On Tuesday, our friends at Scouts Inc. released a list of the top 64 receivers in the league. The guys at Waiting For Next Year, an excellent Browns blog, used the list to see where their beloved team ranked among the top groups in the league.
"So what I did was I weighted each WR that didn't make the list as the 65th best WR in the league (not mathematically sound, I know, but effective in giving us some standard of comparison since we have no way of knowing where the No. 2 and No. 3 WRs for many of these teams would be ranked). Then I took the averages of these adjusted totals. Doing it this way, I came up with the Browns having the ninth best WR corps in the NFL, which to me seems pretty fair and accurate."
Using Waiting For Next Year's formula, here are the top-10 receiving units:
1. Colts
2. Bengals
3. Cardinals
4. Patriots
5. Panthers
6. Cowboys
7. Steelers
8. Packers
9. Browns
10. Lions
The fact that the Panthers show up at No. 4 on this list raises obvious concerns. They have one of the best receivers in football (Steve Smith), but he didn't have any help last season. I guess the arrival of two new receivers in the past month has vaulted them into the top five.
Who do you think has the best receiving corps in football? Is it still the Patriots now that Donte' Stallworth is gone? Are the Packers ranked too low in this formula?
