(Editor's Note: Who doesn't love lists? Throughout the season, 'High 5' will provide a top five list for many of the critical topics surrounding the ÃÛÌÒTV 2025 season.)
Not every NFL team has the fortune of having an elite wide receiver duo or even extra depth in the passing game. However, both teams that will meet in Denver this week have that fortune. Dallas boasts one of the best one-two punches in the league with Ceedee Lamb and George Pickens, while Denver has Courtland Sutton playing like an elite wide receiver with some formidable depth behind him.
Where do the Broncos rank compared to the remaining teams on the Cowboys 2025 schedule? Here are the top five receiving corps that Matt Eberflus and the Dallas defense have yet to play against:
5) Broncos -There aren't that many offenses that can complete passes to seven different receivers in the fourth quarter of one of the NFL's biggest comeback victories. Denver did that last week against the Giants. They are led by Courtland Sutton, one of the league's premiere targets with seven receptions for 469 yards (which is top 12 in the league) and three touchdowns.
But the depth is what sets Denver apart. Bo Nix can throw the ball to three of the league's top 70 receiving leaders with Sutton, Troy Franklin, and Marvin Mims. But Evan Engram and R.J. Harvey also have over 110 yards receiving on the season and help fill in the gaps nicely on offense. The confidence from Nix behind center is not manufactured, he knows someone will be open.
4) Vikings - Justin Jefferson continues to make history as one of the most electrifying young wide receivers the NFL has ever seen. On Thursday night, he became just the third receiver in history to have over 8,000 receiving yards in his first six seasons, joining Randy Moss and Torry Holt. He entered the week 6th in receiving yards, despite some of his struggles to get in the endzone, currently in the middle of a career-long streak of five games without a score.
Outside of Jefferson, Jordan Addison and T.J. Hockenson make up some reliable depth in the passing game. The only thing Minnesota is missing? A legitimate quarterback. Their revolving door at the position has provided an unfortunate waste of some of the best receiving talent in the NFL, as the Vikings put up just 10 points and fell to 3-4 on Thursday night.
3) Eagles - The Eagles offense has sputtered from the beginning of the season, but their top two wide receivers remain a legitimate threat to any defense they come up against. A.J. Brown and DeVonta Smith been frustrated with the direction of the offense, but they may have figured it out last week against the Vikings. The duo combined for 13 receptions, 304 yards, and three touchdowns during their Week 7 win.
If those two can jumpstart an Eagles offense that has been outgained in every game this season, the sky remains the limit for one of the more dangerous duos in football. The only reason they aren't higher on the list, is because the rest of the passing game has been tremendously underwhelming outside of Brown and Smith.
2) Chargers - This may be the shocker of the season so far. Entering the year, anyone who would've called a 33-year-old, a second-year slot receiver, and an under achieving first-round pick one of the more lethal passing attacks in football, would be laughed at. But that's exactly what has happened with Keenan Allen, Ladd McConkey, and Quinten Johnston.
The Chargers are the only team in the NFL with three players over 400 yards receiving on the year. They do have an extra game under their belt after playing on Thursday night, but the balanced attack was the only team with four players with over 300 receiving yards entering the week as well. Allen is tenth in the NFL with 479 receiving yards and four touchdowns, while McConkey is 13th with 468 yards and three touchdowns, then Johnston is 22nd with 407 yards and five scores. Credit is due to the offensive firepower and especially the play of Justin Herbert at quarterback.
1) Lions - It hasn't been the overall start to the season that Jameson Williams anticipated, but he's still tied for third in the NFL for yards per catch (17.0) and has a pair of touchdowns. And while he's outside the top 50 in receiving yards, he has two teammates that are inside the top 40. Amon-Ra St. Brown is sixth with 538 yards and a league-leading seven touchdowns. And tight end Sam Laporta is 38th with 339 yards two touchdowns.
Since Jared Goff has one of the best deep threats in the league, one of the most reliable targets in the league, and an elite wide receiver to throw to, the Lions offense is still as dangerous as any other in the league.
