The Tampa Bay Buccaneers are loaded at wideout, which lands them atop the standings in these 2021 NFL wide receiver power rankings.
It’s true that the NFL has become a pass-happy league, and that’s not going to change anytime soon.
The rules benefit teams that will air it out deep and it’s not a shock to see that some of the rosters with the best wideouts made it far in the playoffs.
With all that being said, we look ahead to the 2021 NFL season and rank all 32 starting wide receiver corps, starting with one that leaves a lot to be desired.
32. Detroit Lions
After losing Kenny Golladay and Marvin Jones in the offseason, the Detroit Lions enter 2021 with a pretty rough wide receiver corps. They have some solid secondary players such as Tyrell Williams, Breshad Perriman, and Geronimo Allison but none of them are a true No. 1 wide receiver.
Williams is clearly their best player and did top 1,000-yards in 2016 with the Chargers but missed all of 2020 with a shoulder injury and was released just two years into his four-year deal with the Raiders.
Perriman is an intriguing name who can get deep and burn teams and there’s some nostalgia here as well. His father, Brett Perriman, played in the NFL for 11 seasons — six of which were in Detroit. He had a late-career explosion, recording 1,488 yards at age 30 and 1,021 at age 31 for the Lions.
Maybe his son can find some success now that he’s in his dad’s old stomping grounds?
31. Houston Texans
Trading for Anthony Miller helped but it kind of evened out since they also traded away Randall Cobb. Still, the Houston Texans have a receiving corps led by Brandin Cooks who keeps putting up over 1,000-yards but never seems to make a ton of noise.
Outside of Cooks, there are a lot of question marks and it will only look worse if they have to move on from Deshaun Watson.