{"id":870052,"date":"2026-04-19T16:51:26","date_gmt":"2026-04-19T16:51:26","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/870052\/"},"modified":"2026-04-19T16:51:26","modified_gmt":"2026-04-19T16:51:26","slug":"eagles-called-out-for-worst-draft-pick-of-the-century","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/870052\/","title":{"rendered":"Eagles Called Out for ‘Worst Draft Pick of the Century’"},"content":{"rendered":"

Maybe it\u2019s better things turned out this way. Maybe it\u2019s better the Philadelphia Eagles<\/a> and general manager Howie Roseman made the decision they did in the 2020 NFL draft.<\/p>\n

Bleacher Report\u2019s Kristopher Knox<\/a> called the Eagles selecting TCU wide receiver Jalen Reagor<\/a> over NFL All-Pro Justin Jefferson<\/a> the \u201cWorst Draft Pick of the Century\u201d and it should make fellow NFC teams shudder to think of what would have happened if the Eagles had taken Jefferson.<\/p>\n

The Eagles took Reagor at No. 21 overall \u2014 just 1 spot ahead of Jefferson to the Vikings<\/a> at No. 22 overall.<\/p>\n

\u201cLooking to add a No. 1-caliber receiver in 2020, the Eagles used the 21st overall pick on TCU wide receiver Jalen Reagor,\u201d Knox wrote. \u201cEven then, it was viewed as a questionable choice, as Reagor was coming off a down year (611 yards) and underwhelmed at the scouting combine with a 4.47-second 40-yard dash. In retrospect, selecting Reagor one spot before the Vikings took LSU receiver Justin Jefferson was a massive mistake. Jefferson has gone on to establish himself as a top-five wideout, if not the best pass-catcher in the league. With 8,480 receiving yards, four Pro Bowls, two first-team All-Pro nods and one Offensive Player of the Year award in six seasons, Jefferson is on a Hall of Fame trajectory.\u201d<\/p>\n

Jalen Reagor\u2019s Miserable Time in Philly<\/p>\n

It didn\u2019t take long for the Eagles to realize they had a massive bust with Reagor. It was made all the more stark by Jefferson\u2019s instant success.<\/p>\n

As a rookie in 2020, Reagor had 31 receptions for 396 yards and 1 touchdown in 11 games, missing 5 games with a torn thumb ligament. That same season, Jefferson had 88 receptions for 1,400 yards and 7 touchdowns while earning NFL All-Pro and Pro Bowl honors for the first time.<\/p>\n

After 2 seasons in Philadelphia, Reagor was traded to the Vikings, where he had just 8 receptions for 104 yards and 1 touchdown in 2022 before he was released before the 2023 season. Reagor played for the\u00a0New England Patriots<\/a>\u00a0in 2023 and spent 2024 with the Patriots and\u00a0Los Angeles Chargers<\/a>.<\/p>\n

In 5 NFL seasons, Reagor has\u00a086 receptions for 1,037 yards and 4 touchdowns<\/a>\u00a0in 64 games. In Jefferson\u2019s worst year, in 2023, he had 68 receptions for 1,074 yards and 5 touchdowns in 10 games.<\/p>\n

Everything Turned Out Fine for Eagles WRs<\/p>\n

Let\u2019s not shed too many tears for the Eagles. Their wide receiver room found a way to survive and thrive without Jefferson.<\/p>\n

Since 2022, the Eagles have had arguably the NFL\u2019s best wide receiver duo in A.J. Brown<\/a>\u00a0and\u00a0DeVonta Smith<\/a>. They\u2019re also 2 of the most highly paid players in the NFL.<\/p>\n

Brown has been named NFL All-Pro in 3 of the last 4 seasons \u2014 all since he was traded to the Eagles from the Tennessee Titans<\/a> \u2014 and signed a 3-year, $96 million contract extension before the 2024 season even though he\u2019s probably going to be traded in the coming months.<\/p>\n

Smith, the No. 10 overall pick in the 2021 NFL draft, signed a\u00a03-year, $75 million contract extension<\/a> in April 2024. He also became just the fifth player in football history to win the Super Bowl, a college football national title, and a Heisman Trophy after the Eagles won it all following the 2024 season.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Maybe it\u2019s better things turned out this way. Maybe it\u2019s better the Philadelphia Eagles and general manager Howie…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":870053,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[2068],"tags":[25,7,6,242,109,2476],"class_list":{"0":"post-870052","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-philadelphia-eagles","8":"tag-eagles","9":"tag-football","10":"tag-nfl","11":"tag-philadelphia","12":"tag-philadelphia-eagles","13":"tag-philadelphiaeagles"},"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/channels.im\/@nfl\/116432409968504890","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/870052","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=870052"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/870052\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/870053"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=870052"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=870052"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=870052"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}