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The top 12 in the AFC S look something like this...


 

DeAndre Hopkins


Allen Robinson


TY Hilton


Allen Hurns


Dante Moncrief


Kendall Wright


Rashad Greene


Will Fuller


Phillip Dorsett


Cecil Shorts III


Harry Douglas


Dorial Green-Beckham


 

We'll have to wait and see if the Marqise can crack this list.


 

 

The AFC W top 12 look like...


 

Demaryius Thomas


Jeremy Maclin


Amari Cooper


Emmanuel Sanders


Keenan Allen


Michael Crabtree


Travis Benjamin


Chris Conley


Seth Roberts


Stevie Johnson


Albert Wilson


Dontrelle Inman


 

 

The top 12 WRs in the AFC E look like...


 

Brandon Marshall


Sammy Watkins


Eric Decker


Jarvis Landry


Julian Edelman


Danny Amendola


Robert Woods


DeVante Parker


Nate Washington


Chris Hogan


Kenny Stills


Marquise Goodwin


 

 

In the AFC N we're looking at...


 

Antonio Brown


AJ Green


Steve Smith


Corey Coleman


Kamar Aiken


Brandon LaFell


Markus Wheaton


Mike Wallace


Breshad Perriman


Brandon Tate


Darius Heyward-Bey


Andrew Hawkins


 

I meant to look at the entire league, but due to time restraints I'll have to settle for just looking at the AFC.

 

This is a fun topic. Out of these four divisions. I'd rank them this way. 

 

1. AFC North - A.J Green and Antonio Brown are easily two of the best receivers not just in the AFC. But in the NFL in general. You could honestly say that Antonio Brown is probably the best receiver. Maybe splitting hairs with Julio Jones. And then I could see A.J Green being a top five receiver in the NFL. And easily a top three in the AFC. 

 

2. AFC West - Collectively. Demaryius Thomas, Keenan Allen, Amari Cooper, Jeremy Maclin & Emmanuel Sanders are probably the most promising after the 2015 season finished. Now with the QB situation changing in Denver though I am not sure how their production will look and translate at the end of 2016. But there is a lot of productivity between Cooper, Allen and Maclin there out West. 

 

3. AFC South - Between Robinson and Hopkins. It's a good division. I just think that's it. You can look at Hurns next. He's kind of like a poor man's A.J Green when you really look at his build and lankiness. But the reason I couldn't rank them ahead of the North is because I feel they still have a little bit more to prove before I can place them ahead of the likes of Antonio Brown and A.J Green. Same reason I couldn't place them ahead of the West. I think Thomas and Sanders are really good. And then there is too much depth between Allen, Cooper and Maclin for me to feel comfortable over the depth in this division. 

 

4. AFC East - I don't believe in Julian Edleman and Danny Amendola without Tom Brady. And it's mostly Rob Gronkowski who leads the aerial assault. So I have to peg them down a notch. Now, duo wise. Brandon Marshall and Eric Decker were pretty solid last year. Jarvis Landry is solid as well. But I think you can't rank this division ahead of Robinson and Hopkins who are more physical and explosive and are recent pro-bowlers. And I think when Hurns is brought into the conversation plus T.Y Hilton with a healthy Andrew Luck. I just can't give the edge away to the East here. And, again, the Jets QB situation is on the rocks right now. That's going to hurt Marshall and Decker to some degree. And I don't quite get all the love and hype just yet for Sammy Watkins in Buffalo. He's fast. But he's not showing me the ability to stay healthy and he's not showing me the gaudy numbers I see from guys in his age group. 

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