@@Cammmsmmmith4 in a row hurts but we're also 0-4. I'll give you circumstance for the slight edge but we're almost even. And as for the other dude who said we're a terrible franchise, that just isn't true. They're wildly popular in the region including surrounding states, have great nutritionists and medical team, and the players almost all love to play for them. They don't win, I'll give you that, but they're likeable to those in the area so I can't say they're a bad franchise
@@Saints-ji3vj Definitely R.I.P. although I personally wouldn't put him in my top 10 return men list. But I respect your opinion. He definitely was a beast.
The thing about Sterling Sharpe is that he was putting up insane numbers BEFORE Brett Favre's 3 MVP streak which literally happened the year after his injury I want to say. Imagine his numbers along side Prime Favre.
Yup. Favre's MVP streak started the season AFTER Sterling retired. Sterling should be in the Hall of Fame, idc about longevity or any of that other nonsense. His peak was as good as anybody's. The only WR in that late 80s-mid 90s time frame I would put for sure above him is Jerry Rice. That's it.
I have fallen out of love with football as I’ve gotten older but anytime a video like this drops I’m soaking in every bit of info with my eyes glued to the screen like I’m a kid again. Also the GOAT narrator
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Is that the 2004 rap album Madvillainy?!?!(!?!?!??!?!!1!1!1!
Mannn.. I want to argue but we deserve that last spot sadly. I just want them to stop drafting them and just sign older free agents. I’ll take a past their prime Mason, Smith or Boldin over more Batemans lol
As a ravens fan I hate to admit that we do deserve the last spot but I’m sure we will eventually make up for it, R.I.P Jacoby Jones you will always be remembered as an amazing ravens player
@@Tdog290 I wish it has translated more when it has come to Super Bowls. Only 2... With the talent this team has had just in my lifetime(since 87.) Not even counting in my dad's lifetime? Sadly they've struggled to put it together up and down the roster at the same time. When the offense is dominating, the defense struggles. When the defense is dominating, the offense struggles, so on and so forth. As for WRs specifically: Mark my words, Kupp and Puka(If they can stay healthy) is gonna be a better tandem than Holt and Bruce was.
I met Gene Washington in 2019 during the NCAAM Final Four in Minneapolis. He was a Michigan St. alum so he was there at the pep ranny, super nice guy and had a great conversation with him about his time in the league
Wash fan: We made top 10?!? No complaints, but be ready to adjust some numbers for us now that J.D.5 is in the house baby!!! Great video, saving this! #RaiseHail #HTTBR #HTTR #HTTWFT #HTTC!!!
Gotta appreciate that my whole life I played WR/DB and as a Vikings fan as soon as I saw this I went “we gotta be number one if not top 3” and I couldn’t be more proud of that statement holding true…now let’s see if we can transfer it to some of our QB and OL play 😂 then we’ll be where we need to be FINALLY…0-4 in super bowls is so tragic man…but Bills fans feel me haha
@@Cammmsmmmith at least we can have someone to relate to, though I can admit yours is a lot more painful, seeing as it was basically the same crazy stacked team that just had a problem with coach choosing what felt like ‘The right QB at the right time’ because both were good, but caught fire and then coach would bench?? Like what?? And the. The field goal….most of the Vikings have been straight up blowouts where we scored MAYBE once and even though our super bowls were in the purple people eaters era, THEY GOT TRAMPLED in the big game…it’s heartbreaking, but not as badly as having the game right in hand and it just slips away I think…
@@beesutton1717 ya vikings never scored a point in the first half of their super bowl games. Bills lost by a point because of a missed 47 yard field goal: doesn’t get closer than that…
Especially recently, but after Swann and Stallworth, there was something of a drought until Hines, except for Lipps, so I can see not being the top. The biggest thing against Pittsburgh is that their first 35-40 years were bad, even though the last 50 have been great.
@@BrendanGeormerYep. Aside from one team that played a playoff tiebreaker in 1947, and another 9-5 team in 1962, the Steelers were pretty terrible for their first 38 years. But because it was almost all pre-Super Bowl it’s mostly forgotten about. Much like how well the early Browns and Bears teams were, and the championship teams of the Cardinals, Lions, Chargers, Bills, and Titans as the Oilers pre-Super Bowl.
@@BrendanGeormer I think Lynn Swann is overrated. Was he better than his contemporaries like Stallworth, Harold Carmichael, Harold Jackson or Cliff Branch? I believe that Swann only made the Hall because of his 4 rings. Swann has a bust in Canton, but LC Greenwood doesn't? That's BS.
@@javon21596 I am a Dolphins fan, and I saw a lot of Panthers games during his time there. Outside of a three game burst late in the season, he was mid the whole year. And as soon as Kelvin Benjamin was healthy, he was back to being a third stringer.
@@islandmonkey5888 who else is there to mention outside of their current WRs on this list? Jake Reed? John Taylor (underrated)? Niners had Randy for a season too, lol.. Matter of fact, he alligator armed a pass over the middle in the SB vs BAL.. And of their current WR's, ill take Ayiuk n Deebo over JJ and whoever else they lineup with him lol (although Ayiuk might be gone here soon) Niners had RC Owens as well (the first guy to Moss people, lol).
