2022 Pre-Season Rank #35, 2021 Pre-Season Rank #58, 2020 Pre-Season Rank #73.

How can so much production seem so quiet?  Last year, Mike Evans broke 10,000 Yards and 80 Touchdowns, and in the first nine seasons of his career, he has never failed to break the four-digit mark in Receiving Yards.  So, why so unassuming?   In four of those seasons, Evans did not reach 1,100 Yards, and in two of them he was less than 1,010.  Although Evans made the top ten in Touchdwon Receptions five times, he has only reacjed the top ten in Receiving Yards twice, and has never been a First Team All-Pro and only has one Second Team All-Pro.  Evans also has only appeared in four Pro Bowls.   Still, we have an outstanding compiler, who is a Super Bowl Champion.  If he ties Jerry Rice's 11 consecutive 1,000 Yard years, can we not look at him as Canton bound even if those 11 were inferior to Rice?

2023 Pre-Season Rank #46, 2022 Pre-Season Rank #38, 2021 Pre-Season Rank #41, 2020 Pre-Season Rank #49.  Peak Period: 2016-20

In 2019, Thomas made history as the first Wide Receiver (the first being Jerry Rice) to win the Offensive Player of the Year Award. Not only was he the NFL's WR1, but his future looked so bright that it involved a gold jacket. Since then, Thomas has dealt with ankle and foot issues, missed all of 2021, and only played in 20 Games from 2020 to 2023. 

He enters this season no longer as a Saint and is a Free Agent looking for work.  The Hall seems so far away now, but the Saints Hall of Fame is a lock for him.  Sadly, this is another case of injuries derailing what would have been phenomenal.

2023 Pre-Season Rank #2022 Pre-Season Rank #97, 2021 Pre-Season Rank #102, 2020 Pre-Season Rank #130. Peak Period: 2016-20

Melvin Gordon might not play another down in the NFL after playing only four games last year for the Ravens.  At his peak, Gordon went to two Pro Bowls with the Chargers and was a good dual-threat back, but that looks over now.  If it is, 70 career Touchdowns is a nice stat to end with.

2023 Pre-Season Rank #392022 Pre-Season Rank #47, 2021 Pre-Season Rank #70, 2020 Pre-Season Rank #108.  Peak Period: 2019-23

In 2019, it felt like Derrick Henry won the Rushing Title out of nowhere, as he was in his fourth year, and it he only had 1,059 Yards the year before.  In 2020, Henry won his second Rushing Title, shattering his previous mark, and joined the 2,000 Yard Rushing club and winning the Offensive Player of the Year.  Had he not gotten injured during the 2021 season, Henry was on his way to his second straight OPOY.  After a bounce back in 2022 that saw him net his third 1,500-yard campaign.  Henry has one more year in Tennessee and is the current active rushing leader (9.502), and is looking to break 10,000 Rushing Yards as a member of the Baltimore Ravens.  He is also the active leader in Rushing Touchdowns (90), making it possible for Henry to break 100 TDs on the ground this season too.