Nfl Most Receiving Yards 2017

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The official source for NFL news, video highlights, fantasy football, game-day coverage, schedules, stats, scores and more. For whatever reason, the 2016 NFL season didn’t produce a single receiver over 1,500 receiving yards, while just two even topped 1,400+ yards. That was a huge shift from 2015, when two wide receivers eclipsed the 1,800+ yard plateau and six different receivers had over 1,400 receiving yards. To join our email list and get notified when we launch the 2021-22 NFL section (about a week before the season starts), register for a free account. NFL Player Stats - Receiving Yards More Player Stats. Most Receiving Yards in the 2017 Regular Season – NFL Season Props Antonio Brown+400 Julio Jones+400 Odell Beckham+500 T.Y. Hilton+1200 Mike Evans+1200 A.J. Green+1800 Amari Cooper+1800 Dez Bryant+2000 Michael Thomas+2800 Jordy Nelson+2800 Brandin Cooks+3300 DeAndre.

The NFL has admittedly turned into a passing league. While that has become undeniable with quarterbacks routinely topping 4,000+ yards and even 5,000+ yards, it didn’t necessarily translate to gaudy numbers for wide receivers in 2016.

For whatever reason, the 2016 NFL season didn’t produce a single receiver over 1,500 receiving yards, while just two even topped 1,400+ yards. That was a huge shift from 2015, when two wide receivers eclipsed the 1,800+ yard plateau and six different receivers had over 1,400 receiving yards.

The dominance through the air started before that, too, as 2014 produced five receivers with 1,400+ yards, seven accomplished the feat in 2013 and four more made it happen in 2012, when Calvin Johnson set the record (1,964) for receiving yards in a single season.

That isn’t to say we need 5-6 wide receivers gunning down 1,400+ receiving yards every single season or that every year should bring on a shot at breaking Megatron’s record, but T.Y. Hilton topping out as the league’s leader with 1,448 yards certainly wasn’t eye-popping.

Hilton had a great year, but Julio Jones (2nd) put up almost 400 fewer yards than he did the year before, Calvin Johnson retired from pro football and several huge names (mainly A.J. Green, Dez Bryant and Keenan Allen) had their seasons sapped by injuries or circumstances beyond their control.

2017 NFL Odds – Receiving Yardage Leader

We still need to factor the explosive Hilton into the equation when trying to gauge the 2017 receiving yardage leader and top NFL betting sites like Bovada seem to be doing that (he has the 4th best odds over there). Still, it’s the big names we should be worried about as the NFL likely prepares to get the elite receiving numbers back after a break in 2016.

What does that mean for your wagers in regard to who will lead the league in receiving yardage? Let’s first take a look at the updated odds at Bovada to find out:

• Antonio Brown – Pittsburgh Steelers (+400)
• Julio Jones – Atlanta Falcons (+400)
• Odell Beckham Jr. – New York Giants (+500)
• Y. Hilton – Indianapolis Colts (+1200)
• Mike Evans – Tampa Bay Buccaneers (+1200)
• J. Green – Cincinnati Bengals (+1800)
• Amari Cooper – Oakland Raiders (+1800)
• Dez Bryant – Dallas Cowboys (+2000)
• Michael Thomas – New Orleans Saints (+2800)
• Jordy Nelson – Green Bay Packers (+2800)
• Brandin Cooks – New England Patriots (+3300)
• DeAndre Hopkins – Houston Texans (+3300)
• Allen Robinson – Jacksonville Jaguars (+5000)
• Demaryius Thomas – Denver Broncos (+5000)
• Doug Baldwin – Seattle Seahawks (+5000)
• Golden Tate – Detroit Lions (+5000)
• Emmanuel Sanders – Denver Broncos (+5000)
• Jarvis Landry – Miami Dolphins (+5000)
• Travis Kelce – Kansas City Chiefs (+5000)
• Alshon Jeffery – Philadelphia Eagles (+5000)
• Terrelle Pryor – Washington Redskins (+5000)
• Sammy Watkins – Buffalo Bills (+5000)
• Rob Gronkowski – New England Patriots (+5000)
• Greg Olsen – Carolina Panthers (+6600)
• Julian Edelman – New England Patriots (+6600)
• Kelvin Benjamin – Carolina Panthers (+6600)
• Larry Fitzgerald – Arizona Cardinals (+6600)
• Michael Crabtree – Oakland Raiders (+7500)
• DeSean Jackson – Tampa Bay Buccaneers (+7500)
• Davante Adams – Green Bay Packers (+10000)
• Martavis Bryant – Pittsburgh Steelers (+10000)
• Stefon Diggs – Minnesota Vikings (+10000)
• Willie Snead – New Orleans Saints (+10000)
• Keenan Allen – Los Angeles Chargers (+10000)
• Pierre Garcon – San Francisco 49ers (+10000)
• Brandon Marshall – New York Giants (+10000)
• Randall Cobb – Green Bay Packers (+10000)

