Welcome to our next installment of the 2022 position previews! Today we’ll be discussing the wide receivers.
This is a group that will be nearly completely rebuilt heading into 2023 - Nate McCollum, Malachi Carter, E.J. Jenkins, Ryan King, and Kalani Norris are all gone. Of the 134 catches by a WR in 2022, only 28 were by a player that will return in 2023 (Malik Rutherford and Leo Blackburn). McCollum and Carter in particular are substantial losses; we weren’t exactly a passing-game powerhouse in 2022 but those two accounted for 43% of total receiving yard production on their own.