Better options for the Eagles than acquiring Amari Cooper

Eagles can utilize a draft pick (or two) to upgrade the position.

For the first time in a long time, the Eagles have a nice mix of veteran leadership and young stars. There’s an obvious need at the wide receiver position though. Heck, isn’t there always?

If nothing changed between now and the beginning of next season, Greg Ward would be Philadelphia’s most experienced voice in the wide receiver meetings, outside of their position coach, Aaron Moorehead. That statement alone can trigger a few conversations, particularly arguments about whether or not Philly should add a veteran to mentor the young guys and whether or not the Birds would move on from Ward anyway.

There’s also the angle of how bad the Birds have been at evaluating the wide receiver position.

They didn’t pay enough attention to how rapidly DeSean Jackson had deteriorated. Alshon Jeffery and Nelson Agholor both regressed after Mike Groh was no longer their wide receivers coach. Howie Roseman has missed badly on draft choices (JJ Arcega-Whiteside and Jalen Reagor).

Howie’s been so bad at evaluating the position that there’s a large contingent of the media and Eagles fan base that believes the Birds are better suited to buy a wideout than draft one. They can’t rely totally on free agency though. That’s how they got so old so quickly in the first place.

Either way, this team still needs pieces, and in a decently deep draft class for wide receiver prospects, Philadelphia could be tempted to use some draft capital on the position. Don’t rule it out.

Regardless of what side of the fence you’re sitting on in that discussion, you have to admit that continuing to add young talent at a position of need is a much better idea than opening the wallet for a veteran that’s still young but seems to have aged faster chronologically than his next team would prefer.

Who knows? Maybe Howie will swallow his pride and rely on someone else’s knowledge and analysis of who the best prospects are.