Best NFL Wide Receivers for 2020

To get a glimpse of the 2020 NFL season, we asked over 50 leaders, coaches, scouts and league players to help us stack the top 10 players in 11 different positions (sorry, special teams). The results may surprise you. They surprised me.

Here’s how it worked: the voters gave their best 10 to 15 players to a position, and then we compiled the results and ranked the candidates based on the number of votes in the top 10, the composite average, interviews and the research. We had several links, so we broke them by isolating the meeting for two with additional votes and follow-up calls. Each section is filled with voter quotes and nuggets about every guy – even honorable mentions.

The goal is to identify the best players right now for 2020. It is not a five-year projection or a success prize. Who is the best today? Simple enough.

We will deploy one position per day over the next 11 days. Here is the schedule:

This week: ends tight (July 7); quarters (July 8); running backs (July 9); wide receivers (July 10); offensive tackles (July 11)

Next week: domestic offensive linemen (July 12); Edge Defenders (July 13); interior defensive linemen (July 14); off-line linebackers (July 15); half corner (July 16); security (July 17)

The depth and production of the wide position of the receiver makes the creation of a list of the first 10 almost useless. Twenty-five receivers overshadowed 1,000 yards in 2019 – and that doesn’t include Davante Adams, Tyreek Hill, Adam Thielen and others who have missed considerable time due to injury.

Second and third year players post real numbers, but have trouble deciphering this list because established heads will not give up.

For all the receivers that are considered great, the best of them was all surprising in their dominance of voting.