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Writer's pictureAndrew W.

Alshon Jeffery Snubbed From Top 25 Wide Receivers List

In the offseason there isn't much football news to discuss. To help the time pass by, most websites and blogs come up with all kinds of lists and rankings. Sporting News got in on this action, as it decided to put together an article ranking the NFL's top-25 wide receivers.


Inside of their rankings, there was one name missing that deserved to be there: Alshon Jeffery. Receivers like Tyler Boyd, Mike Williams, Kenny Golladay, Chris Godwin, Cooper Kupp and D.J. Moore were all ranked above Jeffery in this very questionable list.

So why was Jeffery omitted from the list? Coming into Philadelphia, he was labeled as an injury-prone player with a body made of glass. Yes he did get injured during Training Camp in his first year as an Eagle, but he fought through the pain and played all 16 games (and three playoff games) at an elite level with a torn rotator cuff. In 2018 he had to miss the first three games of the season to recover from shoulder surgery, but he ended up playing in the remaining 13 regular season game (and two playoff games) and once again put up solid numbers. Was his drop in the NFC Divisional Round so devastating that it makes him not a top-25 receiver in the NFL? Absolutely not.


Let's compare his two years in Philadelphia to the previous two seasons for the other receivers mentioned:


Alshon Jeffery: 29 games, 122 receptions, 1,632 yards, 15 touchdowns

Tyler Boyd: 24 games, 98 receptions, 1,253 yards, 9 touchdowns

Mike Williams: 26 games, 54 receptions, 759 yards, 10 touchdowns

Kenny Golladay: 26 games, 98 receptions, 1,540 yards, 8 touchdowns

Chris Godwin: 32 games, 93 receptions, 1,367 yards, 8 touchdowns

Cooper Kupp: 23 games, 102 receptions, 1,435 yards, 11 touchdowns

D.J. Moore: 16 games, 55 receptions, 788 yards, 2 touchdowns

Jeffery gets the injury-prone label, but yet he has played in more games over the last two seasons than all but one of those players who were ranked above him. In addition, he has better individual stats than all six of the players mentioned above. Heading into the 2019 season, Jeffery is fully healthy and will be ready to be one of Carson Wentz's top targets as Wentz begins his revenge tour.


The man who made this list needs to feel shame, and Jeffery will make sure shame comes to him in 2019.

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Andrew W.
Andrew W.
May 25, 2019

You're welcome Andrew! Thanks for being okay with us using it! And he's definitely top-20, he is ahead of those players listed but then the other ones in the list is when it starts becoming very debatable. Jackson's presence will only mean great things for #17 in 2019. If you have any more pictures from Eagles training camps or games you'd want to share please feel free to send them to us through here on Facebook!

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Andrew Kenney
Andrew Kenney
May 24, 2019

Thanks for the photo credit! Yes- he’s top 20 for me personally. And he’ll be even better with DeSean this year!

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