TheBestEverWideReceiversin2012byTyriqueWhitby

WhenIwasyoungIthoughtfootballwasveryidiotic,becauseIdidn't
understanditatall.ButwhenIfirstplayedfootball,Ithoughtitwasallfun
andgames,untilIcaughttheballandwasrunning,butIdidn'tseethe
playerbecauseIwaskindaplayingwhileIwasrunning.Theplayertrucked
meandIfelltotheground.WhileIwasonthegroundIsaidinmyhead
that,Footballwasmyfavoritesport.ThenasIgotolderIvegrownquite
fondofthewidereceiverposition(butInevergottoplaythatposition).But
IwasjustthinkingtomyselfWhowasthebestWidereceiverin2012?.

Thefirstcriteriaforjudgingawidereceiverisobviouslybytheir
numberoftheirtouchdowns.Atouchdownisveryimportantwhenitcomes
downtojudgingawidereceiver.Touchdownsshowsiftheycanruna
perfectrouteandscorefortheirteam.Theexemplarforthiscriteriais
JamesJones.Thisexemplarwaschosenforthiscriteriabecauseifyou
lookatthismonsteronthefield,hehad14touchdownsintheyearof2012.

Thissecondcriteriaisanotherimportantcriteriatojudgeawide
receiver.Thesecondcriteriaareyards.Themeaningofyardsisthe
numberofyardsthatcanbegottenfromrunningorcatchingacomplete
pass.Yardsareimportantbecauseyoucanseehowmanygainedforthat
playandhowmanyyardarelefttogetthetouchdown.Theexemplar
ofyykjhythiscriteriaistheoneandonlyCalvinJohnsonJrorheisalso
knownasMegatron.CalvinJohnsonJr.waschosenbecausehehadthe
mostyardswhichwere1,964in2012.

Speedisthethirdcriteriathatawidereceiverneedstojudgethem.
Themeaningofspeedcanmeanmanyofthings.Butinsportsspeedmean
howfasttheycanrunonthe40yarddash.Thiscriteriaisimportant
becauseifyoulookattheirtimeonthe40yarddash,thenyouwillknow
thatifthatthewidereceivercanoutrunthecornerbackandiftheycan
makeittothetouchdownbeforetheygetcaught.Also,iftheycanexecute

theplayperfectly.TheexemplarforthiscriteriaisRandyMoss.Randy
Mosswaschosenbecausehehadfinishedthe40yarddashin4.25secs.

Awidereceiverisalsojudgedbytheirreceptions.Areceptionishow
manytimestheskilledpositionssuchaswidereceivers,RunningBacksor
TightEndscaughttheball.Receptionsareimportantbecauseitshowsif
thequarterbackcantrustthewidereceivertocatchtheballandgainyards
orscoreatouchdown.Theexemplarforthiscriteriawillbeonceagain
CalvinJohnsonJr.Hewaschosenforthiscriteriabecausehehad122
receptionsintheyearof2012.

Touchdowns

Yards

Receptions

Speed

Overall
Average

JamesJones 5
Hehad14
touchdowns

4
Hehad784
yards

3
Hehad64
receptions

2
Heran4.54
secs

2.8

Calvin
JohnsonJr.

3
Hehad5
touchdowns

5
5
Hehad1,964 Hehad122
yards
receptions

4
Heran4.35
secs

4.3

RandyMoss

2
Hehad3
touchdowns

3
Hehad434
yards

5
Heran4.25
secs

3.0

2
Hehad28
receptions

Accordingtomycalculations,thebestwidereceiverin2012was
MegatronorhisnameCalvinJohnsonJr.WhenIlookedattheresultsI
waskindasurprisedatthem.IthoughtthatRandyMosswasgonnabethe
bestbecauseofhisspeed.Yes,mycalculationsmatchedwhatIalready
believedaboutCalvinJohnsonJr.becauseIthoughtofhisnickname
Megatron.AndifyoulookedatTransformerthenyou'llknowthatMegatron
wasaviciousrobot!HoweverbecausefromlookingatCalvinJohnsonJr.
stats,youcanseethathewasathisgameintheyearof2012.