THE answer is WR Riley Cooper, in 2014. The question was: When was the last time the Eagles had a WR3 catch 40 passes in a season? It opened up the middle of the field and helped RB LeSean McCoy run for a career-high (at the time) 1,300 yards.
When the ball isn’t going to just four players, it forces the opposing defense to cover everyone, and stretches it thinner and thinner. This becomes even more exposed when injuries have set in. Let’s spread the ball around and make life harder on our opponents.