@@thetruth-gy2lcRice, TO, Moss, Deebo, Ayuik, Emmanuel Sanders, John Taylor, Dwight Clark, Anquan Boldin, Michael Crabtree, Gene Washington, Dave Parks. Niners got it bro. Stop lying.
I agree. Through 1983 when Jackson retired, he retired second in receiving yardage, and still top ten in receiving touchdowns and receptions, and in 1981 and 82 was top ten in yards from scrimmage when running backs are included. He didn’t have the playoff career of some other receivers who have made it to Canton from the 70’s, but he also arguably never played with a prime Hall of Fame quarterback unlike most of the Hall of Fame receivers from the 70’s (he played with Joe Namath but in Namath’s final season, and he played with John Hadl who some say may belong, but he got pretty much the last year of Hadl’s prime). Say what you want about advanced analytics, but recently Football Outsiders released their play by play based DVOA stat for skill position players for the 1979 and 1980 seasons. Their stat found Jackson to be the best receiver in the NFL in 1979, and still eighth best in 1980, and their stat for quarterbacks found his quarterback Steve Grogan to not be a top ten passer at the time. At that point we are in his 11th and 12th seasons as a starter, and two and three years removed from the last accolades he received, and if so, then he must’ve had good longevity.
Man, as an Eagles fan, as much as I knew how good these guys were, I'm still a little surprised we ranked so high. That said, where the hell were all these great WRs when Donovan was playing!?
I honestly thought we'd be ahead of the Vikings. Yes the Vikings had Carter, Moss, & Reed when we had Bruce, Holt, Hakim, & Proehl. But I thought the GSOT was deeper plus we beat those Vikings teams 3 times between 1999-2003 putting up 40 points every time & once was a playoff game. I'll give the Vikings the nod for stats but we had a ring & made another Super Bowl
@@EricStuder89the GSOT have the ring, but the Vikings potentially will have 3 receivers that can be ranked in the top 10 all time in Moss, Cris Carter, and Justin Jefferson.
There was a kid in my high-school football team who ran like Elroy Hirsch. He played wide out also. Everyone made fun of the way he ran. Wished I knew about Hirsch else I would have told him about it and hopefully inspire confidence in him to not listen to the haters. I bet if everyone knew that a hall of famer ran like that also they wouldn't have picked on him.
Best receiver for every team's history: Steelers: Hines Ward Ravens: Derrick Mason Bengals: Chad Johnson Browns: Paul Warfield Bills: Andre Reed Dolphins: Mark Clayton Patriots: Julian Edelman Jets: Don Maynard Colts: Marvin Harrison Titans: Ernest Givins Jaguars: Jimmy Smith Texans: Andre Johnson Chiefs: Tyreek Hill Chargers: Charlie Joiner Broncos: Rod Smith Raiders: Tim Brown Packers: Don Hutson Lions: Calvin Johnson Vikings: Randy Moss Bears: Johnny Morris Cowboys: Michael Irvin Eagles: Harold Carmichael Commanders: Art Monk Giants: Amani Toomer Buccaneers: Mike Evans Saints: Marques Colston Panthers: Steve Smith Sr. Falcons: Julio Jones Seahawks: Steve Largent Cardinals: Larry Fitzgerald Rams: Issac Bruce 49ers: Jerry Rice
I love when the O-line gets some love, but unfortunately it's hard to make videos about them because they don't have any concrete stats to compare them; good blockers are just kind of a "you know it when you see it" thing
Y’all should’ve been no bullshit…I mean the fact that yall have had a century to get a good WR and haven’t is way more ridiculous than CAR and JAX who have been around for 30 years lol
Y'all have had the occasional standout WR, Ravens can't get shit going at that position at all. I say this as a Ravens fan. Please Zay Flowers, prove me wrong lol
Lions not being in the top 10 is criminal lol. I'd agree with the ranking you gave them had Megatron never been born. But since he was, and since he is arguably the greatest pure talent to ever catch a football... I'd say top 10 is a must.
Calvin is the first wide receiver I've heard to have "catching hands like Spiderman" when coming out of college and then transitioning seamlessly to the NFL level to prove that comparison was correct. He was a cheat code and changed the entire outlook on the game, just like Jim Brown did as an RB. 🤷
I think if they let in branch, then he should get another look. Just have to be careful how many with only 500 receptions you let in. It was good in the 70s, but it changed by the 90s
I remember that OT TD catch by Webster Slaughter. It was my 15th birthday. We were watching from my grandparents' house. Right after the Browns won, we went bowling for my birthday. What a great day! 😎
Bengals at 14 is crazy . Pickens ( who a whole role was made to slow down ) , Collins worth, ochocinco, TJ, warrick, Henry Owens , coles , green, lafell , sanu, Jones, Boyd, Higgins , chase. To name a few
The bengals are certainly at minimum top 10. They went ocho, aj, and jamarr 3 rebuilds ina row. You add the secondary wrs they had in tj housh, tyler boyd, and tee higgins they have always had a top core in the league. Cmon nfl
I have the bengals at 10 behind raiders and so forth. The last 30 years their wr cores have been way better then the chargers browns dolphins n washington.
