BlaqOptic Posted November 20, 2017 Share Posted November 20, 2017 So on November 16th Adam Rank sent out a pretty outlandish tweet that Antonio Brown is the best Wide Receiver of the last 20 years. Yes, he even made sure to say better than Jerry Rice and Randy Moss. While that certainly is not true, it did bring up an interesting question as many respondents on Twitter proceeded to name their Top 10 to 20 Wide Receivers of the last 20 years and it brought back some great memories of some damn amazing Wide Receivers from '97 to '17. So, as a result, I want to know what your list of the top 20 Wide Receivers over the last 20 years is... I have mine as follow... 01. Jerry Rice 02. Randy Moss 03. Larry Fitzgerald 04. Calvin Johnson 05. Steve Smith Sr. 06. Terrell Owens 07. Marvin Harrison 08. Torry Holt 09. Andre Johnson 10. Isaac Bruce 10. Tim Brown 11. Cris Carter 12. Jimmy Smith 13. Antonio Brown 14. Reggie Wayne 15. Anquan Boldin 16. Jimmy Smith 17. Brandon Marshall 18. Julio Jones 19. AJ Green 20. Chad Johnson HM: Hines Ward, Derrick Mason, Michael Irvin*, Demaryius Thomas, Rod Smith, Donald Driver *Not enough years in timespan. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
43M Posted November 20, 2017 Share Posted November 20, 2017 1 hour ago, BlaqOptic said: So on November 16th Adam Rank sent out a pretty outlandish tweet that Antonio Brown is the best Wide Receiver of the last 20 years. Yes, he even made sure to say better than Jerry Rice and Randy Moss. While that certainly is not true, it did bring up an interesting question as many respondents on Twitter proceeded to name their Top 10 to 20 Wide Receivers of the last 20 years and it brought back some great memories of some damn amazing Wide Receivers from '97 to '17. So, as a result, I want to know what your list of the top 20 Wide Receivers over the last 20 years is... I have mine as follow... 01. Jerry Rice 02. Randy Moss 03. Larry Fitzgerald 04. Calvin Johnson 05. Steve Smith Sr. 06. Terrell Owens 07. Marvin Harrison 08. Torry Holt 09. Andre Johnson 10. Isaac Bruce 10. Tim Brown 11. Cris Carter 12. Jimmy Smith 13. Antonio Brown 14. Reggie Wayne 15. Anquan Boldin 16. Jimmy Smith 17. Brandon Marshall 18. Julio Jones 19. AJ Green 20. Chad Johnson HM: Hines Ward, Derrick Mason, Michael Irvin*, Demaryius Thomas, Rod Smith, Donald Driver *Not enough years in timespan. Your list isnt terrible, but I think it would be easier to divide these WRs into tiers rather than rank them in order. For instance, you have Marvin Harrison at 7 and Antonio Brown at 13. I think you could argue any of the players between 7 and 13 as being just as good as each other, and you could probably throw Reggie Wayne and Julio Jones on that list as well. And in terms of Jerry Rice, if we are just talking about the "last 20 years", then he probably shouldnt be on this list, or low on it. I mean, if youre factoring in his entire career, then sure, he is at the tippy top....but if are just factoring in the years he played over the last 20 years (97-2004), he really isnt number 1 and not even sure top 20). That being said... (NOTE, none of the players in the tiers are necessarily ranked, because as I said, I feel they are interchangable) Tier 1 Randy Hamstrings Tier 2 Calvin Johnson (Couldve put him on tier 1 as well, but I didnt think he ever hit the peaks Randy hit.) Terrell Owens (I couldve put him as high as tier 1 and as low as tier 4. Talent wise, he is up thee with Randy. However, factoring in EVERYTHING, I doubt Id take him over any of the players in tier 3 and some of the players in tier 4. Dude was an idiot who sabotaged his own career and legacy because his ego was so big. But even with that, he reached levels most WRs never reach) Larry Fitzgerald Tier 3 Marvin Harrison Steve Smith Antonio Brown Julio Jones Andre Johnson Tim Brown Cris Carter Issac Bruce Tier 4 AJ Green (could very well be in tier 3) Brandon Marshall Jimmy Smith Chad Johnson Tier 5 Anquan Boldin Hines Ward Donald Driver Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hunter2_1 Posted November 20, 2017 Share Posted November 20, 2017 Once in a generation tier Rice, Moss, C Johnson Tier 1 Brown, J Jones, Fitzgerald, Owens, S Smith Tier 2 Harrison, Holt, Green, Ward, Wayne, A Johnson, Ti Brown, Carter Tier 3 Bruce, Ch Johnson, Boldin, Reed Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tom cody Posted November 20, 2017 Share Posted November 20, 2017 Brown has been a good 1 for sure but I'm not sure he's even among the top 5 receivers of the past 2 decades. He's not above Moss, Owens, Megatron, Fitzgerald or Harrison. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cheesehawk Posted November 20, 2017 Share Posted November 20, 2017 6 minutes ago, tom cody said: Brown has been a good 1 for sure but I'm not sure he's even among the top 5 receivers of the past 2 decades. He's not above Moss, Owens, Megatron, Fitzgerald or Harrison. He's not above those guys but he's not far below them. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GSUeagles14 Posted November 20, 2017 Share Posted November 20, 2017 hes a hof player, but hes no where close to the greatest of the last two decades. hes in the same class as Julio, Owens, Fitz, Andre Johnson, etc. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
