The 10 Greatest Wide Receivers in NFL History
By Angel Diaz | Oct 13, 2011 | 2:01 pm | Permalink
Today we pay tribute to the greatest football player to ever live who's not named Jim Brown. What's the criteria for a great wide receiver? Great hands, football intelligence, execution, scoring ability, toughness and a bit of charisma, or swag (as the kids call it these days), are what we looked at. You already know who's the top dog of them all, but the other nine are debatable. Numbers don't hold as much weight when it comes to receiving because of different eras and rule changes.
Cats like Paul Warfield and Don Hutson played during a time when running the ball down a team's throat (II) was the name of the game, where do they rank? Then you have dudes like Randy Moss and T.O. that had all the talent but lacked the character needed to win championships. So, in honor of Jerry Rice's 49th birthday (that old? damn!), we give you the 10 Greatest Wide Receivers of All-Time....
Monty October 13th, 2011 at 02:55 PM
Don Hutson is the best receiver ever, hands down. Not only did he revolutionize the position, look at the numbers he put up and in how many games he did it in. People forget guys played 10 and 12 games back then. Rice put up his numbers in 16 game-seasons.
la October 13th, 2011 at 11:32 PM
this is a joke steve largent should be number 2 nfl network and jerry rice both said so
Sladewilson October 13th, 2011 at 11:38 PM
No John Jefferson? No Drew Pearson? No Lynn Swann or John Stallsworth? No James Lofton? List is suspect...
angel October 14th, 2011 at 12:06 AM
James Lofton and Lynn Swann in a Top 20 son. John Jefferson and Drew Pearson??? Why?
SK October 14th, 2011 at 01:12 AM
ummm where is torry holt? how you gonna have T.O. there but no Torry ..
Headnod October 14th, 2011 at 09:56 AM
Sorry, but where is Isaac Bruce?
snj October 15th, 2011 at 08:01 PM
Rice is the number one receiver of all time. I'd say Randy Moss is #2.