GREAT vid. So many fans under 30 (hell under 35) think that no great WRs existed before or during Rice's time in the NFL. SO MANY all time great WRs are forgotten/overlooked. I personally think the Rams should be #1, their history if GREAT WRs is so deep
I am too. But I'm more confused why Devonta Smith didn't get a mention. I mean he is already more accomplished than some of the players mentioned. And he's clearly one of the best in the league currently
Same. I for sure thought top 20 was optimistic. Definitely got hard carried by an early era. Though five years from now as AJ and Smitty play through their careers I think we'd be higher. Crazy to think we got our version of Swann/Stallworth, Harrison/Wayne, etc
Dam back to back 1,000 yard seasons and not even a mention for Devonta smith too don’t forget about him .. franchise record in receptions and receiving yards is hall of very good??? What’s hall of fame?!?
Makes sense to me, very accurate & fair, imo. Great job on all that editing. What's crazy is w/ all that wr. talent, Vikes have 0 Super Bowl Wins. But this is the yr:/
For the Packers, I’m actually very surprised that James Jones wasn’t mentioned among the receivers from the Rodgers era. Sure Donald Driver & Jordy Nelson are on there, but James Jones was himself a very good player on that team, and he in a way helped save the 2015 season after Jordy went down with that ACL tear in the preseason.
I am seriously impressed with this list. Every time a team was mentioned and 4-5 guys popped in my head they all got mentioned, then i got a history lesson for most teams. I also wondered how youd manage guys like brandon marshall or TO that had multiple great seasons with multiple teams and they got mentioned for both. I genuinely only thought of one or two omissions total but even those are iffy. Well done, fantastic video
Texans at #21 feels Criminal, we've only had 5 seasons where a WR hasn't reached 1,000 yards in Texans history, and we also have the most 1,500+ Individual receiving yard seasons by a TEAM despite being 22 years old. Although I do get Teams have more storied histories than ours.
Vikings have had so many great receivers, I sometimes forget them all. The first that came to mind were Moss and Carter, but every time you listed another one, I was like, "Oh yeah, Diggs. Oh man, AC! How could I forget that 1987 playoff run he had?!!!". You'll probably be able to add Addison to the list soon too.
Texans being as high as they are after only being around for 20 years is pretty nice. Their top 2 puts in a lot of work. Hopefully someone on our current roster like Nico Collins can reach that peak, too
If we're counting Tight Ends, who are technically receivers, the 9ers may be ranked higher: George Kittle, Vernon Davis, Russ Frances, and Brent Jones.
As a Rams fan i honestly thought the 49ers would be #1 but that we'd be ahead of the Vikings. Yes the Vikings had Carter, Moss, & Reed when we had Bruce, Holt, Hakim, & Proehl (& Tony Horne on special teams but still a WR). I thought the GSOT was deeper plus we beat those Vikings teams 3 times between 1999-2003 putting up 40+ points every time & once was a playoff game (& then again in 2006). I'll give the Vikings the nod for stats but we had a ring & made another Super Bowl
Nah, the Vikings were DEEP with great receivers, going all the way back to Ahmad Rashad. They have three HOFers for sure - Moss, Carter, and Jefferson is almost certainly going to be there. Then you can add Anthony Carter, Percy Harvin, Stefon Diggs, Jake Reed, as other very good players.
How are Bengals not AT LEAST top 10? They have had consistently elite WRs going back to the 70s. Ja'Marr Chase, Tee Higgins, AJ Green, Ochocinco, Terrell Owens, Carl Pickens, Cris Collinsworth, Isaac Curtis. And these are just the best of the best. I didn't even mention guys like Tyler Boyd, TJ Houshmandzadeh, and Mohammed Sanu. You seriously mean to tell me that there are 13 teams that can do better than that? I don't think so.
@@bearcats513 He produced 6.17% of his career receiving yards and 5.88% of his career receiving TDs in Cinci. The Bengals don't get credit for the other 94% of his career 😂
@@smudgeous4068 congrats, you can use a calculator. No one team can take credit for his whole career. The video is rating teams by their WR history and Owens is part of the Bengals. Do you expect me to leave him out? And what even is your point? Okay, take out Owens, bengals are still top 10 at minimum.
@@bearcats513 I would expect the argument to be made for production made by WRs when playing for the team, which TO did not contribute anywhere near as much as the other guys I mentioned. TO had a good season in 2010 for a 37-year-old but he wasn't close to the same player that earned a HoF nod. A single season's performance is almost impossible to crack the list as well, unless it came with a record breaking season or an iconic catch to win a Super Bowl.
This list is so fun! So not to hate, just my take! Or maybe I should just say I’m curious how they came up with the rules for ranking! Because it seems weird to me having teams like the Jets above a team like the Titans. Tennessee had SIX players with at least 6,000 career yards. That’s more than almost every other team I checked up to the Jets spot. That’s even more than the pats, although the Pats did have more 5k. Idk I was just checking myself at first saying “well you were just too young to know most of the top Jets guys probably “ but the same is true about almost all the best titans guys too, for me at least, but they definitely seem to top the Jets guys. But I suppose it isn’t just about all time yardage and TD leaders, it’s also maybe about having guys like Marshall and Johnson having a couple of 1k seasons with the team, etc. I guess when it comes to modern era thar I’ve witnessed, the titans reallt don’t have much other than AJ, and Mason, and a few others. Idk I just love debating this whole list! It’s great!
