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Top 10 WRs in the NFL

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My Criteria: Production. Consistency. Playmaking. Explosiveness. Dependability. Chemistry. Off the field.

#1- Marvin Harrison: Marvolous Marvin, IMO, is easily the best WR in the league right now. Granted he's old, but that just makes it more amazing. Some of the surest hands, if not THE surest, in the league. Top gun speed, great route running, and smarts. In the pass 7 years have all been 1000+ yards, 10+ TDs, 14+ 20yrd or more catches. Imagine a more athleticly talented Chris Chambers with a brain.

#2- Randy Moss: Yes, the FREAK. Granted he had a wrecked season, and still got 1005 yards. He's avg a sick 16 ypc through his career. Health has never really been an issue except for last season when he got double teamed and pile drived. He can make up for a QB like no other WR. When a pass is off, short, long, he'll go to it and make it look like it was all perfect (See Culpepper). When your on the 20, one play, who you want? A corner jump ball to Moss, easy. No one can jump with this 6'4 freak. You can argue a bad case of dependability and chemistry, true. But his bad side usually comes out when the games already lost, he doesn't make it a lost.

#3- Terrel Owens: TO. The most physical WR in the league. The reason why WRs have a break tackle rating in Madden. Can make something good into something great. People might make a case for him being #1 "When he's on the field", but he can't GET on the field! People might consider that off-field issues, I don't. The Love Boat is off field, a DUI is off field, Drug Chargers are off field. When you piss on your coach and he walks onto the field and you don't, that's dependability and chemistry. Last chance in big D, TO.

#4- Torry Holt: Poor Holt has had 6 or 7(maybe more) QBs throwing him the ball throughout his career. This past season he had Marc Bulger, Jamie Martin and Ryan Fitzpatrick, yuck! But he's still put up 1300+ yards the past SIX seasons. If he actually had a premire QB, he'd be like a mini-Marvin. Big-Play-Holt is just that, with 147 20+yrd grabs in just 7 seasons. That's 21 per season, higher than all the top 3. Was #1 WR in 2003.

#5- Chad Johnson: Use to be my personal favorite before this season, now he's everyone's personal favorite. Besides what you may think, he's a real student of the game. Spends endless hours studing game film, many times sleeping over at the Bengals training facility. With out the Media influence, his production earns him a top 5 spot. If he wants to get any higher he will need to dominate all other WRs on the field. He only broke into the top 3 WRs (in yards) this year. Was quitely here at #5 all along, even before his celebrations. But even with them, I still feel that this is where he stays.

#6- Steve Smith: The future clearly belongs to him and CJ. However a frail 5'9 185lbs frame that cost him the 2004 season leaves him out of the top 5. Yes, he was the #1 WR last year. He had the most explosive and most productive season than any other wide, but again, with only two 1000+ yard seasons he's going to have to still prove he can produce year in and year out if he wants to move up.

#7- Hines Ward: Who says possession WRs can't be great? This guy is there in the clutch, and he can explode too. As Pitt WRs begin to be stripped away, first Plax, now Randel El, they know who to keep. Super Bowl MVP, Ward. No better attitude in the NFL. Makes everyone around him better. Big reason for Big Ben developing the way he has. Sadly he got the rough side of fortune with Maddox, and an inexperience Ben. When Ben hits his prime (IMO, he hasn't) it might be too late for Ward.

#8- Joe Horn: The guy everyone has forgotten. I think it's more than fair to not count last season for any Saint, really. 2004, he was explosive falling short and being in the shadow of the rejovinated Muhammad by only 6 yards. Still, this guy is one of the few motors that keeps the Saints above water, and stays healthier than most NFL WRs, missing only 4 games in NO.

#9- Anquan Boldin: With a record setting rookie season and the best comeback from a sophmore slump you can possibly ask for he's proven himself. Great talent, and skill, and he will only get better. 1402 yards last season with a Holt avg of 21 20+yard catches. This kid has yet to reach his full potential and will be a cornerstone for AZ for years to come. If they can actually get themselves a premier QB (please don't be a bust Cutler), you will see this guy on the top of the chart for years.

#10- Isaac Bruce: The diffinition of Veteran. Like Holt, he was on a QB carousel last year, only he doesn't have youth to make lemonade out of lemons anymore. Still, IMO, a top 10 guy. Big part of Holts rise, and the Rams being the offensive powerhouse their known as. (or were known as). A top 5 WR just two years ago. Give him a stable QB, not even a good one just a stable one, and he's locked for 1000. Makes everyone around him better and is totally selfless. Old school and complete opposite of today pre-Modonna WRs. My hat goes off to you Bruce.
 
