is Nash the player. He obviously has exceptional skills on the creation of games, but I believe that there are features here to rely.
Nash has shown good separation skills and forced missed plated at the top of the National. Nash has also shown a deep threat capacity, which happens to be the greatest need for cards in this position.
The biggest questions are what Nash can do against higher competition after dominating the G5 teams. Placing Nash in a place where he can sit and learn is ideal, and as long as cardinals do not make nash their only collection, they can find exactly this kind of place for him.
Don’t sleep on …
Elijhah Badger, Florida
Arizona state fans should be familiar with Badger, which was the Sun Devils WR1 in the 2022 and 2023 seasons before transferring last spring to Florida. There is certainly a contempt for his late departure, but there is simply one thing that cannot be refused … He can stretch the ground.
We saw the complete capacities of the stretching capacities of the Badger field in its only season with Florida when it had almost 21 yards on average per reception. His two previous seasons at the ASU were both less than 13 YPR, but even then, we knew that he was a special deep threat.
Badger may not have an elite speed when we look 40 times, but we know that the band shows a receiver that can stretch the ground and play games. He also has safe hands, with zero drops in 2024 and coherent hands before that.
Badger is someone who was sleeping strongly by the project community and it’s damned.