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Finally something we're best at outside of losing Super Bowls
Excuse you? Lose 4 in a row then we’ll talk who’s the best at losing SB’s
Technically speaking, the Broncos and Patriots are the worst with 5 each. But yes, the Vikings are a terrible franchise.
@@simplemanchannel3318 but dude; 4 in a row. I was a kid when it happened but still hurts as a fan lol
@@Cammmsmmmith4 in a row hurts but we're also 0-4. I'll give you circumstance for the slight edge but we're almost even.
And as for the other dude who said we're a terrible franchise, that just isn't true. They're wildly popular in the region including surrounding states, have great nutritionists and medical team, and the players almost all love to play for them. They don't win, I'll give you that, but they're likeable to those in the area so I can't say they're a bad franchise
Vikings Hot Take I have: If Fran Tarkenton played his whole career in Minnesota, I think they win it all in 1970.
1:58 RIP Jacoby Jones!
Comin from a bengal lifer..MOST DEFINITELY RIP big play jones🙏🏾
I always remember his 108 yard td in the 2012 Super Bowl
R.I.P One of the greatest returners I've ever seen
@@Saints-ji3vj Definitely R.I.P. although I personally wouldn't put him in my top 10 return men list. But I respect your opinion. He definitely was a beast.
RIP to Vincent Jackson
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The thing about Sterling Sharpe is that he was putting up insane numbers BEFORE Brett Favre's 3 MVP streak which literally happened the year after his injury I want to say. Imagine his numbers along side Prime Favre.
Yup. Favre's MVP streak started the season AFTER Sterling retired. Sterling should be in the Hall of Fame, idc about longevity or any of that other nonsense. His peak was as good as anybody's. The only WR in that late 80s-mid 90s time frame I would put for sure above him is Jerry Rice. That's it.
@@lucashenderson2775 He could've had better numbers than Rice too. Sucks he got injured.
Sharpe would’ve easily been a top 10 WR all time
@@stich21 Not a chance his YPA was miserable in comparison to both Rice & Irvin during that time.
Sterling Sharpe was the best receiver in the league when he was injured, makes me so sad. He still deserves to be in the Hall of fame!
I have fallen out of love with football as I’ve gotten older but anytime a video like this drops I’m soaking in every bit of info with my eyes glued to the screen like I’m a kid again. Also the GOAT narrator
Is that the 2004 rap album Madvillainy?!?!(!?!?!??!?!!1!1!1!
Me too
You will get old too
As Ravens fan I painfully agree lol but haven’t said that R.I.P. Jacoby Jones thanks for the all the great memories.
Mannn.. I want to argue but we deserve that last spot sadly. I just want them to stop drafting them and just sign older free agents. I’ll take a past their prime Mason, Smith or Boldin over more Batemans lol
As a Steelers fan/Football fan....this was so said to see and very unexpected.....R.I.P. Jacoby
As a ravens fan I hate to admit that we do deserve the last spot but I’m sure we will eventually make up for it, R.I.P Jacoby Jones you will always be remembered as an amazing ravens player
At least you guys have Zay now
NFL throwback is by far the best and most consistent nfl channel there ever is and ever will be
Ravens fan.. knew it was coming and it still hurt lol
I'm stunned it wasn't chicago
@@nickkostecka9983if it was “only” the past 50 years it probably is lol
At least u guys have rings. As a Vikings fan I would trade anything for a ring
@@AD-ur1fk for sure, no complaints as a Ravens fan in general, drafting receivers just happens to be our kryptonite lol
I swear 😂😂😂😂
The Rams are really consistent on staying on the top 3 spots on these lists
QB ranking: #4
RB ranking: #2
WR ranking: #2
@@keres9580Rams are a great franchise with some elite talent
@@Tdog290They were the second winningest team from 1966-1989, you don’t do that without some good talent.
@@fortynights1513 I know, I’m just pointing out the obvious cause I’m proud to be a rams fan.
@@Tdog290 I wish it has translated more when it has come to Super Bowls. Only 2... With the talent this team has had just in my lifetime(since 87.) Not even counting in my dad's lifetime?
Sadly they've struggled to put it together up and down the roster at the same time. When the offense is dominating, the defense struggles. When the defense is dominating, the offense struggles, so on and so forth.
As for WRs specifically: Mark my words, Kupp and Puka(If they can stay healthy) is gonna be a better tandem than Holt and Bruce was.
I can't believe the hoodie man James Jones didn't get a mention for Green Bay. He led the league in TDs in 2012 with 14.
Fr, i thought for sure hed get a mention at least.
I met Gene Washington in 2019 during the NCAAM Final Four in Minneapolis. He was a Michigan St. alum so he was there at the pep ranny, super nice guy and had a great conversation with him about his time in the league
I think these are really well done. Not too much recency bias and there's a lot of love for older, somewhat forgotten players.
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Wash fan: We made top 10?!? No complaints, but be ready to adjust some numbers for us now that J.D.5 is in the house baby!!! Great video, saving this! #RaiseHail #HTTBR #HTTR #HTTWFT #HTTC!!!