Bruce does not belong in the top 10 anymore. Joe Horn is also getting to the point where he doesn't belong in the top 10.
 
byroan said:
Bruce does not belong in the top 10 anymore. Joe Horn is also getting to the point where he doesn't belong in the top 10.
You're talking about the #2 and #5 WRs of 2004.

Receiving Yds
1. M. Muhammad CAR 1405
2. J. Horn NO 1399
3. J. Walker GB 1382
4. T. Holt STL 1372
5. I. Bruce STL 1292

So they didn't match their performances of 2004 in the 2005 season. IMO, that doesn't mean their washed up.

However, I do believe that they now depend on their QB a lot more than they use to, and probably a lot more than any of the other Top 10. But that still doesn't make them washed up. I'm not saying they need a Manning or Brady or Palmer to be good, that's just silly. Just an average QB, they'll give you the numbers.
 
TotoreMexico said:
:confused: Dude where's Chambers, he deserves to be in the top 10
You're kidding right?
Incase you missed it one quality all my Top Ten share is MULTIPLE 1000 yard seasons. IMO, Chambers just became a #1 WR this year. And he's not in the top 10.

Look at the Criteria I used to judge. He leaves a lot to be desired in Production, Consistency, and Dependability. You can argue that his QB situation has been rough. But a real Top Ten WR (like Moss, Holt, and Boldin) still put up great producation with a rough QB situation. That's what a real Top Ten does.
 
Dolfan984 said:
Dude, you are the biggest Bills homer in the planet.

Chambers is top 5 for active receivers in the league for TDs/season and just made the probowl. He may not be top 5 but he is certainly top 10.
I'm the homer? Wow, how do you even figure? A homer builds their own team or players up. Have I said anything about the bills? Nope.

I'm just doing a preemptive strike for you glue bottle Miami fans who see everything through teal and orange glasses.

Chambers isn't top 10 wr and he has never been top 10 at any point in his career.
 
I think Bruce should be off that list because he is on a pass happy team and he has a lot of 1 on 1s because Holt takes so much attention. No doubt he is the type of player that could deliver when asked and thats extroadinary for a veteran I just think he doesn't make the top ten anymore.

After last season and Horns age catching up to him I think he is slipping out of the top ten! You can make a good argument that he should be in the top ten but there are to many other wide recievers that you can argue that need to be there and have done really well. Ex. Fitzgerald, Santana Moss and even possibly Chambers because even though he hasn't crushed it in the yards Department if you look at his overal stats since being drafted and compare it to others that were drafted around the same time he is right up there!

If I had to choose to replace those 2 guys out of your list I would put in Moss and Fitzgerald with Horn and Chambers having honorable mentions!
 
Mexican Buc said:
You're talking about the #2 and #5 WRs of 2004.

Receiving Yds
1. M. Muhammad CAR 1405
2. J. Horn NO 1399
3. J. Walker GB 1382
4. T. Holt STL 1372
5. I. Bruce STL 1292

So they didn't match their performances of 2004 in the 2005 season. IMO, that doesn't mean their washed up.

However, I do believe that they now depend on their QB a lot more than they use to, and probably a lot more than any of the other Top 10. But that still doesn't make them washed up. I'm not saying they need a Manning or Brady or Palmer to be good, that's just silly. Just an average QB, they'll give you the numbers.
Well heck, if we're going back to 2004. Let's talk about Daunte being the best QB in the league. :rolleyes:

If you're going by 2004 stats, where is Moose on your list?
 
Wagon Circler said:
I'm the homer? Wow, how do you even figure? A homer builds their own team or players up. Have I said anything about the bills? Nope.

I'm just doing a preemptive strike for you glue bottle Miami fans who see everything through teal and orange glasses.

Chambers isn't top 10 wr and he has never been top 10 at any point in his career.

Well as far as scoring production goes he's definately top 10. After I made my post I went and looked at the WRs in the league, and I have him at about 12th best in the league. maybe not 10 top, but certainly sniffing it. I meant Bills homer as in you think every single player on the Dolphins is garbage.
 
Dolfan984 said:
Well as far as scoring production goes he's definately top 10. After I made my post I went and looked at the WRs in the league, and I have him at about 12th best in the league. maybe not 10 top, but certainly sniffing it. I meant Bills homer as in you think every single player on the Dolphins is garbage.
Garbage? Nope. Just doesn't have a sniff at the top 10. I'm not a Miami fan so this is easy for me to see.
 
1. TO
2. Randy
3. Steve Smith
4. Chad Johnson
5. Holt
6. Harrison
7. Horn
8. Santana Moss
9. Boldin
10. Fitz
 
Chambers is sneaking in there, but I don't think he is top 10 yet. We need to see if he can do the samething in 06 that he did in 05.
 
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