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The original was posted on /r/nfl by /u/tI_Irdferguson on 2023-09-16 04:46:48.
Seems like going back 25+ years in the NFL, the top of the league elite tier WRs always featured freaking aliens. Guys like Randy Moss, Terrell Owens, Andre Johnson, Calvin Johnson, Julio Jones, AJ Green etc.
Since the last of those guys retired, it feels like the top receivers are 6’1ish route runner technician types. It’s like we have an entire generation of elite WRs that came up idolizing Antonio Browns and Deandre Hopkins style of play.
Not saying there’s anything wrong with it. Just strikes me as odd that when you look down the list of guys that have an argument for being in the “elite” tier today, the only guy who fits that “alien” mould of WR is like… Maybe AJ Brown? With DK Metcalf on the outside looking in?