2 Positions Eagles may need to draft before addressing wide receiver

The Philadelphia Eagles have three major needs outside of the wide receiver position, and two of them may need to be addressed as early as Round 1.

It’s always been a major talking point when any NFL Draft is on the horizon. Should a team draft the best player available or should they draft based on current needs? For the Philadelphia Eagles fans, an offseason littered with the signing of defensive talent has led quite a few people to the same conclusion, and that conclusion is this.

Philadelphia has to draft a wide receiver when they’re on the clock at 21. Come on. You know you’ve said it. We all have, but here’s a serious question that needs to be asked before any of us plays the role of judge and bang the gavel.

Is it more beneficial for the Eagles to add an elite talent at one of their other positions of need when there are so many wide receivers available? This is a deep class of proven talent at the pass-catching position. That can’t be said about some of the other positions on both offense and defense. There’s a case building that the Eagles may need to do what might be unpopular in many circles, taking a wide receiver in Round 2 instead of Round 1.

Let’s explore that idea a little further. Here are Philly’s three biggest needs outside of finding Carson Wentz‘s go-to guy and an argument as to why drafting two of them at 21 is a far better solution than taking a wideout.