Is former Patriots receiver Julian Edelman a Hall of Famer? Not counting people like Calvin Johnson because they're not retired.All of the videos belong to another YouTube video/ None of the footage is mineNot Mention. Now the real work begins., [Related: Our Hall Of Pretty Damn Good Players]. By the fall of 1994, he had been cut by Dallas and also the Philadelphia Eagles, leading to a year out of football. Who is the best wide receiver eligible for the Pro Football Hall of Fame, but not yet enshrined? 1972-85, Oakland/Los Angeles Raiders Their quarterbacks are protected in ways Y.A. With that being said, here's my list for the top ten wide receivers in Redskins history. Cliff Branch Four-time All-Pro and three-time Super Bowl champion who was exceptional in his prime. This doesn't apply to Jackson. He probably doesn't need to be in. Hopkins, like Edelman, made a little news on Monday when the folks at the MIT Sloan Analytics Conference named Hopkins acquisition by the Arizona Cardinals as the Best Sports Transaction of the Year. If I look down the line at some of the best wide receivers to play in Green Bay, guys like . That's good. Various/Getty Images. Pearson: 489 rec, 7,822 yds, 48 TD Hall of Fame QB's son will get NFL chance after signing rookie free agent deal. Jimmy Smith Made five Pro Bowls, gained 1,000 yards in every full season as a starter, caught 110 passes twice. In 1974, Pearson set career-highs in a 14-game season, no less for receptions and receiving yards. Zac Brown Band . Holt still has better numbers, but he played on a wild offense. No, it was Carter." Projecting his '82 season to 16 games, Carmichael reaches 618 catches, 9,405 yards, and 81 TDs. For what it's worth, neither has ever reached the Finalist stage of voting. Branch actually led the Raiders in receiving only three times in his final nine seasons. From 1996 through 2002, Smith may have been the best receiver in football. Essentially, Carter is battling the notion that he usually wasn't even the best receiver on his own team, that he was a system player who seldom had to deal with double-teams and caught a bunch of short passes. All members of our Hall of Pretty Damn Good Players brought value to their teams in an underappreciated way its sort of a requirement for enshrinement, after all. But he was a heck of a player. Ranking Tom Brady's 41 best receivers during his 18-year, 9-Super Bowl His 1995 season ranks among the most impressive statistical seasons of all time: 123 rec, 1686 yds, 14 TD. Both the Eagles and Rams improved dramatically when they acquired Jackson. The Best Damn Receiver Who Won't Make The Hall Of Fame Sterling Sharpe: Hall of Fame Candidate But those are glimpses of greatness. 25. Here's my list of 25, ranked by the number of times they were among the top 10 in their league in receiving yards: Seven: Powell For this project, we'll examine in depth 25 eligible wide receivers with strong backing for the Hall of Fame: Cliff Branch, Tim Brown, Harold Carmichael, Cris Carter, Wes Chandler, Gary Clark, Henry Ellard, Irving Fryar, Charley Hennigan, Harlon Hill, Billy Howton, Harold Jackson, Herman Moore, Stanley Morgan, Drew Pearson, Art Powell, Andre Reed, Andre Rison, Sterling Sharpe, Del Shofner, Jimmy Smith, Mac Speedie, Hugh Taylor, Otis Taylor, and Billy Wilson. The counter-argument is that Rison only had six or seven seasons in which he provided real value for his team. So this is really a list of 15. Best Wide Receivers Not in the Hall of Fame: 1950s (Hill, Howton, Speedie, Hugh Taylor, Wilson) Charley Hennigan 1960-66, Houston Oilers 410 receptions, 6,823 yards, 51 TD Probably no one's HOF case is more hindered by disrespect for the early AFL than Charley Hennigan. Charley Taylor. At . Tyreek's 2K Target; He's Not Playing Around Or Is He? He was 31 when he made his first Pro Bowl as a receiver, a 10-year veteran. (adsbygoogle = window.adsbygoogle || []).push({}); As you watch this years selection you have to scratch your head and wonder. According to the True Receiving Yards metric I created with Chase Stuart of FootballPerspective.com which adjusts a receivers stats for era, schedule length and team passing volume only Harrison (8,311 TRY) was more productive over that span than Smith (8,271). I have a strange theory: the 1982 strike kept Carmichael out of Canton. Rather than three years finishing second and one tied for first, he's got two seasons alone at the top and another tied for the lead.
