# The ideal way to build a WR room in 2026

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Podcast: [The Athletic Football Show: A show about the NFL](https://stenobird.com/podcast/the-athletic-football-show-a-show-about-the-nfl-1365826)
Published: 2026-07-23T07:00:00+00:00
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We have long understood wide receiver as a premium position in the NFL, but the natural evolution of offenses and schemes has influenced everything—including the way you want to build out and balance your wide receiver corps. So what's the ideal way to put the pieces together in today's NFL? Matt Harmon from Yahoo Sports joins Robert Mays to fit it all into place on this episode of The Athletic Football Show. 0:00 Welcome to the show 4:09 What should your receiver group look like? 9:43 First piece of a receiver room 13:53 Building around a WR1 25:51 Impact on offense as a whole 32:31 What to surround a WR1 with 43:12 Impact of heavy personnel 48:35 Ideal skill sets for receivers in heavy personnel 56:09 Underrated skill sets for receivers 59:45 How to project a WR success in NFL 1:03:07 Changing landscape of slot receivers 1:07:43 Examples of properly-built receiver groups 1:11:42 Deploying pure speed Join The Athletic Football Show Discord Server: http://discord.gg/theathleticfootballshow Host: Robert Mays Co-Hosts: Derrik Klassen and Dave Helman Executive Producer: Michael Beller Senior Producer: Katy Duffy Social Producer: Scott Krinch Follow Robert on Bluesky: @robertmays.bsky.social Follow Derrik on Bluesky: @qbklass.bsky.social Follow Dave on Bluesky: @davehelman.bsky.social Follow Robert on X: @RobertMays Follow Dave on X: @DaveHelman_ Theme song: Haunted Written by Dylan Slocum, Trevor Dietrich, Ruben Duarte, Kyle McAulay, and Meredith VanWoert / Performed by Spanish Love Songs Courtesy of Pure Noise / By arrangement with Bank Robber Music, LLC Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

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