2015-16 NFL Pre-Season Position Rankings: Wide Receivers (AFC)

We are about halfway through the NFL's off-season (YAY!!!!). OTA's have already started. Players are already getting injured. And the 2015-16 NFL season is getting so close, we can hear the footsteps coming up to the door and someone's just about ready to knock. With that said, it's time to look ahead at next season.

Now that NFL rosters are pretty much finalized (besides numerous upcoming cuts of course), it's time to start giving you guys an idea of how your team is shaping up for next season. What better way to do that than to start power ranking the starters at every position on each roster? It only makes sense.

Up next? The divas of the football field.......

Ultimate Football Blog's

2015-16 Pre-Season Position Rankings

Wide Receivers (AFC)

KEY NOTE: This is a POWER RANKINGS. That means it's a "what have you done for me lately?" list. This is not an ALL-TIME greatest list. If the NFL commissioner came up to me tomorrow and said:

"Hey, you can have any WR in the league on your team next season....who do you want?"


It would (most likely) go in this order.......


(PS: PFF grade means "Pro Football Focus Grade". For those of you who don't know, ProFootballFocus.com is an football analytics website that grades players based on a certain criteria and it's a criteria that I've come to love. It's a pretty simple grading formula to figure out as well. The more negative score the player has, the least effective he was on-the-field last season. For example a "-24.8" grade would be absolutely awful, but a "24.8" grade means the player was outstanding. See, I told you it was easy to figure out)


(PPS: Since every team has at least two wide receivers lined-up per play, I will be ranking the two best WR's for each team. Since that list would be significantly long (60+ players), I have decided to break it into two groups, the NFC and the AFC. I should get a bonus for making it easier on you people)

