Johnson had the highest receiving grade in college football over the past two years. Jones has been the highest-graded wide receiver in the NFL over the past five seasons and the undisputed champ of our yards per route run metric. Who are the rest of the best slot receivers in the league? We could see more of punt return sensation Deonte Harris, who caught all seven of his targets for 74 yards last season, including a 50-yarder in the playoff loss to the Vikings. He's at an even 16 yards per reception during that span, the sixth-best mark in the league among players with at least 100 catches during that time. He is one of the best move-the-chains options in the NFL and will immediately become a weapon for Kyler Murray in the middle of the field and in the back-shoulder game. The tight end position is a giant question mark, and the only players the Redskins brought in this offseason to improve the receiving corps were Cody Latimer (has never played more than 400 snaps in a single season in his six-year career and was recently arrested), Antonio Gandy-Golden (a fourth-round rookie who projects as a possession receiver) and Antonio Gibson (intriguing player who can slot at either running back or wide receiver). The talent pool at the wide receiver position during this year's NFL Draft was historically deep, and the same can be said for 2020 fantasy football drafts. Edelman’s 73.6 receiving grade ranked just 37. in the league, in part due to 10 drops and three fumbles. Treadwell does not separate well, and his 0.86 yards per route ranks 140th out of 144 qualifiers since he entered the league in 2016. 2 corners while working opposite his star teammate. He had the eighth-best receiving grade against single coverage, and. The reason the 49ers sit closer to the middle of the pack here is that they don’t have a clear-cut primary wide receiver. Some of the “space” plays could go to rookie first-rounder Brandon Aiyuk, who averaged 9.9 yards after the catch per reception on his 98 career college catches. Although stats are a major factor in determining the best of the best when it comes to wide receivers, it is not all that matters. Evan Engram and Saquon Barkley both provide plus athleticism and receiving ability for their positions. an important year for the third-year signal-caller. Snagging Hopkins gave quarterback Kyler Murray and head coach Kliff Kingsbury a new weapon to make their offense even more exciting in 2020. Tajae Sharpe also signed a one-year deal this offseason after four years with the Titans, where his best grade was a 72.3 mark last season. An offseason trade for, completed the trifecta, as Buffalo added one of the league’s best route runners who also leads the league with a contested-catch rate of 60.0% since 2016. That 59 percent catch rate ranked fourth-best among 58 receivers who drew at least 10 deep targets. Heading into last season, the on-paper version of the Eagles receivers looked like a perfect blend of big bodies, slot production and deep speed, but injuries struck and they ended up being the lowest-graded receiving corps in the league at 61.7. (His 10.64 yards per target lead the league.). with an 83.2 grade including the playoffs. His 180 regular-season targets were 27 more than any other wide receiver, and the 82.8% completion rate on those targets was nearly seven percentage points higher than the next wide receiver with at least 50 targets (Tyler Lockett, 75.9%). Beyond Allen and Williams, it’s a wide-open competition for the No. Phillip Dorsett comes in as a free agent, and while he hasn’t lived up to the first-round hype, he uses his 4.33 speed to get behind the defense often enough for Russell Wilson to take advantage. It’s safe to say that players like Breshad Perriman (deep threat) and Jamison Crowder (slot/underneath receiver) are more specialized, complementary pieces.