10 Best Wide Receivers Hitting the Market This Offseason Part 3

By BetOnline February 6, 2020

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BY ADAM GREENE

We’re reached the middle portion of our list, with guys that can fill a slot role, stretch the field, or muscle their way over linebackers.

5. RANDALL COBB, UNRESTRICTED FREE AGENT

2019: 55 catches, 828 yards, three touchdowns

Cobb was brought in to hold down the slot in Dallas this season and performed as advertised, putting up his best numbers since 2015 with Dak Prescott tossing him the ball.

The former Green Bay Packer got a one-year prove it deal with the Cowboys and seems to have done just that. He probably won’t be as cheap this year and no team will be looking at him as a one-year option.

Where he should end up: Dallas Cowboys

This one is easy. Like Sanders, you don’t mess with a good thing and Cobb fit the spot Dallas needed. More than that, Mike McCarthy drafted him out of Kentucky back in 2011 and there should be no issues with working out a deal to keep him from breaking his condo lease in Arlington.

6. NELSON AGHOLOR, UNRESTRICTED FREE AGENT

2019: 39 catches, 363 yards, three touchdowns

It was a down year for Agholor, which not only resulted in him become in the subject of jokes and memes, but likely ended his time with the Philadelphia Eagles. A lingering shin injury didn’t help.

Agholor is just 26 and there’s no reason to think he can’t bounce back with a nice change of scenery. Agholor’s speed alone (he ran a 4.39 40) should keep him on plenty of teams’ radars and he’ll likely get a good look from any squad looking to stretch the field and land a guy that has not yet reached his full potential.

Where he should end up: New England Patriots

Receiver was an issue all year for the Patriots after they cut Antonio Brown and Josh Gordon and they never really solved it. If Tom Brady is coming back (and it’s about 60-40 at this point), they’ll need somebody that can catch one of his NFL-mandated fully-inflated footballs 20 yards down the field. And even if Brady ends up in Los Angeles, they’ll still need somebody who can run a go route without taking a break before his cut to massage a stitch in his side.

7. DEVIN FUNCHESS, UNRESTRICTED FREE AGENT

2019: Three catches, 32 yards

A fractured clavicle in the season’s opening game cost Funchess his one season with the Indianapolis Colts, a team that could have really used his ability to get open in traffic and move the chains.

Funchess never was a No. 1 with the Carolina Panthers, as much as the team needed him to be one. He was a good possession receiver, an Anquan Boldin type, who averaged a first down every time he touched the ball. Even his three catches in his single game with the Colts came with a 10.7 yard average.

A smart playcaller would run Funchess in the slot, use him like a tight end half the time and let him eat up linebackers in the red zone.

Where he should end up: Denver Broncos

Outside of Courtland Sutton, the Broncos were garbage at wide receiver in 2019. If Drew Lock is going to have a chance, Denver must bring in guys that can move the chains and get the ball into the paint. Funchess fits that bill.

The list concludes with Nos. 8-10 in Part 4.