32. Harry Douglas (Tennessee Titans)

Age: 30

Career Receiving Yards: 3,130

Career Receiving TD's: 8

Career Receptions: 258

2014-15 PFF Grade: -2.1

31. Brian Hartline (Cleveland Browns)

Age: 28

Career Receiving Yards: 4,243

Career Receiving TD's: 12

Career Receptions: 298

2014-15 PFF Grade: -9.5

30. Cecil Shorts (Houston Texans)

Age: 27

Career Receiving Yards: 2,343

Career Receiving TD's: 12

Career Receptions: 176

2014-15 PFF Grade: -8.2

29. Michael Crabtree (Oakland Raiders)

Age: 27

Career Receiving Yards: 4,327

Career Receiving TD's: 26

Career Receptions: 347

2014-15 PFF Grade: -7.3

28. Albert Wilson (Kansas City Chiefs)

Age: 22

Career Receiving Yards: 260

Career Receiving TD's: 0

Career Receptions: 16

2014-15 PFF Grade: -0.4

27. Allen Hurns (Jacksonville Jaguars)

Age: 23

Career Receiving Yards: 677

Career Receiving TD's: 6

Career Receptions: 51

2014-15 PFF Grade: -9.8

26. Markus Wheaton (Pittsburgh Steelers)

Age: 24

Career Receiving Yards: 708

Career Receiving TD's: 2

Career Receptions: 59

2014-15 PFF Grade: -0.6

25. Julian Edelman (New England Patriots)

Age: 28

Career Receiving Yards: 2,742

Career Receiving TD's: 14

Career Receptions: 266

2014-15 PFF Grade: 0.1

24. Brian LeFell (New England Patriots)

Age: 28

Career Receiving Yards: 3,338

Career Receiving TD's: 20

Career Receptions: 241

2014-15 PFF Grade: -0.6

23. Andre Johnson (Indianapolis Colts)

Age: 33

Career Receiving Yards: 13,597

Career Receiving TD's: 64

Career Receptions: 1,012

2014-15 PFF Grade: 1.3

22. Dwayne Bowe (Cleveland Browns)

Age: 30

Career Receiving Yards: 7,155

Career Receiving TD's: 44

Career Receptions: 532

2014-15 PFF Grade: 0.6

21. Steve Smith (Baltimore Ravens)

Age: 36

Career Receiving Yards: 13,262

Career Receiving TD's: 73

Career Receptions: 915

2014-15 PFF Grade: 4.2

20. Malcolm Floyd (San Diego Chargers)

Age: 33

Career Receiving Yards: 4,989

Career Receiving TD's: 31

Career Receptions: 291

2014-15 PFF Grade: 6.1

19. Brandon Marshall (New York Jets)

Age: 31

Career Receiving Yards: 9,771

Career Receiving TD's: 65

Career Receptions: 773

2014-15 PFF Grade: 4.3

18. Allen Robinson (Jacksonville Jaguars)

Age: 21

Career Receiving Yards: 548

Career Receiving TD's: 2

Career Receptions: 48

2014-15 PFF Grade: -0.4

17. Kendall Wright (Tennessee Titans)

Age: 25

Career Receiving Yards: 2,420

Career Receiving TD's: 12

Career Receptions: 215

2014-15 PFF Grade: -2.0

16. Marvin Jones (Cincinnati Bengals)

Age: 25

Career Receiving Yards: 913

Career Receiving TD's: 11

Career Receptions: 69

2014-15 PFF Grade: Injured last year

15. Robert Woods (Buffalo Bills)

Age: 23

Career Receiving Yards: 1,286

Career Receiving TD's: 8

Career Receptions: 105

2014-15 PFF Grade: -2.7

14. Breshad Perriman (Baltimore Ravens)

Age: 21

Career Receiving Yards: 0

Career Receiving TD's: 0

Career Receptions: 0

2014-15 PFF Grade: Rookie

13. DeVante Parker (Miami Dolphins)

Age: 22

Career Receiving Yards: 0

Career Receiving TD's: 0

Career Receptions: 0

2014-15 PFF Grade: Rookie

12. Amari Cooper (Oakland Raiders)

Age: 20

Career Receiving Yards: 0

Career Receiving TD's: 0

Career Receptions: 0

2014-15 PFF Grade: Rookie

11. Eric Decker (New York Jets)

Age: 28

Career Receiving Yards: 4,032

Career Receiving TD's: 38

Career Receptions: 296

2014-15 PFF Grade: 4.6

10. Kenny Stills (Miami Dolphins)

Age: 23

Career Receiving Yards: 1,572

Career Receiving TD's: 8

Career Receptions: 95

2014-15 PFF Grade: 5.2

9. Sammy Watkins (Buffalo Bills)

Age: 21

Career Receiving Yards: 982

Career Receiving TD's: 6

Career Receptions: 65

2014-15 PFF Grade: -5.0

8. Keenan Allen (San Diego Chargers)

Age: 23

Career Receiving Yards: 1,829

Career Receiving TD's: 12

Career Receptions: 148

2014-15 PFF Grade: 2.1

7. DeAndre Hopkins (Houston Texans)

Age: 22

Career Receiving Yards: 2,012

Career Receiving TD's: 8

Career Receptions: 128

2014-15 PFF Grade: 10.3

6. Emmanuel Sanders (Denver Broncos)

Age: 28

Career Receiving Yards: 3,434

Career Receiving TD's: 20

Career Receptions: 262

2014-15 PFF Grade: 14.8

5. T.Y. Hilton (Indianapolis Colts)

Age: 25

Career Receiving Yards: 3,289

Career Receiving TD's: 19

Career Receptions: 214

2014-15 PFF Grade: 10.6

4. Jeremy Maclin (Kansas City Chiefs)

Age: 27

Career Receiving Yards: 4,771

Career Receiving TD's: 36

Career Receptions: 343

2014-15 PFF Grade: 9.1

3. A.J. Green (Cincinnati Bengals)

Age: 26

Career Receiving Yards: 4,874

Career Receiving TD's: 35

Career Receptions: 329

2014-15 PFF Grade: 8.3

2. Demaryius Thomas (Denver Broncos)

Age: 27

Career Receiving Yards: 5,317

Career Receiving TD's: 41

Career Receptions: 351

2014-15 PFF Grade: 16.5

1. Antonio Brown (Pittsburgh Steelers)

Age: 26

Career Receiving Yards: 5,259

Career Receiving TD's: 28

Career Receptions: 390

2014-15 PFF Grade: 23.7