Gotta appreciate that my whole life I played WR/DB and as a Vikings fan as soon as I saw this I went “we gotta be number one if not top 3” and I couldn’t be more proud of that statement holding true…now let’s see if we can transfer it to some of our QB and OL play 😂 then we’ll be where we need to be FINALLY…0-4 in super bowls is so tragic man…but Bills fans feel me haha
Bills fan here - I feel you! We’re a combined 0-8, ain’t it great? 😅
Y'all need to play each other
Y'all need to play each other
@@Cammmsmmmith at least we can have someone to relate to, though I can admit yours is a lot more painful, seeing as it was basically the same crazy stacked team that just had a problem with coach choosing what felt like ‘The right QB at the right time’ because both were good, but caught fire and then coach would bench?? Like what?? And the. The field goal….most of the Vikings have been straight up blowouts where we scored MAYBE once and even though our super bowls were in the purple people eaters era, THEY GOT TRAMPLED in the big game…it’s heartbreaking, but not as badly as having the game right in hand and it just slips away I think…
@@beesutton1717 ya vikings never scored a point in the first half of their super bowl games. Bills lost by a point because of a missed 47 yard field goal: doesn’t get closer than that…
Steelers have a history of drafting elite WRs 👀
Especially recently, but after Swann and Stallworth, there was something of a drought until Hines, except for Lipps, so I can see not being the top. The biggest thing against Pittsburgh is that their first 35-40 years were bad, even though the last 50 have been great.
@@BrendanGeormerYep. Aside from one team that played a playoff tiebreaker in 1947, and another 9-5 team in 1962, the Steelers were pretty terrible for their first 38 years.
But because it was almost all pre-Super Bowl it’s mostly forgotten about.
Much like how well the early Browns and Bears teams were, and the championship teams of the Cardinals, Lions, Chargers, Bills, and Titans as the Oilers pre-Super Bowl.
You know the media hates showing the Steelers respect.......Steelers Nation
@@BrendanGeormerYancy Thigpen was solid
@@BrendanGeormer I think Lynn Swann is overrated. Was he better than his contemporaries like Stallworth, Harold Carmichael, Harold Jackson or Cliff Branch? I believe that Swann only made the Hall because of his 4 rings. Swann has a bust in Canton, but LC Greenwood doesn't? That's BS.
The honorable mention of Kevin Dyson ❤
As a Titan fan, it's impossible to watch that play and not shed at least one tear.
RIP Frank and Steve
Ted ginn definitely should’ve got a mention for the panthers . His impact for Cam was huge.
He was really great at dropping passes and falling down as soon as he did catch one.
@@bjchit that’s true but tell me he wasn’t #1 WR for the last Super Bowl team
@@javon21596 That just tells me Carolina was horribly depleted at wide receiver.
@@bjchit lol either you’re a dolphins fan or you just didn’t see ginn game in and out
@@javon21596 I am a Dolphins fan, and I saw a lot of Panthers games during his time there. Outside of a three game burst late in the season, he was mid the whole year. And as soon as Kelvin Benjamin was healthy, he was back to being a third stringer.
We definitely don't talk enough about Eric Moulds, would be a HOF if he had better QBs throwing him the ball
Dude was actually incredible
#1 gotta be Vikings
Jerry n TO > Randy n Cris
@@dre32pittit’s based on team history with WR not just top 2 WR in a teams history
@@islandmonkey5888 who else is there to mention outside of their current WRs on this list? Jake Reed? John Taylor (underrated)? Niners had Randy for a season too, lol.. Matter of fact, he alligator armed a pass over the middle in the SB vs BAL..
And of their current WR's, ill take Ayiuk n Deebo over JJ and whoever else they lineup with him lol (although Ayiuk might be gone here soon)
Niners had RC Owens as well (the first guy to Moss people, lol).
@@dre32pitt Moss, Cris Carter, JJettas, Diggs, Thielen, Percy Harvin, y’all not beating that group of WRs lol
@@thetruth-gy2lcRice, TO, Moss, Deebo, Ayuik, Emmanuel Sanders, John Taylor, Dwight Clark, Anquan Boldin, Michael Crabtree, Gene Washington, Dave Parks. Niners got it bro. Stop lying.
18:30 this is one of the most underrated throws of all time! On the run and right in between two defenders for the TD
Harold jackson should be in the hall of fame
I agree.
Through 1983 when Jackson retired, he retired second in receiving yardage, and still top ten in receiving touchdowns and receptions, and in 1981 and 82 was top ten in yards from scrimmage when running backs are included.
He didn’t have the playoff career of some other receivers who have made it to Canton from the 70’s, but he also arguably never played with a prime Hall of Fame quarterback unlike most of the Hall of Fame receivers from the 70’s (he played with Joe Namath but in Namath’s final season, and he played with John Hadl who some say may belong, but he got pretty much the last year of Hadl’s prime).
Say what you want about advanced analytics, but recently Football Outsiders released their play by play based DVOA stat for skill position players for the 1979 and 1980 seasons.
Their stat found Jackson to be the best receiver in the NFL in 1979, and still eighth best in 1980, and their stat for quarterbacks found his quarterback Steve Grogan to not be a top ten passer at the time.
