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This WR class is good, but it's not super deep
I have seven first-round grades on receivers. Up top, I like this wideout class. Is there an elite, Ja'Marr Chase type? No. And it was widely believed early in the pre-draft process that it was a deep group in which Day 2 and even early Day 3 featured a variety of awesome prospects at the position.

Having comprehensively examined this class, I don't feel that way. If you tell me Skyy Moore and George Pickens will be picked in Round 2, then sure, those two would represent some quality depth. After that, the vast majority of the receivers aren't multi-dimensional, well-rounded players. There are burners -- Baylor's Tyquan Thornton, Memphis' Calvin Ridley -- YAC specialists -- Boise State's Khalil Shakir, Tennessee's Velus Jones Jr. -- and even some big bodies like North Dakota State's Christian Watson and Cincinnati's Alec Pierce. All of them have noticeable flaws on film that will be exploited early in their NFL careers.

If you're a receiver-needy team, it wouldn't be a brutal idea to double-dip at receiver in this class, and yeah, someone picked outside the first round will ultimately become a quality pass catcher. But the true, sure-fire game-changers will be picked in the first round.
 
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