• Please be aware we've switched the forums to their own URL. (again) You'll find the new website address to be www.steelernationforum.com Thanks
  • Please clear your private messages. Your inbox is close to being full.

Ranking The Top 10 Best Wide Receivers in Steelers History

Steeler Nation

Steeler Nation

Administrator
Staff member
Admin
Joined
Apr 7, 2014
Messages
2,542
Reaction score
4,985
Points
93
By: Zach Herbaugh SteelerNation.com   Creating a Top 10 list at any position for the Pittsburgh Steelers can be daunting. Creating a Top 10 list of wide receivers ever to don a Steelers uniform is nearly impossible. The Steelers have had so many legends play wide receiver for them over the years that it’s hard […]

Support SteelerNation by clicking here to read the story..
 
I'd put Yancey Thigpen somewhere near #10 and make JJSS earn his way on the list. Thigpen was a stalwart and had terrible QBs throwing to him. He had a great 1997 season.

I'm not as sold on the JuJu love: "..can potentially be one of the greatest players in Steelers history at the end of his career."

Wow, I don't even think he has established himself as a # 1 WR for the Steelers yet. He benefited greatly from AB.
 
SteelerFan448 said:
I agree that Hines Ward is the greatest wide receiver in Steelers history, but Antonio Brown was the best and should be at the top of this particular list.
Click to expand...

In some ways, he did things that would put him at the top of any list with his artistry and productivity.

I gotta say though, the more I watch the old games I'm convinced that John Stallworth was just one helluva WR. Who knows what he would have done in a pass happy NFL. He was tough too and great hands.
 
SojournerSteel said:
I'd put Yancey Thigpen somewhere near #10 and make JJSS earn his way on the list. Thigpen was a stalwart and had terrible QBs throwing to him. He had a great 1997 season.

I'm not as sold on the JuJu love: "..can potentially be one of the greatest players in Steelers history at the end of his career."

Wow, I don't even think he has established himself as a # 1 WR for the Steelers yet. He benefited greatly from AB.
Click to expand...



I fully agree that JuJu needs to earn his way onto the list. Thigpen is a great replacement to the list. Lois Lipps or Charles Johnson would be on that list before JuJu as well.

Little chest is where he should be even though he an ******* .






Salute the nation
 
Last edited:
SojournerSteel said:
In some ways, he did things that would put him at the top of any list with his artistry and productivity.

I gotta say though, the more I watch the old games I'm convinced that John Stallworth was just one helluva WR. Who knows what he would have done in a pass happy NFL. He was tough too and great hands.
Click to expand...

Easy to tell from my handle I'm a huge Stallworth fan. And I was just a little **** when he was just hangin' 'em up, but when my cousins and uncles would ask me who my favorite player was, "Johnny Stawoirth!" I'd almost yell in my broken english little yinzer accent.

In my later years when I got to watch a lot of video and break him down, just a phenomenal WR. Great height & body control (so many contested catches), sneaky speed on the football field, great hands like you said and just all-around solid. Would love to see what he could have done in today's NFL as well.
 
Last edited:
Man I wish Wallace would’ve stayed a Steeler.

2009, 2010 he was becoming something. That speed.

Little chest is a douche but the guy was dominant at his position.

Hines is a grinder. The guy just makes it happen
 
Black & Gold Bleeder said:
That might be kinda like putting eric green at the top of the tight ends list.... playing devils advocate.
Click to expand...

I'm sure you could argue that. In my book, there is a difference between best and greatest. I consider best as the most talented/productive. Who was purely the best player to play the position and that's it. When I consider the greatest, I look at the player as a whole. Production, role on the team, what he meant to the team's success, etc.
 
I agree totally with the top 4. Brown would have made one if he wasn't ****** in the head. Ability wise he was the best I've ever seen. Juju is premature. Two very good seasons shouldn't put you on a top ten list of a team of this quality.
 
AB was the most talented receiver we ever had. He's one of the most talented in league history, and his only peer was Jerry Rice. If you are going as a Steeler though, this list is valid because you have to take the good with the bad. The way he bailed on the team for reprimanding him, leaving the team with $21M in dead money and 2 years on a contract, doesn't sit well with me as a fan, and if I worked for the team, or was a teammate, I don't think it would sit well with them also.

Hines is a 2 time Superbowl Winner, and SB MVP. He also changed the game with the 'Hines Ward' rule limiting crack back blocks and how you can hit defenders. He is also the Steelers all time receiving leader in reception, yards, and TDs. That's #1 in my book on this team.
 
Good list. I would probably agree that Yancey Thigpen had a better body of work than JJSS and should have made the list though hopefully JuJu's future play will solidify his position as one of the great Steeler WRs. Loved Louis Lipps. GREAT WR who had the misfortune of playing on teams in the Steeler's "down QB years" between Bradshaw and Ben - otherwise known as the "we could have had Marino years".
 
Steelworth said:
Easy to tell from my handle I'm a huge Stallworth fan. And I was just a little **** when he was just hangin' 'em up, but when my cousins and uncles would ask me who my favorite player was, "Johnny Stawoirth!" I'd almost yell in my broken english little yinzer accent.

In my later years when I got to watch a lot of video and break him down, just a phenomenal WR. Great height & body control (so many contested catches), sneaky speed on the football field, great hands like you said and just all-around solid. Would love to see what he could have done in today's NFL as well.
Click to expand...

He caught that little short pass in SB 13 vs the Boys, and outran the Dallas secondary 60 -70 yards to the end zone. And he could beat you deep. Had good height and body control. Much like 'Tone, he took over SB 14 when it mattered most and Swann was out.

His injury early in 1980 may have easily been the difference between 9-7 vs 12-4 when you look at how close 3-4 of the losses were.

I could have seen him really flourishing in a WC system like Rice did. He could really do it all. He had that same sneaky speed and great hands and maybe even a little better speed than Jerry.
 
Last edited:
Thigpen's 1995 and 1997 seasons were as good as any Steelers receiver has had, especially taking the QBs into account. He basically carried Kordell in 1997.

He could just never stay healthy for more than a year at a time.
 
I'd put Thigpen over Burress as well. Hats off to putting Lipps where he was on the list. He played with some really inaccurate and mistake prone QB's.
 
AB could not hold Stallworth's jock...and I was a bigger fan of Swann back in the day...but you put either of them in today's pass happy game and they make brown look like a scrub
 
Cope said:
AB was the most talented receiver we ever had. He's one of the most talented in league history, and his only peer was Jerry Rice. If you are going as a Steeler though, this list is valid because you have to take the good with the bad. The way he bailed on the team for reprimanding him, leaving the team with $21M in dead money and 2 years on a contract, doesn't sit well with me as a fan, and if I worked for the team, or was a teammate, I don't think it would sit well with them also.

Hines is a 2 time Superbowl Winner, and SB MVP. He also changed the game with the 'Hines Ward' rule limiting crack back blocks and how you can hit defenders. He is also the Steelers all time receiving leader in reception, yards, and TDs. That's #1 in my book on this team.
Click to expand...

I love EVERYTHING about Ward's game....but if Stallworth played under the same rules as Ward...he would have destroyed the yards and TDs records....but Ward did love to block...

tough call...but Stallworth would be my number 1.....
 
I'd say Swann was probably the best overall but his career stats aren't all that because his career was shorter than most due to repeated concussions. Solid list.
 
You must log in or register to reply here.
Top