The top-four leading receivers through the first four games of the 2020 NFL season are Stefon Diggs, DK Metcalf, Amari Cooper and DeAndre Hopkins.

Diggs has a quarterback in Josh Allen with the Bills who is firmly in the MVP race. Metcalf has the leader in the clubhouse for the top individual award, Russell Wilson. Cooper’s quarterback in Dallas, Dak Prescott, is on pace to break the single-season yardage mark. Heck, Hopkins has one of the game’s best young quarterbacks in the Arizona desert.

After all, when you look at the NFL’s all-time reception leaders, only two guys who played with Brady during their careers land near the top of the list. I n honor of Brady’s four touchdowns to four different receivers in New England’s 2016 win over the Buffalo Bills, let’s look at the five best wide receivers Brady has ever had in his. In a lot of ways, a stereo receiver is the centerpiece of a great entertainment setup, and the best stereo receivers end up being like a Swiss army knife for your movies, music, and TV. The first thing to look for in a receiver is its audio capabilities and the inputs and outputs available. Best: Don Hutson. Remember when the NFL Network had a countdown of the top 100 players in NFL. Jul 11, 2015 So without any further ado, let’s jump right in to who the Jets top-10 receivers of all-time are in my book. Jerricho Cotchery. Next 1 of 11 Prev post. Use your ← → (arrows) to browse. Keenan Allen, Los Angeles Chargers. Allen is a slam dunk for the top spot on this list.

The fifth-leading receiver in the NFL is Washington Football Team’s Terry McLaurin. The second-year pass catcher does not have a quarterback in the MVP discussion. He doesn’t have a future Hall of Fame quarterback and he is a part of an offense that is 30th in the NFL in total yards. McLaurin is having himself quite a season, and yet, the media is not paying him any attention.

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Here is why Terry McLaurin is a top-10 receiver in the NFL this season

McLaurin is playing with a growing Dwayne Haskins

Haskins has the potential to be a good quarterback. However, he simply isn’t one right now. The sophomore is being asked to be a game manager more than anything. Washington’s game plan is surrounded by protecting Haskins. In turn, that limits McLaurin.

Offensive coordinator Scott Turner has not been using McLaurin in the offense enough. McLaurin should be used like Odell Beckham Jr was in his Giants’ days. The offense should be surrounded by McLaurin. That has not been the case so far this season.

Despite this, McLaurin has been putting up fantastic numbers. He has tallied 26 catches for 387 yards and one touchdown. He is on pace for more than 1,500 yards this season and is playing on one of the worst offenses in the NFL.

2. McLaurin is putting up these numbers versus All-Pro and Pro-Bowl Talent

McLaurin is not putting up these numbers against inferior competition. He is matching up against former All-Pro and Pro Bowl cornerbacks. In Week 1, he matched up with former All-Pro Darius Slay. In Week 2, he played former All-Pro Patrick Peterson. In Weeks 3 and 4, he went up against Denzel Ward and Marlon Humphrey, respectively.

Not only is McLaurin putting up fantastic numbers against some of the best cornerbacks in the league, he is also doing it being the only legitimate weapon in Washington’s offense. Running back Antonio Gibson is making his name known, but he still is not a legitimate weapon just yet.

McLaurin will face a very tough matchup Week 5 against the Jalen Ramsey and the Los Angeles Rams, but this youngster showed he is not afraid of the competition. In fact, the Ohio State product thrives when he plays some of the best corners the league has to offer.

McLaurin is doing all of this in his second year in the NFL

The narrative in Washington is to “give Haskins time. It only is his second year in the NFL.” However, McLaurin has not used that as an excuse. He is putting up some of the best numbers in the NFL, and he is only in his sophomore year.

Entering Week 5, McLaurin has 12 receptions gaining 15 or more yards. That’s first in the NFL. Furthermore, he is first in yards after the catch with 208. He is also second in the NFL in forcing missed tackles after the catch with eight.

McLaurin is lighting up the stat sheet on one of the worst offenses in the NFL. He is playing behind a quarterback who is learning and has the full focus of the defense. He is playing at a high level. Yet, the media isn’t noticing it.

In the 2019 regular and postseason, per Pro Football Focus data, slot receivers regardless of position (receivers, running backs, and tight ends) accounted for 32% of all targets, 31.6% of all receptions, 32.3% of all receiving yardage, and 34.3% of all receiving touchdowns. In a league where the three-receiver set is by far the default formation (it happened on 69% of all snaps last season, per Sports Info Solutions), having a versatile and productive slot receiver is an absolute necessity in the modern passing game.

Moreover, there is no one kind of slot receiver in the modern NFL. It used to be that you wanted the shorter, smaller guy inside, and your bigger, more physical receivers on the outside. Then, offensive coaches started to realize that by putting bigger receivers and tight ends in the slot, you could create mismatches with slower linebackers and smaller slot cornerbacks. Teams countered this by acquiring linebackers built like safeties, eager to do more than just chase after run fits, and also by moving their best cornerbacks into the slot in certain situations.

Now that offensive and defensive coaches have worked hard to create as many schematic and personnel ties in the slot as possible, the best slot receivers are the ones who consistently show the ideal characteristics for the position. These receivers know how to exploit defenders who don’t have a boundary to help them — they’ll create inside and outside position to move the defender where they want him to go. They understand the value and precision of the option route, and how you can hang a defender out to dry with a simple “if this/then that” equation based on coverage rules. They know how to work in concert with their outside receivers to create route combinations which create impossible math problems for defenses. And they know how to get open in quick spaces.

But don’t automatically assume that slot receivers are just taking the dink-and-dunk routes — they’re actually tasked to catch everything from quick slants to vertical stuff down the seam and up the numbers. Last season, per PFF data, the NFL average for yards per completion for outside receivers was 11.28. For slot receivers, it was 11.63. So, over time and based on the play design and the makeup of the receivers, teams could find just that many more yards by throwing to their slot targets.

The best slot receivers in the game bring unique and highly valuable traits to the game, and here are the best among them.

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Had we dropped the qualifying floor to under 50% slot snaps, two guys would have easily made it — Tampa Bay’s Mike Evans, and Baltimore’s Marquise Goodwin. Evans led all slot receivers with at least 25 targets with a passer rating when targeted of 151.3, and Brown was an absolute force against defenses in the slot — especially when he was using his speed in empty formations.

San Francisco’s Deebo Samuel, who was probably the MVP of the first half of Super Bowl LIV before things started to go backward for his team, would have received a mention as well — Samuel had just 33 targets, but caught 28 of them and helped his quarterback to a 135.3 rating when he was targeted in the slot. Kansas City speed receiver Mecole Hardman had just 23 a lot targets, but he was also highly efficient with them, helping his quarterbacks to a 133.9 rating. Though Danny Amendola was the only Lions receiver to make the 50% threshold, both Marvin Jones and Kenny Golladay were highly efficient when tasked to move inside. Other former slot stars like Tyreek Hill of the Chiefs and Minnesota’s Adam Thielen saw their roles change more to the outside in 2019 from previous seasons.

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Of the receivers who actually qualified, Nelson Agholor of the Eagles was quietly efficient and had just two drops in the slot last season — which would go against several memes on the subject. Buffalo’s Cole Beasley just missed the cut, through he was one of several receivers on the Bills’ roster who didn’t always get the accuracy and efficiency they deserved from quarterback Josh Allen. And though Randall Cobb was productive for the Cowboys last season and should be so for the Texans in 2020, his nine drops as a slot man… well, we can only have one guy with nine slot drops on this list. More on that in a minute.

Now, on to the top 11.

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