Take Two: Debating the SEC’s best wide receivers in the past decade

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Everyone is entitled to their opinion. Sometimes those opinions are just wrong.

Maybe we were even off base at points last week when we tried to nail down the SEC’s top five players at each position over the last decade. In some cases, the SEC blog’s readers let us know just how wrong we were — and so we decided to chime in with our own thoughts this week.

Each day this week, we will revisit those position rankings, with one of our SEC writers discussing his thoughts on the position with the colleague who came up with the original top five.

Next up, Alex Scarborough and Greg Ostendorf take turns debating last week’s wide receiver rankings.

Scarborough: Amari Cooper at No. 1 doesn’t bother me and Jordan Matthews certainly has the chops to be at No. 2. The interesting debate comes at No. 3 and 4 where you have Julio Jones above A.J. Green. While I understand the reasoning and would add that Jones’ numbers would have been even better in a more pass-oriented offense, I can’t get over a number you cited in Green’s defense: 23. The fact that Green pulled down that many touchdowns despite a ridiculous four-game suspension is unreal and says just how good he was. While Jones might have been a better all-around player, Green was better at doing the one thing receivers are put on the field to do: …

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