How could short Steve Young and slow Jerry Rice be the best quarterback/wide-receiver team to ever play professional football?
Teams near the top of the passing rankings have elite receivers; teams in the low-20s – like the Seahawks, who had been without Sidney Rice; the Bucs; the injury-plagued Broncos or Redskins – don't.
After a sizzling 6-1 start, in which the Jets caught teams off guard with their profuse use of Martin and Richie Anderson as receivers, teams seemed to catch on and Martin slowed down.
At some point, they have to get a receiver to team with Steve Johnson and perhaps a guard to replace Andy Levitre.
Floyd provides the 1-2 punch at wide receiver the team has missed since Anquan Boldin was traded to Baltimore in 2010.
Bush even had a few reps at wide receiver during team drills, with the coaches finding creative ways to get him involved in the offense.
Kansas City has had a 100-yard receiver a team-record five straight times.
Lewis, Detroit's offensive special assistant this past season, will also coach wide receivers, the team said.
But Jeff Cumberland, a backup tight end, is a skilled receiver, and teaming him with Dustin Keller spread out the Cowboys' defense and allowed quarterback Mark Sanchez more time to throw.
But with a deep pool of receivers, the team has no reason to expect anything less from Manning than what he produced last season: an elite effort that sustained the Giants even when the defense flagged.
With 79 catches for 1,052 yards in 2010 and another 76 for 1,192 yards last season, he joined Del Shofner and Amani Toomer as the only receivers in team history to produce consecutive 1,000-yard 1,000-yard seasons