At that point we are in his 11th and 12th seasons as a starter, and two and three years removed from the last accolades he received, and if so, then he must’ve had good longevity.
Man, as an Eagles fan, as much as I knew how good these guys were, I'm still a little surprised we ranked so high. That said, where the hell were all these great WRs when Donovan was playing!?
Narrator is TOO good! Great Fitz take 🔥
As a Rams fan, it surprises me that we're at 2 but at the same time, it doesn't. We've always had good/great receivers and running backs
I honestly thought we'd be ahead of the Vikings. Yes the Vikings had Carter, Moss, & Reed when we had Bruce, Holt, Hakim, & Proehl. But I thought the GSOT was deeper plus we beat those Vikings teams 3 times between 1999-2003 putting up 40 points every time & once was a playoff game. I'll give the Vikings the nod for stats but we had a ring & made another Super Bowl
@@EricStuder89the GSOT have the ring, but the Vikings potentially will have 3 receivers that can be ranked in the top 10 all time in Moss, Cris Carter, and Justin Jefferson.
we were in the top 5 in the QB, WR and RB videos. sadly I don’t think we’ll even be in the top 25 when they make the TE video😂
Chargers have history is pretty good so I'm expecting a high number
There was a kid in my high-school football team who ran like Elroy Hirsch. He played wide out also. Everyone made fun of the way he ran. Wished I knew about Hirsch else I would have told him about it and hopefully inspire confidence in him to not listen to the haters. I bet if everyone knew that a hall of famer ran like that also they wouldn't have picked on him.
Very nicely done. Thorough and detailed.
Best receiver for every team's history:
Steelers: Hines Ward
Ravens: Derrick Mason
Bengals: Chad Johnson
Browns: Paul Warfield
Bills: Andre Reed
Dolphins: Mark Clayton
Patriots: Julian Edelman
Jets: Don Maynard
Colts: Marvin Harrison
Titans: Ernest Givins
Jaguars: Jimmy Smith
Texans: Andre Johnson
Chiefs: Tyreek Hill
Chargers: Charlie Joiner
Broncos: Rod Smith
Raiders: Tim Brown
Packers: Don Hutson
Lions: Calvin Johnson
Vikings: Randy Moss
Bears: Johnny Morris
Cowboys: Michael Irvin
Eagles: Harold Carmichael
Commanders: Art Monk
Giants: Amani Toomer
Buccaneers: Mike Evans
Saints: Marques Colston
Panthers: Steve Smith Sr.
Falcons: Julio Jones
Seahawks: Steve Largent
Cardinals: Larry Fitzgerald
Rams: Issac Bruce
49ers: Jerry Rice
Eagles is Harold Carmichael
@@MaximosYeargain I fixed it
Steelers is AB
@@Natearl13 Not in my eyes
Seahawks is Steve Largent
This video was so satisfying
Yall should do "Ranking every team by their OL History" I think it will be an interesting video to watch about
The big boys up front never get love. But they dirty dogs pissin there pants on the field. Them not getting love is what makes them great
I love when the O-line gets some love, but unfortunately it's hard to make videos about them because they don't have any concrete stats to compare them; good blockers are just kind of a "you know it when you see it" thing
Dallas would be #1 for sure
@@thegrinch7989sorry fam, that would be the 'Skins.
Rams got hella WRS
We better do this but with every position
After the QB and RB videos, I was wondering when the WR video would arrive. Thanks for all your hard work.
What????? The BEARS ranked #28????? I for sure thought we were going to be last!!!!!
That was the QB list..lol
Y’all should’ve been no bullshit…I mean the fact that yall have had a century to get a good WR and haven’t is way more ridiculous than CAR and JAX who have been around for 30 years lol
Darnell Mooney would be the greatest receiver in ravens history
Yeah as a Titans fan I feel that. I was really surprised we were 26th and not bottom 2 😂
Y'all have had the occasional standout WR, Ravens can't get shit going at that position at all. I say this as a Ravens fan. Please Zay Flowers, prove me wrong lol
This channel is the goat NFL channel and this narrator is the best! One of my favorite sports channels on UA-cam!
Lions not being in the top 10 is criminal lol. I'd agree with the ranking you gave them had Megatron never been born. But since he was, and since he is arguably the greatest pure talent to ever catch a football... I'd say top 10 is a must.
@@colinryan4737 I wish there was a laugh reaction
Facts #megatron #detroitlions 💙🦁
Calvin is the first wide receiver I've heard to have "catching hands like Spiderman" when coming out of college and then transitioning seamlessly to the NFL level to prove that comparison was correct.
He was a cheat code and changed the entire outlook on the game, just like Jim Brown did as an RB. 🤷
Much respect for not forgetting John Gilliam and G Washington. Great video!
sterling sharp was so underrated and should be in the Hall of Fame. It’s not even funny.
