Danger Posted January 24 Share Posted January 24 Most teams have their obvious #1, but who's #2? Gonna float some names without ranking them necessarily myself. Top tier: DK Metcalf/Tyler Lockett Tee Higgins Devonta Smith Jaylen Waddle Keenan Allen/ Mike Williams Godwin Next tier: Hollywood Brown Gabe Davis Courtland Sutton Brandon Aiyuk Donovan Peoples-Jones Diontae Johnson/George Pickens Adam Thielen Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
N4L Posted January 24 Share Posted January 24 I think its hilarious that DK is on this list. I remember getting into huge Deebo >> DK arguments after their rookie season. Glad that is settled now, everyone told me I was crazy. I will say that he has improved his route running tremendously since that time, and he no longer is a glorified one trick pony. He is still not a top tier WR in my eyes though because I value route running extremely highly and he is still not polished in that regard. I think Hollywood and Aiyuk deserve to be in the top tier. Hollywood was clearly unhappy in BAL with Roman calling plays. I bet if they fired him last offseason that Hollywood would still be in BAL right now. This year he was producing but then got hurt. He is a tier 1 WR2 imo. Aiyuk is a budding superstar who just does not get the target volume to be recognized nationally in the manner in which he should. He is one of the best route runners in the league, is electric with the ball in his hands, and might be one of the best run blockers in the league. Absolute dawg as well. The breakout is coming very soon, if he isnt in the midst of it already. He is in the same tier as Waddle to me, which is saying something because I am very high on waddle. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Danger Posted January 24 Author Share Posted January 24 2 hours ago, N4L said: I think its hilarious that DK is on this list. I remember getting into huge Deebo >> DK arguments after their rookie season. Glad that is settled now, everyone told me I was crazy. I will say that he has improved his route running tremendously since that time, and he no longer is a glorified one trick pony. He is still not a top tier WR in my eyes though because I value route running extremely highly and he is still not polished in that regard. I think Hollywood and Aiyuk deserve to be in the top tier. Hollywood was clearly unhappy in BAL with Roman calling plays. I bet if they fired him last offseason that Hollywood would still be in BAL right now. This year he was producing but then got hurt. He is a tier 1 WR2 imo. Aiyuk is a budding superstar who just does not get the target volume to be recognized nationally in the manner in which he should. He is one of the best route runners in the league, is electric with the ball in his hands, and might be one of the best run blockers in the league. Absolute dawg as well. The breakout is coming very soon, if he isnt in the midst of it already. He is in the same tier as Waddle to me, which is saying something because I am very high on waddle. I could see it with aiyuk, but not a chance on brown. He ain't it. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hburn Posted January 24 Share Posted January 24 2 hours ago, N4L said: I think its hilarious that DK is on this list. I remember getting into huge Deebo >> DK arguments after their rookie season. Glad that is settled now, everyone told me I was crazy. I will say that he has improved his route running tremendously since that time, and he no longer is a glorified one trick pony. He is still not a top tier WR in my eyes though because I value route running extremely highly and he is still not polished in that regard. I think Hollywood and Aiyuk deserve to be in the top tier. Hollywood was clearly unhappy in BAL with Roman calling plays. I bet if they fired him last offseason that Hollywood would still be in BAL right now. This year he was producing but then got hurt. He is a tier 1 WR2 imo. Aiyuk is a budding superstar who just does not get the target volume to be recognized nationally in the manner in which he should. He is one of the best route runners in the league, is electric with the ball in his hands, and might be one of the best run blockers in the league. Absolute dawg as well. The breakout is coming very soon, if he isnt in the midst of it already. He is in the same tier as Waddle to me, which is saying something because I am very high on waddle. Dk’s still better than debo tho… Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Forge Posted January 24 Share Posted January 24 2 hours ago, N4L said: I think its hilarious that DK is on this list. I remember getting into huge Deebo >> DK arguments after their rookie season. Glad that is settled now, everyone told me I was crazy. I mean, I could make the case that Deebo should be on this list because I think Aiyuk is just a better receiver (he is, but Deebo obviously is just a special talent with the ball in his hands that just more than makes up for that) I really don't think anything is settled between DK and Deebo....Deebo had a lights out season last year, no doubt. DK had a lights out season the year before. The other two years they've been relatively comparable (well, Deebo has less bulk stats this year because of the missed games, but their per game rate stats are similar). I don't think that there's anything that really supports the notion that one is better than the other. Doesn't help that they don't play a remotely similar game. 