Before Sporting News' ranking of the best wide receivers in the NFL begins, let's have a moment of silence for the recently-departed career of Calvin Johnson, a.k.a. Megatron. It will take a while to get used to compiling a list like this without seeing not only his name on it, but his name at or near the top.
That said, the position is left in good hands. (Pun fully intended.) The numbers Johnson put up in his 10 seasons are in jeopardy if the receivers at the top of this year’s list stay healthy. That’s no guarantee, of course — Johnson himself wasn't able to play long enough to distance himself from the best in the game.