CBS Sports’ latest top-100 list left Garrett Wilson on the outside looking in, and that omission is hard to square with the rest of the rankings.
Pete Prisco included 13 receivers in his annual list, and the group at the top looked familiar enough. Ja’Marr Chase, Justin Jefferson and Jaxon Smith-Njigba were not the issue.
The head-scratcher came farther down the board, where Atlanta’s Drake London landed at No. 96 and the Giants’ Malik Nabers checked in at No. 99.
Wilson, meanwhile, wasn’t on the list at all.
That’s the kind of call that stands out immediately, especially when you compare résumés. London has one 1,000-yard season in four years.
Wilson opened his career with three straight 1,000-yard campaigns. Nabers, who has had two knee surgeries and may miss Week 1, was still included.
As Prisco wrote, “So there is reason for concern,” which only makes Wilson’s absence look even stranger.
The Jets did get a pair of deserved names on the list. Former Jets cornerback Sauce Gardner came in at No. 48, and defensive lineman Quinnen Williams landed at No.
- But the bigger issue is that Prisco built a ranking of the league’s 100 best players and somehow decided Wilson wasn’t one of them.
That stance also runs into a separate conversation from CBS Sports colleague Garrett Podell, who recently suggested Wilson could be the next big-name NFL player to request a trade. Podell described the situation in New York as “bleak,” though the point is hard to make without acknowledging that if Wilson had felt that way, he likely would have moved on after Gardner and Williams’ departures last November.
Strip away the noise, and the conclusion is pretty simple: leaving Wilson off the list is a major miss. He may not be a top-10 receiver in everyone’s eyes, but he belongs in the top 13. Putting London and Nabers ahead of him is a choice, and not a convincing one.
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