The NFL’s top 16 wide receivers

Touchdown Wire’s Mark Schofield continues our position lists with the NFL’s 16 best wide receivers.

As we wind down our positional rankings here at Touchdown Wire, we reach one of the toughest positions to rank: Outside wide receiver. Even by expanding the field to 16 players, you will find some talented players on the outside looking in.

And trying to stack those 16 players within the list itself? Darn near impossible. You could make a top-5 case — or higher — for everyone on this list, whether looking at traits, or production, or a combination thereof.

Yes, this is my subtle plea to not scream at me too much on Twitter when this drops.

Still, there ain’t no use in complaining when you’ve got a job to do, as a wise man once said.

Here are the top 16 outside receivers in the NFL today. Here are all of our position rankings to date, leading up to our list of the NFL’s 101 best players.

The NFL’s top 13 safeties

The NFL’s top 12 slot defenders

The NFL’s top 12 outside cornerbacks

The NFL’s top 11 linebackers

The NFL’s top 11 edge defenders

The NFL’s top 12 interior defensive linemen

The NFL’s top 12 centers

The NFL’s top 11 offensive guards

The NFL’s top 12 offensive tackles

The NFL’s top 12 tight ends

The NFL’s top 11 slot receivers