Former Super Bowl champions Asante Samuel and Antonio Brown have been arguing on social media over the last week. It seemingly started when Brown called out the former cornerback for imitating his style on social media, with both downplaying each other’s achievements in the NFL.
Samuel has now released his list of the eight greatest wide receivers in NFL history. He didn’t include Brown in it, adding that he doesn’t even deserve a spot in the top 10.
Asante Samuel’s Top 8 WRs In NFL History
Samuel’s list was apparently based on statistical figures like most receiving yards, and he named Jerry Rice, Terrell Owens, Issac Bruce, Larry Fitzgerald, Randy Moss, Marvin Harrison, Tim Brown, and Julio Jones as his top eight receivers in history.
In no order: we can argue about 9 & 10
Jerry Rice
Terrell Owens
Issac Bruce
Larry Fitzgerald
Randy Moss
Marvin Harrison
Tim Brown
Julio Jones
9.
10— Asante Samuel (@pick_six22)
While Samuel listed the names in random order, there’s a clear case to be made for Rice as the best in history, as he leads the NFL in receptions (1,549), receiving yards (22.895), and touchdowns (197). He is ahead of the rest by a good margin and finished his career with three Super Bowl rings, 13 Pro Bowl selections, and 10 first-team selections.
The case to be the second-best receiver can be made for the Arizona Cardinals legend Fitzgerald, who is second in receptions (1,432) and receiving yards (17,492). He has the sixth-most touchdowns at 121 in history.
Unlike Fitzgerald, who stayed in Arizona for his whole career, Owens suited up for nine teams through his NFL career and finished with the eighth-most receptions in history (1,078). He recorded 15,934 receiving yards and 153 touchdowns, both the third most by any in NFL history.
Bruce and Owens are of the same generation of receivers, but the former only played for two teams, the Rams and the 49ers, throughout his career. On 1024 catches, he recorded the fifth-most receiving yards in history, 15,208, and the 15th-most touchdowns, 91.
Randy Moss and Bruce entered the NFL four years apart, but it appears that Moss has done a little better in his career. He finished with the second-most receiving touchdowns (156) and fourth-most receiving yards in NFL history (15,292) on just 982 catches, which are the 17th most in history. He played for six teams across his career, including the Minnesota Vikings.
Marvin Harrison, the first-round pick of the 1996 NFL draft, spent his entire career with the Indianapolis Colts. He racked up the fifth-most receiving touchdowns (128) on the fifth-most catches (1,102) in NFL history but placed ninth with his 14,580 receiving yards.
Tim Brown is among the oldest in this list, and is the sixth overall pick of the 1988 NFL Draft. He played most of his football for the Raiders and racked up the seventh-most receiving yards (14,934) in history. His 100 receiving touchdowns are the 11th most in history, while his 1,094 catches rank seventh.
The last name on Samuel’s list was Julio Jones, who makes the case to be the eighth-best receiver in the two-time Super Bowl champion’s list. Jones is the youngest on the list, and finished his career with 914 catches (27th) for 13,703 yards (16th) and 66 touchdowns (63rd).
Now, did Antonio Brown deserve a place on the list? Arguably not, as he finished his career with 928 catches (25th) for 12,291 yards (26th) and 86 touchdowns (26th).
