Who Is The 2nd Best WR Of All Time?

Not going to get into the #2 discussion. There are a lot of worthy candidates to consider. Just wanted to add Art Monk's name to the thread. It chaps my side to mention a Washington player but Monk was one of the best receivers I have seen play the game. Often, he is overlooked and I don't know why. Great route runner. Great hands. Very good blocker. He was not a speedster though. Just my opinion.
 
DallasEast said:
Not going to get into the #2 discussion. There are a lot of worthy candidates to consider. Just wanted to add Art Monk's name to the thread. It chaps my side to mention a Washington player but Monk was one of the best receivers I have seen play the game. Often, he is overlooked and I don't know why. Great route runner. Great hands. Very good blocker. He was not a speedster though. Just my opinion.
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And very tall for his day at 6-3. I wouldn't put him at #2 but he belongs in the Hall and he deserves some mention as he IS often overlooked. Hate the Skins but there have been players I've loved; and some not so much.
 
NeonDeion21 said:
Assuming Jerry Rice is first, who would you take second? Michael Irvin? Randy Moss? Someone else?

I am working on a survey and trying to get over 1,000 responses. Thanks guys.
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I would never include moss in this type of List. Guy took way too many plays off. Greatness does not go along with that.
 
Looking at the big picture, I would take Carter over Moss on my team.

Need one play or one game maybe Moss is the guy. Need a season or three Carter every time.
 
I'd put Don Hutson at number one, and Rice at number two. Hutson played during a time where players could get completely mugged all over the field, and with a football that wasn't conducive to the aerial attacks seen today, and dominated statistically in a way not seen today. Rice, for all of his greatness, only led the league in receptions twice in 20 years, and in yards six times. Hutson led the league 8 times in receptions and 7 times in yards in an 11 year career. Rice also played in an era where receivers couldn't be hit beyond five yards of the LOS.

It's not a popular opinion, but it's an opinion.
 
Probably Dez

Had Michael not torn his acl and had he not served drug suspension, I would make a case for him.

As it is, he had as good a 5 year stretch as any wideout and he did it on a run base team.

In two prime years(92 and 94), he only had 122 pass targets, while Cris Carter was getting upwards of 200 targets.
 
While he will never be mentioned in the top 10 ,Jimmy Smith never gets the recognition he deserves. He actually put up better numbers then Irvin.
 
Hoov said:
I would never include moss in this type of List. Guy took way too many plays off. Greatness does not go along with that.
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There is something to be said about that and his antics. Duane Thomas had HOF talent but his nuttiness messed that up. Henderson as well staying with the Boys.
 
DallasEast said:
Not going to get into the #2 discussion. There are a lot of worthy candidates to consider. Just wanted to add Art Monk's name to the thread. It chaps my side to mention a Washington player but Monk was one of the best receivers I have seen play the game. Often, he is overlooked and I don't know why. Great route runner. Great hands. Very good blocker. He was not a speedster though. Just my opinion.
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I don't even think he was the best wr on his team.
 
jobberone said:
I forgot about Carter which I lament. He deserves his role up there in the stratosphere.

To me the second best receiver might just be Kellen Winslow. He's listed as a TE but he was the first hybrid TE and was lined up all over the place. Someone recently posted S Sharpe was the first TE to be lined up outside but that's not correct.
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The Commanders may have used Jerry Smith the same way back in the day.
 
tm1119 said:
We would probably be talking about Moss and TO as #2 and #3 all time, but I feel both shortened their careers by 2 or 3 years with their attitudes. But going by pure statistics it's hard to put either over Chris Carter.

I'd probably go....
Rice
CC
Moss
TO
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Yeah this is close

Swap moss and cc
Maybe even swap cc and to
 
Gameover said:
Probably Dez

Had Michael not torn his acl and had he not served drug suspension, I would make a case for him.

As it is, he had as good a 5 year stretch as any wideout and he did it on a run base team.

In two prime years(92 and 94), he only had 122 pass targets, while Cris Carter was getting upwards of 200 targets.
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The guy who doesn't get enough cred during the era Irvin played is Sterling Sharpe. Look at the two years you pointed out (92, 94) as an example. In 1992 Sharpe broke the NFL receiving record for receptions that had stood for 11 years. In 1994, he had 18 TD receptions that season (he exited the beginning of the 16th game) by the time his career ended with a neck injury

At that time, up through 1988-1984 it was a tossup who was the better WR at the time -- Irvin or Sharpe. Both were drafted in 1988 btw.
 
perrykemp said:
The guy who doesn't get enough cred during the era Irvin played is Sterling Sharpe. Look at the two years you pointed out (92, 94) as an example. In 1992 Sharpe broke the NFL receiving record for receptions that had stood for 11 years. In 1994, he had 18 TD receptions that season (he exited the beginning of the 16th game) by the time his career ended with a neck injury

At that time, up through 1988-1984 it was a tossup who was the better WR at the time -- Irvin or Sharpe. Both were drafted in 1988 btw.
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Sharpe was one of the guys who were targeted upwards of 200 times.

Metrically it's not even close, michael was the best during his prime.
 
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