Who Is The 2nd Best WR In The NFL?

[SacramentoKing]

Hard to place those guys in order but id say Dez is #2 red zone WR in the league

 

[DFWJC]

I don't know who is second best, but that's a heck of group listed in the OP. Just being in that group is good enough. Everyone else can debate what order they should be iin.

 

[TonyRomo17]

I think Andre Johnson is better than Dez in his prime. I'd take Fitz over him too.

dez hasnt even gotten to his prime yet lol

 

[perrykemp]

dez hasnt even gotten to his prime yet lol

Next year is his 5th year. About what point in his career do you expect him to "hit his prime"?

 

[NJ22]

Tell ya what if you look at what Gordon did in Cleveland last year with me and TheSHOW playing Qb i would say Calvin Johnson is #2.

 

[Bowdown27]

I'd take AJ Green over Dez Bryant. If building a team I'd likely plop Bryant in at #3. Notably I feel that those are the three best WRs in the NFL right now and they're all quite young.

Pick a WR going forward for long-term -
1. C.Johnson
2. A.Green
3. D.Bryant
4. J.Gordon
5. D.Thomas (A.Jeffrey, J.Jones also in discussion)

I agree with your top 3. That's mine too.

 

[WV Cowboy]

Bryant doesn't take punts anymore. His yards per catch is down from 15 to 13.2 he fumbles a ton for a WR. Too immature and doesn't even run many patterns. Hurts the team with taking off his helmet, running his mouth about being so great and stunts like walking off the field is not worthy of #2 distinction nor a contract with this team unless he improves his numbers and on his being a teammate.

Some things to think about.

 

[DFWJC]

Tell ya what if you look at what Gordon did in Cleveland last year with me and TheSHOW playing Qb i would say Calvin Johnson is #2.

Baylor fan ?

 

[NJ22]

Baylor fan ?

Nope. Look at his numbers they were crazy. And with really NO qb. Impressive.

 

[Direwolf63]

Baylor fan ?

You don't have to be. When you look at the trash Cleveland had playing QB and look at Gordon's production, it's quite remarkable. This guy is a serious playmaker.

 

[Risen Star]

Calvin Johnson, A.J. Green, Dez Bryant.

You can say Demaryius Thomas should be in there somewhere but I really believe that, while he's great on his own, Peyton makes him even better. He'd be in my top 5 probably.

 

[DFWJC]

Nope. Look at his numbers they were crazy. And with really NO qb. Impressive.

Oh, I thought he had a great season. Amazing really. That guy made me $375 in my fantasy league
But I think you just said he is better than Calvin Johnson.
That kind of got my attention.

 

[perrykemp]

But I think you just said he is better than Calvin Johnson.
That kind of got my attention.

Gordon can't be considered better than CJ, however, Gordon had more catches, for more yards, as well as a higher yards-per-reception than CJ.

Note: CJ sat out one game with a sore knee.

 

[NJ22]

Oh, I thought he had a great season. Amazing really. That guy made me $375 in my fantasy league
But I think you just said he is better than Calvin Johnson.
That kind of got my attention.

This year he was. Gordon had 150 yards MORE than Calvin and Calvin had over 300 in one game! Stafford is Dan Marino compared to what Gordon had to work with. Just based on this year Gordon was the best in the league IMO.

 

[Frozen700]

Talent Wise Dez is Top 2...he's a beast

As WR though, He is Top 5, he puts together a great Season next year, it will be hard to say he's not top 2.

1.Calvin, has everyone beat by a mile

2.Brandon

3.AJ

4.Dez

 

[TonyRomo17]

Next year is his 5th year. About what point in his career do you expect him to "hit his prime"?

27-30

 

[dstovall5]

This year he was. Gordon had 150 yards MORE than Calvin and Calvin had over 300 in one game! Stafford is Dan Marino compared to what Gordon had to work with. Just based on this year Gordon was the best in the league IMO.

Not to get off track here, but Calvin played with a knee injury for the majority of last year, which clearly effected his play during games. Not to mention he played with a messed up finger (broken I believe) as well, which even lead to surgery (knee/finger) at the start of this off season to fix them. Also, I honestly don't think Calvin benefits much from Stlet afford, it's really not an efficient combo. All Stafford does is just throw it up inaccurately and Calvin attempts to out physical the 2-3 CBs, which hardly makes for a successful/reliable combo. Calvin would be able to put up a lot better numbers if he had one of the better, more accurate QBs in my opinion, someone like Brady, Manning, Rodgers, Brees, Rivers, or Romo.

I seen CLE play a lot last year due to Gordon (liked watching him and had him for FF), and while they don't have a QB as talented as Stafford, Brian Hoyer played nearly as good as Stafford last year (when he did play). I think Gordon still has ways to go to even be considered in Calvin's class though, but with that being said Gordon looks like he's well onto his way. Man was it fun watching him take short-intermediate routes to the house all year long, my particular favorite was the 90 yard TD to go ahead of JAX with 4 minutes remaining, very exciting.

http://www.nfl.com/videos/nfl-fantasy/0ap2000000291550/QB-Weeden-to-WR-Gordon-95-yd-pass-TD

 

[NJ22]

Not to get off track here, but Calvin played with a knee injury for the majority of last year, which clearly effected his play during games. Not to mention he played with a messed up finger (broken I believe) as well, which even lead to surgery (knee/finger) at the start of this off season to fix them. Also, I honestly don't think Calvin benefits much from Stlet afford, it's really not an efficient combo. All Stafford does is just throw it up inaccurately and Calvin attempts to out physical the 2-3 CBs, which hardly makes for a successful/reliable combo. Calvin would be able to put up a lot better numbers if he had one of the better, more accurate QBs in my opinion, someone like Brady, Manning, Rodgers, Brees, Rivers, or Romo.

I seen CLE play a lot last year due to Gordon (liked watching him and had him for FF), and while they don't have a QB as talented as Stafford, Brian Hoyer played nearly as good as Stafford last year (when he did play). I think Gordon still has ways to go to even be considered in Calvin's class though, but with that being said Gordon looks like he's well onto his way. Man was it fun watching him take short-intermediate routes to the house all year long, my particular favorite was the 90 yard TD to go ahead of JAX with 4 minutes remaining, very exciting.

http://www.nfl.com/videos/nfl-fantasy/0ap2000000291550/QB-Weeden-to-WR-Gordon-95-yd-pass-TD

I don't care if Calvin was using crutches. For THIS YEAR Gordon was better than anyone.

 

[NeonDeion21]

In case you didn't get this far into the article (and I recommend you check out the whole thing here: http://cover32.com/cowboys/2014/02/06/who-is-the-second-best-wide-receiver-in-the-nfl/) here is how Dez Bryant has fared in the red zone since 2012:

 

[DFWJC]

This year he was. Gordon had 150 yards MORE than Calvin and Calvin had over 300 in one game! Stafford is Dan Marino compared to what Gordon had to work with. Just based on this year Gordon was the best in the league IMO.

I'm very aware of what Gordon did. I watched the guy very closely very game. I would not slight him at all, so you are preaching to the choir in that regard.

Just saying, one season of better stats does not remotely mean he is a better player than Calvin Johnson. I mean, Calvin is double and triple teamed very week. Entire defensive game plans are designed to stop him. And DCs have been staying up night for years worrying about him. Yet he still produces.