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AZ_Eaglesfan Posted January 24 Share Posted January 24 DK is a number one WR. For the #2's I'd go something like: Waddle Smith Lockett Higgins Williams Not sure I want to rank another 5.... the next 5 are all pretty similar in ranking imo. Think those 5 definitely stand out though. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SmittyBacall Posted January 25 Share Posted January 25 4 hours ago, N4L said: Aiyuk is a budding superstar who just does not get the target volume to be recognized nationally in the manner in which he should. He is one of the best route runners in the league, is electric with the ball in his hands, and might be one of the best run blockers in the league. Absolute dawg as well. The breakout is coming very soon, if he isnt in the midst of it already. He is in the same tier as Waddle to me, which is saying something because I am very high on waddle. I was gonna say, Aiyuk feels like the #1 in that offense, just based off his role. Deebo is obviously spectacular in his role, but he’s not your conventional #1. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Trojan Posted January 25 Share Posted January 25 Jameson Williams / Amon Ra St. Brown will be a contender too next year if Jameson and Goff get on the same page their first healthy offseason together. 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
NYRaider Posted January 25 Share Posted January 25 1. Jaylen Waddle 2. Tee Higgins 3. Devonta Smith 4. Tyler Lockett 5. Mike Williams 6. Hollywood Brown 7. Chris Godwin Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Forge Posted January 25 Share Posted January 25 16 hours ago, SmittyBacall said: I was gonna say, Aiyuk feels like the #1 in that offense, just based off his role. Deebo is obviously spectacular in his role, but he’s not your conventional #1. Aiyuk is the receiver that they would have to go to if they needed to straight up beat man coverage. I've said it before, but Aiyuk would almost certainly be the guy that I would pick to just have a Stefon Diggs style blow up at some point (whether that's because of a new team, or roster turnover on the niners, etc). He ultimately may not be that good even if given the chance that Diggs got (pretty sure that his hands aren't as good, has been as much of a scoring threat), but it wouldn't surprise me if he had that kind of jump 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
NYRaider Posted January 25 Share Posted January 25 16 minutes ago, Forge said: Aiyuk is the receiver that they would have to go to if they needed to straight up beat man coverage. I've said it before, but Aiyuk would almost certainly be the guy that I would pick to just have a Stefon Diggs style blow up at some point (whether that's because of a new team, or roster turnover on the niners, etc). He ultimately may not be that good even if given the chance that Diggs got (pretty sure that his hands aren't as good, has been as much of a scoring threat), but it wouldn't surprise me if he had that kind of jump Do you think he gets extended by SF? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Forge Posted January 25 Share Posted January 25 1 minute ago, NYRaider said: Do you think he gets extended by SF? Yes, without a doubt Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
NYRaider Posted January 25 Share Posted January 25 1 minute ago, Forge said: Yes, without a doubt Nice, it's been good to see him bounce back this year. I took a chance on him in fantasy last year when he was in the dog house and he fumbled the punt against the Colts, lol. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ray Reed Posted January 26 Share Posted January 26 On 1/24/2023 at 3:28 PM, N4L said: I think its hilarious that DK is on this list. I remember getting into huge Deebo >> DK arguments after their rookie season. Glad that is settled now, everyone told me I was crazy. I will say that he has improved his route running tremendously since that time, and he no longer is a glorified one trick pony. He is still not a top tier WR in my eyes though because I value route running extremely highly and he is still not polished in that regard. I think Hollywood and Aiyuk deserve to be in the top tier. Hollywood was clearly unhappy in BAL with Roman calling plays. I bet if they fired him last offseason that Hollywood would still be in BAL right now. This year he was producing but then got hurt. He is a tier 1 WR2 imo. Aiyuk is a budding superstar who just does not get the target volume to be recognized nationally in the manner in which he should. He is one of the best route runners in the league, is electric with the ball in his hands, and might be one of the best run blockers in the league. Absolute dawg as well. The breakout is coming very soon, if he isnt in the midst of it already. He is in the same tier as Waddle to me, which is saying something because I am very high on waddle. Hollywood got the 9th most targets in the NFL in his last season with the Ravens, and I don't think he's ever going to see that volume again in his career. He just kind of is what he is at this point and that's a good #2 imo but not top tier Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
adamq Posted January 26 Share Posted January 26 6 hours ago, Ray Reed said: Hollywood got the 9th most targets in the NFL in his last season with the Ravens, and I don't think he's ever going to see that volume again in his career. He just kind of is what he is at this point and that's a good #2 imo but not top tier Why wouldn't he have a similar workload next year without DHop on the team? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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