Here’s a breakdown of the top 3 WR’s in the NFL going into
2013
3. Roddy White:
Roddy White has been in the NFL for 7 years now and he is
finally starting to receive the recognition that he deserves. White stands just
over 6 feet tall but is currently one of the best possession receivers in the
NFL. White was a bit of a late bloomer coming out of college. A lot of
receivers breakout year is either 3rd or 4th year in the
NFL but White waited until year 5 to really show what he was made of. In 2010
Roddy White put up his best numbers yet while leading the league in receptions (115)
and leading his team, the Atlanta Falcons, to the best record in the NFC.
2. Brandon Marshall:
I mentioned above that Roddy White is one of the best
possession receivers in the NFL, well Brandon Marshall is THE BEST possession
receiver in football today. Marshall stands 6’4 and weighs 230 pounds which
makes him a nightmare for defensive backs. By nature defensive backs are short
and fast to cover the fast receivers but Marshall flips this on its head by being
both very big and moderately fast. This was never more apparent than during the
2012 season when Marshall was reunited with his former QB Jay Cutler in Chicago.
This lead to a 118 catch season for Marshall along with double digit touchdowns
in route to Marshall’s best statistical year of his career.
1. Calvin Johnson:
Well if you haven’t heard the name Calvin Johnson maybe you
know him by his alter ego: Megatron. Megatron got his start at Georgia Tech
where he had already been on several scouts radars but his Junior season put
him in another class. How good was he projected to be coming out of college?
Well the Detroit Lions (who ended up drafting him) had already failed on 2
other highly drafted WR’s in the very recent past and were catching a lot of
heat for such actions but they still felt it a lock to draft Johnson 2nd
overall in 2007. Megatron has never given the Lions any reason to doubt him
since and in 2012 put up his best statistical year of his career and the most
receiving yards in NFL history, falling just 36 yards short of being the first
2,000 yard receiver in NFL history.
