Sure, Michael Thomas had a down year in 2020. His frustrating early-season injury derailed the entire campaign and it’s understandable for shot-callers around the NFL to have doubts, or at least curiosity, on where his career goes from here. But some of the reasoning relayed to ESPN’s Jeremy Fowler in a survey ranking the league’s best wide receivers leaves something to be desired.
“Playing to his strengths means he needs an accurate quarterback, and Drew Brees is the most accurate quarterback in history,” one anonymous team executive told Fowler of Thomas, who was ranked No. 8.