I think if they let in branch, then he should get another look. Just have to be careful how many with only 500 receptions you let in. It was good in the 70s, but it changed by the 90s
@@danday9697 yeah but the dominance he had before he got injured was crazy
Dude your vids are the best. I’m binge watching them like Sopranos🤙🤙
As a Carolina fan I expected it. All this does is once again show that Steve Smith should be in the HOF
I remember that OT TD catch by Webster Slaughter. It was my 15th birthday. We were watching from my grandparents' house. Right after the Browns won, we went bowling for my birthday. What a great day! 😎
pretty good list
Bengals at 14 is crazy . Pickens ( who a whole role was made to slow down ) , Collins worth, ochocinco, TJ, warrick, Henry Owens , coles , green, lafell , sanu, Jones, Boyd, Higgins , chase. To name a few
=13
They should be ranked way better at least top 8
34:36 why is that man back peddling all the way to the Endzone 😂😂😂😂
Bro what 😂😂😂
This Video is put together very nicely, thank you!!!
Rams gotta go back to those “Greatest Show on Turf” uniforms
Yeah those were great
Didn't they have the sparkled gold horns? I don't know why they didn't keep those. They were way better than the plain old yellow.
Not to mention their logo sucks now, I liked the old one better and yeah I do like the old uniforms better.
GOOOO RAAAAMS 🐏
Dude your videos are the best
The bengals are certainly at minimum top 10. They went ocho, aj, and jamarr 3 rebuilds ina row. You add the secondary wrs they had in tj housh, tyler boyd, and tee higgins they have always had a top core in the league. Cmon nfl
I have the bengals at 10 behind raiders and so forth. The last 30 years their wr cores have been way better then the chargers browns dolphins n washington.
@@McLoving425
Last 30 years, number of 1000/1500 yard receiving seasons:
Bengals: 27/0
Chargers: 17/0
Browns: 11/1
Dolphins: 16/2
Washington: 18/0
@@smudgeous4068 yup. Nfl is holding post season success against them. Cause its clear they have been better then the latter 5 teams
1:30:28 never gets old
My Cardinals gonna shoot up this list now that we got Marv
GREAT vid. So many fans under 30 (hell under 35) think that no great WRs existed before or during Rice's time in the NFL. SO MANY all time great WRs are forgotten/overlooked. I personally think the Rams should be #1, their history if GREAT WRs is so deep
GO RAVENS!!!!
#5
Best WINNER EVER!!!!
Thank you for the memories!!!!
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RIP JACOBY JONES
Marques Colston never making a pro bowl in his career was crazy!! Bro was putting up elite level numbers during his prime
As an Eagles fan, I'm not gonna lie. I'm surprised they are this high on the list. I was expecting them to be around the the 20's to low teens
Same bro they should’ve mentioned Devante though
Mf I’m surprised we anywhere past 20 let alone 10 it’s all bullshit. But we’ll take it tho we know it’s not true 💁🏽♂️🦅
I am too. But I'm more confused why Devonta Smith didn't get a mention. I mean he is already more accomplished than some of the players mentioned. And he's clearly one of the best in the league currently
Same. I for sure thought top 20 was optimistic. Definitely got hard carried by an early era. Though five years from now as AJ and Smitty play through their careers I think we'd be higher. Crazy to think we got our version of Swann/Stallworth, Harrison/Wayne, etc
Awesome video, it would've been super fun to do the research on this one.
Put Hines Ward in the HOF.
My thoughts exactly
Seahawks fan and I wouldn’t be opposed
I crave these videos more than watching actual games sometimes (depending on the game 😂). I know I'm not alone right?!?
Dam back to back 1,000 yard seasons and not even a mention for Devonta smith too don’t forget about him .. franchise record in receptions and receiving yards is hall of very good??? What’s hall of fame?!?
Makes sense to me, very accurate & fair, imo. Great job on all that editing. What's crazy is w/ all that wr. talent, Vikes have 0 Super Bowl Wins. But this is the yr:/
Let’s go Rams
For the Packers, I’m actually very surprised that James Jones wasn’t mentioned among the receivers from the Rodgers era. Sure Donald Driver & Jordy Nelson are on there, but James Jones was himself a very good player on that team, and he in a way helped save the 2015 season after Jordy went down with that ACL tear in the preseason.
Very interesting list, especially having the Vikings at #1. Jake Reed was also very tough with Minnesota in the 1990s.
Good second receiver in the mid 90’s and third receiver in 98
Too many great receivers to name for the Vikings tbh
Panthers at 29 is crazy especially with Bears over them at 28
I am seriously impressed with this list. Every time a team was mentioned and 4-5 guys popped in my head they all got mentioned, then i got a history lesson for most teams. I also wondered how youd manage guys like brandon marshall or TO that had multiple great seasons with multiple teams and they got mentioned for both. I genuinely only thought of one or two omissions total but even those are iffy. Well done, fantastic video
For every team you were able to think of every top wide out in franchise history? Man shut the fuck up, you sound like a kid lying at the lunch table.
Texans at #21 feels Criminal, we've only had 5 seasons where a WR hasn't reached 1,000 yards in Texans history, and we also have the most 1,500+ Individual receiving yard seasons by a TEAM despite being 22 years old. Although I do get Teams have more storied histories than ours.
because most other teams just have significantly better receivers throughout their history. Texans just have Andre and DHop
@@sosajc15 Yeah I know it just feel wrong because of our short history.
