What’s a good benchmark for statistical success at the wide receiver position in the year 2022?
Many of us grew up in a land where 1,000 yards sounded so clean and difficult to achieve, so what else could there be? But with a heavier focus on the passing game and a 17th contest added to the schedule, we are past the time when 1,000 receiving yards is all that special.
In 2003, 14 players crossed over 1,000 yards.
In 2010, it was 17 players.
In 2020, it was 18 players.
But in the two seasons on either end of 2020, there were 29 players over 1,000 yards in 2019 and 26 such players in 2021.