Hardly any wide recievers ever enjoyed a greater season in the NFL than Randy Moss would do in 2007 . He set a record with 23 touchdown catches in working together with Tom Brady to spearhead what appeared to be the greatest NFL side that ever took the field . . . well , until the Super Bowl .
The sleek 6-foot-4 , 210-pounder additionally led the league in TD catches . . . undoubtedly the most crucial stat for a receiver , many of these were magnificent leaping grabs . . . in 1998 , 2000 and 2003 , setting himself as the NFL's most powerful big-play threat . . . when he felt like it , anyhow .
However Moss isn't the best NFL wide receiver out of them all . I rate him 2nd . Jerry Rice remains to be the best . . . not just for individual brilliance but long-time consistency . He is the career leader in TD catches ( 197 ) , receptions ( 1 ,549 ) and yardage ( 22 ,895 ) . . . those are simply just a few amongst the many he retains . . . as fantastic as Moss is , virtually no player has dominated his position like Rice .
The rest of my top 10 :
3 -- Terrell Owens . Stop thinking about ( if you can ) his antics off the field . . . on the field , he's a master . He's 3rd on the all-time TD reception list with 129 and also with his next 2this season , he may vault into 2nd position behind Rice . Owens keeps the NFL record for most receptions in a game ( 20 for San Francisco vs . Chicago in 2000 ) . Defenses need tokeep an eye on him on each and every play .
4 -- Marvin Harrison . Chicken or the egg . . . did Peyton Manning help make him great or alternatively did he help Manning look good ? We'd say both . Until injured in 2007 , heexperienced 11 seasons in a row of 50 or more catches ( tied for third all-time ) and also he retains the NFL record for most receptions in a season ( 143 in 2002 ) .
5 -- Michael Irvin . A huge piece of the Cowboys' dynasty of the 1990s , Irvin was recognized both for his capacity to make difficult catches down the center and to break long gainers . He caught 75 or more passes 5 seasons in a row .
6 -- Paul Warfield . You won't come across Warfield high on the all-time receiving lists . . . he was quality , not quantity , as a human guided missile in the 1960s for the Browns and also Dolphins . He averaged an incredible 20 .1 yards per reception over his career and also of his 427 catches , 85 went for TDs .
7 -- Raymond Berry . He's the epitome of a player who utilized clever moves as well as grit to atone for deficiencies in pace . Not even a starter until his 3rd season with the ( Baltimore ) Colts , he proceeded to lead the NFL in receptions 3 years in a row . In the fabled 23-17 overtime achievement over the Giants for the 1958 title , the game thought to have put the NFL on the map , he snagged 12 passes for 194 yards and a TD . He required special footwear because one leg was smaller in comparison to the other .
8 -- Don Hutson . The 1st impressive pro receiver in the the 1930s and '40s for Green Bay , he incredibly still retains records for most years leading the NFL in receptions ( 8 ) , reception yards ( 7 ) and reception touchdowns ( 9 ) . The fact is , he caught an 83-yard TD strike on his very first play in the NFL . . . although all of this , needless to say , was against lesser competition than now a days . Could he play today ? Given that he was a 9 .8 sprinter and a master of fakes and changing speeds , why not ?
9 -- Tim Brown . The Raiders' career leader in games played , he scores 2nd all-time in the NFL in yards obtained ( 14 ,934 ) and 3rd in receptions ( 1 ,094 ) . He additionally led the league in kickoff returning as well as punt returning in separate seasons .
10 -- Bob Hayes . Of all the trackmen that have attempted pro football , Hayes is without a doubt the most prosperous . He utilized his 9 .1 speed in the 100 for the Cowboys to haul in 71 TD catches , returned punts for another three and pressured defenses into zone coverage .
Among today's younger wideouts , a pair of Johnsons . . . Andre of the Texans and Calvin of the Lions . . . could join this list one day if they might only get a big-time QB to toss to them . Cleveland's Braylon Edwards possesses the potential , too . Cris Carter ( second all-time to Rice with 1 ,101 receptions ) , Isaac Bruce ( 3rd all-time in yards obtained , and he could add more this year ) , Lance Alworth ( retains record for most 200-yard receiving games with five ) , Harold Carmichael ( at 6-8 , very hard to miss ) , Lynn Swann ( go-to guy for the Steelers' powerhouses of the '70s ) as well as Otis Taylor ( at 6-3 , 215 but with 4 .5 speed , one of the very first big guys to play WR ) get ranking as our honorable mentions .
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