White WRs Who Were Best in the League

When was the last time the NFL’s best WR was white? Cooper Kupp is easily the best. Great moving forward for CF.

Back in the prime of Steve Largent he was year after year among the top 4 or 5 receivers statistically, while others might have had more spectacular seasons his played never dipped, he was something like Eddie Murray in MLB.

Cooper lead the league in everything and should be the MVP after winning the rare triple crown. But, all the media and the DWF's want to talk about is Ja'maar, Deebo, O'Dell, and Tyreek.

Justin Eric said:

When was the last time the NFL’s best WR was white? Cooper Kupp is easily the best. Great moving forward for CF.

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Ray Berry was the best WR in the NFL in his day, same with Lance Alworth in the old AFL.

The Rams the last team to have two future white Hall of Famers there together in Tom Fears and Crazy Legs Hirsh.

Largent mentioned above, got to add Fred Biletnikoff and Don Maynard.

When Otto Graham was putting up his big numbers (for that era) he was throwing to Dante Levelli (Hall of Famer) and Mac Speedie.

When the NFL did their All Time NFL Team, Hutson, Berry, Largent and Alworth were there, and should be,

Alworth the best white WR I have seen, he could run away from any cornerback,

Can't ignore Charley Hennigan an old Houston Oiler, from 1961 to 1964 he had 298 receptions, 5210 yards and 38 td's, that was amazing. And, his teammate Bill Groman had a 1000 yard season,

Without going back 50 years I would say jordy Nelson, while not being the clear best WR was certainly top 3 for a couple of years in the mid 2010’s.

Christ-is-king said:

Without going back 50 years I would say jordy Nelson, while not being the clear best WR was certainly top 3 for a couple of years in the mid 2010’s.

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Wes Welker was also top three or top five for several years during the same time period, maybe higher as he put up some amazing numbers such as five seasons with over 110 catches. Both Jordy and Wes had to serve racial apprenticeships, which may end up preventing one or both from getting to Canton.

Drew Bennett led the AFC in receiving yardage in 2004 and was the best in the league, in fact he was unstoppable, when Billy Volek was throwing to him after Steve McNair was injured.

Patrick Jeffers in the second half of the 1999 season was as good as I've ever seen, another unstoppable receiver whose career was ended the next summer by a cheap shot to his knees in a meaningless preseason game he shouldn't even have been playing in.

Bennett was screwed because Jeff Fisher decided he didn't like Volek and Bennett went back to catching balls from the much less able (but beloved) McNair.

Don Wassall said:

Wes Welker was also top three or top five for several years during the same time period, maybe higher as he put up some amazing numbers such as five seasons with over 110 catches. Both Jordy and Wes had to serve racial apprenticeships, which may end up preventing one or both from getting to Canton.

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Welker was one of the most productive receivers in football for much of his 12-year NFL career, retiring with 903 receptions good for 9,971 yards and 50 receiving touchdowns. More significantly, he led the NFL in receptions three times, finished second once and was the first receiver in NFL history to have three 110-reception seasons and first to have five 100-reception seasons.

That production took him to five Pro Bowls and garnered him two first-team All-Pro selections and two second team All-Pro designations. Wes Welker was also 2nd in the nfl
in receiving yards one year in addition to many other records.

white lightning said:

Welker was one of the most productive receivers in football for much of his 12-year NFL career, retiring with 903 receptions good for 9,971 yards and 50 receiving touchdowns. More significantly, he led the NFL in receptions three times, finished second once and was the first receiver in NFL history to have three 110-reception seasons and first to have five 100-reception seasons.

That production took him to five Pro Bowls and garnered him two first-team All-Pro selections and two second team All-Pro designations. Wes Welker was also 2nd in the nfl
in receiving yards one year in addition to many other records.

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The incredible thing about Welker was that nearly all of his production took place within about six years, due to his apprenticeship. That 5-6 year span is comparable to any receiver in history. Countless 3rd down conversions, the guy was probably the most dangerous WR in the league in the early 2010s. Defenses had no answer. Sucks he wasn’t able to get a ring, and just missed 10,000 career yards.