M.D. Wright
10.31.09
This is by far the toughest position to pick a Top 5 for, so don't obliterate me for picking one guy over another.
1. ANDRE JOHNSON
Best combination of size, speed and hands. A bit under the radar being on a previously middling team, but he's getting recognition throughout the league, fantasy football and even casual football fans.
2. LARRY FITZGERALD.
Best hands in the game. Makes catches I've never seen before. And I've been watching the NFL for 25 years. If he didn't have a very good WR and a nice slot WR to spread the ball around to, he could easily catch 100 passes every year, and not look any different than pre-game warmups doing so.
3. CALVIN JOHNSON.
YOUNG MEGATRON. He can't stay healthy and he doesn't have a QB, a consistent RB nor an offensive line that could block for even Peyton Manning, but he somehow manages to put up the numbers. Even without the numbers (upon which these rankings are NOT based), he is a game-changing WR unlike those we have seen in years so soon in his career.
4. RANDY MOSS.
My knock on Moss is he never goes across the middle. But he's made a career off working the perimeter, so why knock it? He makes catching the ball look like he's playing pitch and catch with a little kid. If the Patriots really wanted to, they could throw to him 20 times a game and he'd have 12-15 catches per game.
5. REGGIE WAYNE.
Ironman. He never misses a game. He may miss one in Week 8 of the 2009 season, but that would be his first since 2001. He makes some of the prettiest catches along the sidelines and in the corners of the end zone while going out of bounds. Old Man Harrison taught him well. Runs great routes, never drops Manning's passes. Makes Manning look great -- and has for all these years.
Honorable Mention: Donald Driver, Brandon Marshall, Anquan Boldin, Relevant Steve Smith (i.e. New York Giants), DeSean Jackson.
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