Joe Posnanski's Top 32 All-Time Receivers

[MTK]

Originally Posted by GTripp0012

Should point out that the list is "32 Great Receivers" not "32 Greatest Receivers" and so some have a reading comprehension issue. To argue against someone on the list, you'd have to argue that they weren't a great receiver. Which, in Swann's case, is likely true.

But yeah, Art Monk is one of the 32 greatest receivers of all time, and probably would be on the top half of such a list.

It's actually "Top 32 All-Time Receivers" if we're keeping score.

[GMScud]

Originally Posted by Mattyk

It's actually "Top 32 All-Time Receivers" if we're keeping score.

LOL. Who's got the reading comprehension issue now?

[Slingin Sammy 33]

Another BS list to generate web hits. Emphasis on recent players with inflated numbers. Credibility of the list goes to shit when Art Monk is left off.

How are these guys also left off:
Irving Fryar - about 13K yds, 84TDs, 5 Pro Bowls
Harold Carmichael - 6' 7" TD machine, about 9K yds, 79TDs, 4 Pro Bowls
Charlie Hennigan - #2 & #8 all-time Yds per Game / per season.....in the early 1960s, YPG/season #13 all-time, 5 Pro Bowls
Art Powell - 7 effective years playing, over 1000 yds/season 5 times....in the 1960s, 4 Pro Bowls

This list :vomit:

[GTripp0012]

Originally Posted by Mattyk

It's actually "Top 32 All-Time Receivers" if we're keeping score.

Joe Posnanski » Blog Archive » Thirty Two Great Receivers

OK, so I should warn you up front that 32 can be a constricting number. There are a LOT of great receivers who did not make this list — John Mackey, Tommy McDonald, Tom Fears, Charlie Sanders, Charlie Joyner, Jimmy Smith, Rod Smith, Wes Chandler, Harold Jackson, Henry Ellard, Lionel Taylor, Rod Smith, Chad Ochocinco and Art Monk just to name a few. You can certainly take some guys off and put others on. You can certainly mess with the order.

But, I think you will find that 32 is not an especially large number when you’re choosing great receivers … there have been more awesome receivers than awesome running backs, for instance. Anyway, the list is the list … it’s all for entertainment purposes.