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D.K. Metcalf, N'Keal Harry and an Overlooked Wide Receiver Class Emerges

On the Monday Morning NFL Podcast, Jenny Vrentas and Gary Gramling analyzed the overlooked wide receiver class including the good and bad of D.K. Metcalf, some potential Day 2 stars, and why it’s all bad news for free-agent wideouts…

GARY: One thing Andy and I talk on the show a lot about—and I forget who told him this—but the quote was like, “The offensive linemen can’t block the pass rushers and the defensive backs can’t guard the receivers and that’s what you have to build your scheme around.” We see all the pass rushers coming in, but the receiver class—we heard a lot during the fall that the receiver class wasn’t going to be great but it seems so deep and it seems to have so many guys who you’d look at and say, “If this guy does pan out, he’s going to be a No.