Vikings have had so many great receivers, I sometimes forget them all. The first that came to mind were Moss and Carter, but every time you listed another one, I was like, "Oh yeah, Diggs. Oh man, AC! How could I forget that 1987 playoff run he had?!!!". You'll probably be able to add Addison to the list soon too.
RIP Jacoby Jones
Finally, a Brandon Marshall compilation video
He was a beast
Chiefs don’t have rich history with WRs but have 2 of the top 3 TEs of all time
Sharpe and Gronk never played for the Chiefs, they do got a top 3 and a top 10 guy though
It’s goes
Gronk
Kelce then..
Tony Gonzalez, who is undoubtedly better than Shannon Sharpe.
Texans being as high as they are after only being around for 20 years is pretty nice. Their top 2 puts in a lot of work. Hopefully someone on our current roster like Nico Collins can reach that peak, too
Eventually this channel will rank teams by special teams
Ranking teams by long snappers is gonna be sick!
@@NFLVaultWhat About Tight Ends
Trust the process
Wcf. A very good video very informative!
Can we get a video on the worst first round draft picks for each franchise. Maybe since 2000 or something
If we're counting Tight Ends, who are technically receivers, the 9ers may be ranked higher: George Kittle, Vernon Davis, Russ Frances, and Brent Jones.
I was supposed to be the Wide Receiver for Cowboys! 😊. I gotta get ready. In case, Dak returns. lol.
90 minutes of slow mo wide receiver close ups is my favorite kind of content
Rip Jacoby Jones.
Yeees!! I've been waiting for this one!
As a Rams fan i honestly thought the 49ers would be #1 but that we'd be ahead of the Vikings. Yes the Vikings had Carter, Moss, & Reed when we had Bruce, Holt, Hakim, & Proehl (& Tony Horne on special teams but still a WR). I thought the GSOT was deeper plus we beat those Vikings teams 3 times between 1999-2003 putting up 40+ points every time & once was a playoff game (& then again in 2006). I'll give the Vikings the nod for stats but we had a ring & made another Super Bowl
Nah, the Vikings were DEEP with great receivers, going all the way back to Ahmad Rashad. They have three HOFers for sure - Moss, Carter, and Jefferson is almost certainly going to be there. Then you can add Anthony Carter, Percy Harvin, Stefon Diggs, Jake Reed, as other very good players.
Awesome stuff
Packers should be higher on this list...Rams at two..give me a break
Been waiting on this one
Keenan McCardell is the best position coach in the NFL
All 6 colts fans are so happy
Under 1 hour gang 👇
always a good day when NFL throwback posts
Seattle had good wr talent
The thing about the Rams, is that they’ll always have good WRs
Finally as a Vikings fan we won something 😂 we can catch that’s for sure!
colts got the best wr room rn
Texans being at 21 is a little surprising to me, but I'm here for it 💪🏾🤘🏾 hoping our current WR room kills it this year.
Isaac Bruce and Torry Holt were one of the best duos of the 2000s.
Rip Jacob’e jones
6:16 this attitude makes him top 15 all time alone
How are Bengals not AT LEAST top 10? They have had consistently elite WRs going back to the 70s.
Ja'Marr Chase, Tee Higgins, AJ Green, Ochocinco, Terrell Owens, Carl Pickens, Cris Collinsworth, Isaac Curtis.
And these are just the best of the best. I didn't even mention guys like Tyler Boyd, TJ Houshmandzadeh, and Mohammed Sanu. You seriously mean to tell me that there are 13 teams that can do better than that? I don't think so.
37-year-old TO with his single
@@smudgeous4068 he’s still a hof reciever that played for the bengals.
@@bearcats513 He produced 6.17% of his career receiving yards and 5.88% of his career receiving TDs in Cinci. The Bengals don't get credit for the other 94% of his career 😂
@@smudgeous4068 congrats, you can use a calculator. No one team can take credit for his whole career. The video is rating teams by their WR history and Owens is part of the Bengals. Do you expect me to leave him out?
And what even is your point? Okay, take out Owens, bengals are still top 10 at minimum.
@@bearcats513 I would expect the argument to be made for production made by WRs when playing for the team, which TO did not contribute anywhere near as much as the other guys I mentioned. TO had a good season in 2010 for a 37-year-old but he wasn't close to the same player that earned a HoF nod.
A single season's performance is almost impossible to crack the list as well, unless it came with a record breaking season or an iconic catch to win a Super Bowl.
This list is so fun! So not to hate, just my take! Or maybe I should just say I’m curious how they came up with the rules for ranking! Because it seems weird to me having teams like the Jets above a team like the Titans. Tennessee had SIX players with at least 6,000 career yards. That’s more than almost every other team I checked up to the Jets spot. That’s even more than the pats, although the Pats did have more 5k. Idk I was just checking myself at first saying “well you were just too young to know most of the top Jets guys probably “ but the same is true about almost all the best titans guys too, for me at least, but they definitely seem to top the Jets guys. But I suppose it isn’t just about all time yardage and TD leaders, it’s also maybe about having guys like Marshall and Johnson having a couple of 1k seasons with the team, etc. I guess when it comes to modern era thar I’ve witnessed, the titans reallt don’t have much other than AJ, and Mason, and a few others. Idk I just love debating this whole list! It’s great!