The NFL’s 11 best outside receivers

This might be the Golden Era of wide receivers in the NFL. Who are the best of the best?

5. Chris Godwin, Tampa Bay Buccaneers

(AP Photo/Mark J. Terrill)

Sure, this is human:

That’s just your average, ordinary everyday dude fighting off a jam from a defensive end, erasing the eight-yard cushion from one of the NFL’s better coverage linebackers, making a catch in traffic and forcing a missed tackle from a safety who had a free shot at him. Normal stuff. (Bonus points if you recognize the song lyric used here).

Completely normal things:

Just adjusting to a low throw and outrunning the defense to the end zone. Normal things.

Not human things:

I mean:

Last season he posted a stat line of 86 receptions for 1,333 yards and nine touchdowns. He averaged 15.5 yards per reception. Quarterbacks posted an NFL passer rating of 121.7 when targeting him.

And in 2020, he’ll have Tom Brady targeting him. Whew.

(Oh, and it was “Let’s Get Rocked” by Def Leppard. 15 year-old me loved that tune).