The receivers on this list are viewed as primarily slot receivers and therefore excluded from yesterday’s outside wide receiver list. 10) Devin Duvernay, Baltimore Ravens Duvernay is the only rookie on the list because although there was massive wide receiver talent in this year’s draft, we have not yet seen any of them do it in the NFL. New York Jets Wide Receivers: Jamison Crowder & Breshad Perriman Crowder’s a fine slot receiver and has shown that he can produce in the NFL when he’s healthy. Perriman finally took a step. Not until recently has there been much emphasis on the slot receiver in the NFL. Jerry Rice worked out of the slot occasionally and he is the best WR ever. But I believe you are asking strictly the slot and I’d say Wes Welker was pretty unstoppable at what he did and now Julian Edelman is just as effective.

Davante Adams doesn’t need to say he’s the best wide receiver in the NFL because the numbers do most of the work for him.

At the midway point of the 2020 season, Adams has crafted a convincing case as the game’s premier receiver.

Consider the following:

– Adams ranks first in the NFL in receptions per game (8.8), receiving yards per game (112.5), receiving touchdowns per game (1.33) and receiving first downs per game (6.0).

– At his current per-game averages, Adams would finish with 123 catches, 1,575 receiving yards and 18 touchdown catches despite missing two games.

– Adams ranks first among receivers in overall grade at Pro Football Focus.

– Adams ranks first in yards per route run (3.26), per PFF.

– Adams ranks first in yards per route run from the slot (4.05) and receiving touchdowns from the slot (5), per PFF.

– Adams ranks 10th in the NFL in receptions and eighth in receiving yards despite missing 2.5 games.

– Adams ranks first in the NFL in catches (11) and touchdown catches (5) inside the red zone.

– Among receivers, Adams ranks sixth in total yards after the catch and third in yards after the catch per game.

– Adams ranks second in the NFL in receptions gaining a first down or scoring a touchdown on third and fourth down (16). He’s third in total catches (18), first in total yards (279) and second in touchdowns (3) on third and fourth down.

– Adams has three games this season with at least 10 catches and 150 receiving yards. The rest of the NFL has seven total. And no player, other than Adams, has more than one.

– Adams has two games with at least 170 receiving yards. The rest of the NFL has five. And no player, other than Adams, has more than one.

– Adams is one of only four receivers with at least 50 targets and zero drops in 2020, per PFF.

– Adams is one of only 12 players with at least three catches of 40 or more yards.

– Despite missing 2.5 games, Adams is one of only 11 players with at least seven catches of passes thrown at least 20 yards in the air, per PFF.

– Adams has caught all seven of his catchable passes thrown over 20 yards, per PFF.

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– Adams has three games with at least two touchdown catches, leading the NFL.

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– Adams is catching 76.8 percent of his targets, which ranks ninth among receivers with at least 40 targets.

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– Despite Aaron Rodgers throwing two interceptions when targeting him in Tampa Bay, Adams still ranks fourth among all receivers in passer rating when targeted at 135.8.

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– Adams has led all offensive players in the NFL in overall grade during two of his six games this season, per PFF.

– Adams ranks fourth among wide receivers in Total Points Added, a metric from Sports Info Solutions.

– Adams ranks seventh among wide receivers in DYAR, or Defense-adjusted Yards Above Replacement, a metric from Football Outsiders.

– Since 2016, Adams ranks fifth in the NFL in receptions, sixth in receiving yards and first in receiving touchdowns.