Top Fantasy Football WRs in the NFC East: Dez Bryant, Odell Beckham, Victor Cruz, Jordan Matthews, DeSean Jackson

Jul 27, 2015 02:48 PM EDT
Dez Bryant
Dallas Cowboys wide receiver Dez Bryant celebrates a touchdown in 2014."

Dallas Cowboys:

[Dez Bryant]: Bryant is the best receiver on this list, his body of work outshines everyone else's by a mile. He currently has more touchdowns than any other NFL wide receiver except for Calvin Johnson. His is the best offensive threat through the air hands down. Typically Dez's touchdowns are off of deep balls along the left side of the field or quick slants on the goal line so the middle of the field is generally up for grabs. Dez is hands down a first round pick.

[Jason Witten]: Witten is Tony Romo's security blanket and has been for most of Romo's career. Witten may not be fast but he is big and strong enough to get open in the open field and near the goal line. Witten is still a top 5 tight end in this league.

[Terrance Williams]: Terrance Williams has really come on for the Cowboy's offense especially this offseason taking the role of Dez Bryant before he signed in mini-camp. Williams has the ability to easily get defenders out of position and jump for loose balls effectively. William's role should increase as the season goes on; he is a low tier WR 3 with a ceiling of a mid-level WR 2.

[Cole Beasley]: Beasley is relatively new on the radar; he is the third WR for the Cowboys and lines up in the slot. Beasley is incredibly quick and effective in space he also has Romo's trust on third downs. Beasley should start the season as a low tier WR3-WR4.

Philadelphia Eagles:

[Jordan Matthews]: Last season he was pretty impressive even with Maclin eating up some of the targets, this season is different however. The Eagles changed quarterbacks and that is never a good thing especially in such a close knit division. Everyone in this division is constantly trying to one up each other which is exactly why I don't think Sam Bradford will be the best decision as a quarterback. Foles and Matthews had chemistry; Matthews and Bradford have to develop chemistry and with Bradford missing all of mini-camp and on a snap count for training camp expect this to develop slowly. Matthews will get a lot of targets but may get passed over for Nelson Agholor. [Low tier WR2-WR3]

[Nelson Agholor]: Agholor was the Eagle's first round pick which means they expect him to contribute right away however this may not be the case for fantasy owners. Agholor might need some time developing chemistry with Bradford along with figuring out the playbook. He is a bigger target than Matthews so he should do better fantasy wise but it is hard to pin down when that will be. If Bradford is injured then the value will go back to Matthews as Mark Sanchez was pretty good at giving him targets. [Agholor is a low end WR 2-WR3]

Washington Redskins:

[DeSean Jackson]: Jackson had pretty good stats except in one area, touchdowns. Jackson only had 6 touchdowns and the self-proclaimed Cowboy killer needs a few more to become more than a mid-level WR 2.

[Pierre Garcon]: Garcon was the number 2 wide receiver for the Redskins so he is more like a number 4 fantasy receiver. The drop off between Jackson and Garcon is immense and Garcon has never been a true WR 1 in his entire career I don't see why that would happen now. [Low tier WR 3-4]

New York Giants:

[Odell Beckham JR]: ODB is the best fantasy option for the New York Giants and he would be a WR 1 if not for his offseason injury. A hamstring injury is hard to get over especially for wide receivers, no fantasy player who has been plagued with a sore or pulled hamstring has had that great of a fantasy season so ODB is more of a WR 2-WR 3 instead of a first round pick.

[Victor Cruz]: Cruz will be significantly slower while playing at game speed, ODB will get all of the top coverage so Cruz should be able to excel however after such a tough injury to come back from he should be no more than a WR 3.

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