NFL Teams Won’t Find Many Answers at Receiver in Free Agency

February 22, 2016   ·   Zach Kruse   ·   Jump to comments

NFL teams in need of answers at receiver won't find many in the 2016 class of free agents. 
In fact, once Alshon Jeffery is inevitably re-signed or franchise-tagged by the Chicago Bears, the receiver position will look like one of the weakest in free agency. Teams searching for help will either have to overspend on average talent or divert their attention to the NFL draft. 
The thinning at the top is coming. 
Jeffery is far and away the best receiver in the class, but the clock is likely ticking on his time as an available free agent. The Bears are widely expected to keep him in Chicago, even if the franchise tag is eventually needed to remove him from the open market. 
"With general manager Ryan Pace flush with salary-cap room, it's hard to imagine a scenario in which the Bears don't have Jeffery playing for them in 2016," beat writer Brad Biggs of the Chicago Tribune wrote last week. 
Pace has a blueprint. Last offseason, Demaryius Th...

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