I think a ton of the options here are worth a look, but two great ways to narrow down the list are to consider who each receiver has throwing him the ball, and also to reflect on their past production. Players who haven’t even topped 1,000 receiving yards are going to be tough bets, receivers who don’t average a lot of yards per catch are risky and talents that lack high end explosiveness (consistently producing big plays) will also struggle to get my vote.

The quarterback talent is probably the biggest thing for me. Either the guy throwing the ball to the receiver needs to be prolific and regularly putting up monster yardage seasons, or he at least needs to be a top-level talent who targets this receiver an insane amount. That logic would probably give anyone Drew Brees throws to a realistic shot, while Ben Roethlisberger targets Antonio Brown as much as anyone, so he’s understandable a top threat right off the bat.

Top Threats

Antonio Brown and Julio Jones are 100% the top threats here. Jones led the league in receiving yardage in 2015, was 2nd last year and finished 3rd in 2014. Brown was the receiving yardage league leader in 2014, finished 2nd in 2015 and was 5th in 2016. The consistency, explosiveness, roles and quarterback play keep them both very much in the running for the top spot again in 2017.

The question is which other contenders are serious threats to keep one of them from getting back to the top. Hilton took first place last year, but even with a healthy Andrew Luck returning, he doesn’t feel like a great bet to repeat as the yardage champion.

A more compelling argument can be made for Odell Beckham Jr., who boasts +500 odds to lead the NFL in receiving yardage and has been a model of consistency with 1,300+ yards in all three of his seasons.

If we’re considering ODJ or Hilton, we probably should leave Mike Evans (+1200) in the mix, too. I’m less inclined to back him with DeSean Jackson in town, but this is still a massive target who can make plays down the field and has churned out 1,200+ receiving yards in each of the last two seasons.

Perhaps even more viable are elite receivers that aren’t getting enough respect. A.J. Green (+1800) carries insane value, especially considering he’s had a 1,400+ yard campaign in the past and was on quite a tear (964 yards in 10 games) before going down with an injury in 2016.

We shouldn’t ignore Dez Bryant or Jordy Nelson, either. Nelson put up over 1,200+ yards for the fourth time in his career last year and owns a gaudy 1,500+ yardage season, as well. Bryant has taken a step back over the last two years due to injury and a major quarterback change, but he’s still 28 years old and owns three different 1,200+ yardage campaigns.

Sneaky Sleepers

Demaryius Thomas is another big name that has taken an obvious hit, as his quarterback change hasn’t done him any favors. He offers even more value (+5000), however, and while the presence of Emmanuel Sanders probably holds him down slightly, we can’t forget his four 1,300+ yard seasons, nor his 1,600+ yard campaign in 2014.

Jacksonville’s Allen Robinson feels like a viable sleeper, too, as he put up 1,400 yards two years ago and most will be overlooking him after a down 2016 showing.

