Former NFL WR says DeVonta Smith is the Eagles' No. 1 WR and go-to guy
T.J. Houshmandzadeh believes DeVonta Smith should become Philadelphia’s unquestioned top target while raising key questions about the Eagles' WR hierarchy.
Replacing A. J. Brown was never going to be as simple as plugging in another name into the Philadelphia Eagles ' lineup and pretending nothing changed.
We're all assuming Brown leaves, of course , but let's think about the first statement for a second. No one who has ever watched football would believe that. Brown's departure, whenever it officially arrives, leaves behind more than production.
It creates a leadership void, a physical mismatch void, and perhaps most importantly, a target hierarchy question inside Philadelphia's passing game, outside of DeVonta Smith and Dallas Goedert, of course. Former NFL wide receiver T. J.
Houshmandzadeh may have offered an interesting answer. It's certainly one that most interested Eagles fans would have no problem agreeing with. Is the real question Eagles question about who starts, or who earns trust first?