43M Posted November 20, 2017 Share Posted November 20, 2017 49 minutes ago, tom cody said: Brown has been a good 1 for sure but I'm not sure he's even among the top 5 receivers of the past 2 decades. He's not above Moss, Owens, Megatron, Fitzgerald or Harrison. What makes Harrison better than Antonio Brown? Im not saying Brown is definitely better, but Harrison isnt definitely better than Brown either. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lancerman Posted November 20, 2017 Share Posted November 20, 2017 Saw Chad Johnson. Thought Calvin Johnson. Saw AJ Green above him. Screw AJ Green Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BlaqOptic Posted November 20, 2017 Author Share Posted November 20, 2017 3 hours ago, FourThreeMafia said: What makes Harrison better than Antonio Brown? Im not saying Brown is definitely better, but Harrison isnt definitely better than Brown either. Harrison is the only one with splits comparable to James over this 5 year run. Like Brown has made a historic run but Harrison had a very similar one from 1999-04. That said, one was being thrown to from the 2nd GOAT and one had Roethlisberger. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
renndawg37 Posted November 20, 2017 Share Posted November 20, 2017 Torry Holt is severely underrated. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Danger Posted November 20, 2017 Share Posted November 20, 2017 Jerry Rice's play fell off significantly at this point 20 years ago. 1. Terrell Owens 2. Randy Moss 3. Larry Fitzegerald 4. Marvin Harrison 5. Antonio Brown 6. Torry Holt I'm too lazy to finish my list honestly. Honestly Moss and Owen are a coin flip for #2 and #3 of all time behind only Rice. Everyone else is behind them. Owens is pretty heavily underrated by most people. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Small Town Values Posted November 20, 2017 Share Posted November 20, 2017 I’ll have a crack... (Won’t group in tiers as this is not an all-time list) (1997 - 2017) 1/2 - TO/Moss <> (Interchangeable) 3 - Calvin Johnson 4 - Antonio Brown 5 - Marvin Harrison 6 - Larry Fitzgerald 7 - Torry Holt 8 - Andre Johnson 9 - Isaac Bruce 10 - Steve Smith Sr. 11 - Julio Jones 12 - Chad Johnson 13 - AJ Green 14 - Reggie Wayne 15 - Brandon Marshall 16 - Tim Brown 17 - Cris Carter 18 - Jimmy Smith 19 - Rod Smith 20 - Demaryius Thomas (The best of Jerry Rice came before this period, & OBJ is too early in his career... HM - Hines Ward, Derrick Mason, Donald Driver) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Malik Posted November 21, 2017 Share Posted November 21, 2017 9 hours ago, FourThreeMafia said: What makes Harrison better than Antonio Brown? Im not saying Brown is definitely better, but Harrison isnt definitely better than Brown either. He has 3 more seasons of excellent play than Antonio Brown currently has. Even if you want to say Brown's peak is higher it is marginal while the gap in longevity of each's peak is definitely in Harrison's favor. Antonio is obviously well on his way to passing Harrison though. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RandyMossIsBoss Posted November 21, 2017 Share Posted November 21, 2017 To all these saying AB isn't "special" or not that great, I kind of understand since he's like Rice in that he doesn't jump out at you physically or with wow catches (sure, Rice managed to overcome that to the tune of earning the "GOAT" nickname, but he had to outproduced everybody by an outlandish amount). However, I would disagree. Bit by bit there's nothing generational about him, perhaps, but the sum of the parts is truly special. Very good hands, great speed, quick feet that allow him to run routes at an elite level and an ever growing football IQ that just enhances all of his other talents. I'd point to the Jaguars game where he sonned Ramsey (though Ramsey did bounce back to have a good 2nd half), possibly the best CB in the game. He just gets in and out of his breaks so smoothly, no missed beats, it's a fairly impossible task to stop him 1 on 1. edit: I don't even know if people were saying anything like that in this thread lol... Maybe this just poured over from the legacy thread over in gen. Oh well. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Malik Posted November 21, 2017 Share Posted November 21, 2017 Randy Moss Terrell Owens Marvin Harrison Calvin Johnson Torry Holt Larry Fitzgerald Steve Smith Antonio Brown Andre Johnson Reggie Wayne Brandon Marshall Chad Johnson Isaac Bruce Cris Carter AJ Green Then I guess like Julio Jones. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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