Also, DeAndre Hopkins blew up for 1,500+ receiving yards just two seasons ago. If rookie quarterback Deshaun Watson can get Nuk the ball at a better rate than Brock Osweiler did, he might be our best value play of the bunch.

Who Will Lead the NFL in Receiving Yardage?

T.Y. Hilton was a mild shock in 2016. He bested Julio Jones and Antonio Brown and he deserves credit for that, but it looked like a down year across the board for the elite receivers.

I really don’t think we can expect that again or bet that way. Beckham, Bryant, Nelson, DT, Julio Jones, Brown, Nuk and maybe even Allen Robinson are all realistic threats to improve on their 2016 numbers.

Of that group, Nuk and Green seem to offer the most value, while writing off Bryant and Nelson seems silly. Still, the most reliability comes from Brown and Jones. They carry the exact same odds and both have been inside the top two religiously, so you can place two bets and hope one breaks through.

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Antonio Brown seems like the play between the two. Brown has had a staggering role with the Steelers, and that’s allowed him to catch 106+ balls in each of the last four seasons. He’s translated that into killer yardage totals, easily topping 1,200 receiving yards in all four seasons and 1,499+ in three of the four.

We’ve twice seen Brown put up over 1,600 receiving yards and at 29, he remains arguably the best receiver in the game today. That label is up for debate, admittedly, but his targets, past production and explosiveness make him the most reliable bet of a talented field. The best part? You’re not really going out on a crazy limb here, yet you’re still getting solid value at +400.

Way back before Brett Favre, Peyton Manning and Drew Brees had demolished every passing record in the NFL, effectively ushering in the passing era of football, Willie “Flipper” Anderson posted one of the most prolific receiving performances the league has seen — before or since.

In 1989, the second of what would go on to be seven spectacular seasons with the Los Angeles Rams, the wide receiver recorded 15 receptions for 336 yards and a touchdown in a single game. The NFL record has stood for 27 years, surviving the likes of Jerry Rice, Cris Carter, Marvin Harrison, Isaac Bruce and Larry Fitzgerald.

Even the great Calvin Johnson couldn’t break it, though he came very close. Megatron’s monstrous 14 receptions for 329 yards in 2013 against the Cowboys sits at second.

Now 52 years old, Anderson is a private contractor and high school/college basketball referee. He’s also still seventh in career receiving yards for the Rams. Anderson recently sat down with the team to talk about his life since football and recalled the camaraderie with his teammates as a highlight of his time with the Rams.

Via TheRams.com:

There’s just no way that you can imitate that life really. The feelings that you have towards those guys by playing with them and for them, you can’t just find that in any other walk of life. The comradery that you build with those guys is just something that you can’t explain. I miss that a lot.

And of course he cites that record-breaking November night in New Orleans as the game he would most like to go back and replay, if he could.

Via TheRams.com:

The game that I probably remember most was the game that I broke the NFL record for the most yards in a single game against the New Orleans Saints back in 1989. It was just one of those magical nights in New Orleans and everything went right that night. It’s incredible that the record is still standing today and it’s a night that I’ll never forget.

Anderson also appreciates the opportunity to witness the greatness of his favorite teammate: Rams legend and Pro Football Hall of Famer, Jackie Slater.

Via TheRams.com:

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My whole time with the Rams, the seven out of the ten years that I played in the NFL, my locker was right next to the great Hall of Famer, Jackie Ray Slater. Being a wide receiver, I got to see him do a lot of work when I was looking down to the line of scrimmage. I saw him take on a lot of defensive ends and he did a very good job against them most of the time. He has taught me a lot. In the locker room, he was next to me and I was next to a wall so he was my only locker roommate, so it’s got to be Jackie Slater.

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I’d venture there are a lot of die-hard Rams fans also still wistful for the days when Slater and Anderson were lining up alongside Jim Everett.