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New York Post, Sunday, October 25, 2020

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Te am Lastweek

1. Steelers(5-0) 5
   They play offense and
   defense, and havesecond-
   best scoring differential in
   league.


2. Chiefs(5-1) 2


3. Ravens (5-1) 3


4. Seahawks (5-0) 4


5. Titans (5-0) 6


6. Packers (4-1) 1


7. Rams (4-2) 7


8. Bills(4-2) 8


9. Buccaneers (4-2) 14


10. Saints (3-2) 10


11. 49ers (3-3) 15


12. Cardinals(4-2) 17

13.Colts(4-2) 19

14. Bears (5-1) 12

15.Patriots (2-3) 11

16. Browns (4-2) 9
    Hopeyou enjoyed your
    brief visit to the top 10.
    Likely willbea whilebefore
    you getback.


17. Raiders (3-2) 13

18.Panthers (3-3) 16

19.Eagles(2-4-1) 18

20.Dolphins(3-3) 21

21. Cowboys(2-4) 20

22.Te xans (1-5) 23

23. Chargers (1-4) 24


24. Broncos (2-3) 29


25. Lions (2-3) 25

26.Falcons(1-5) 28

27. Vikings (1-5) 22

28.Bengals(1-4-1) 26

29. Jaguars (1-5) 27

30.Washington (1-5) 31

31. Giants (1-6) 30


32. Jets (0-6) 32

THE

GRID

Game

Time

TV

Weather

STEELERS

AT TITANS

1 p.m.

DTV 705

59,overcast

BROWNS AT

BENGALS

1 p.m.

DTV 706

58,overcast

BILLS AT

JETS

1 p.m.

CBS

50,partly

cloudy

LIONS AT

FALCONS

1 p.m.

DTV 708

Indoors

PACKERS

AT TEXANS

1 p.m.

DTV 709

74,partly cloudy,

rretractableroof

PANTHERS

AT SAINTS

1 p.m.

DTV 710

Indoors

COWBOYS AT

WASHINGTON

1 p.m.

DTV 711

48,overcast

BUCCANEERS

AT RAIDERS

4:05 p.m.

DTV 712

Indoors

NFL

POWER

RANKINGS

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OU MIGHTrecall the Grea t Wide

Receiver Cl ass of 1996: KeyshawnJohn-

son (Jets),Terry Glenn(Patriots),Eddie

Kennison (Rams), Marvin Harrison (Colts)

and EricMoulds (Bills), all in thefirst round;

followed by AmaniToomer(Giants) and

Muhsin Muhammad (Panthers) in thesecond

round;followed by Joe Horn

(Chiefs) in thefifth round.

You might recall the

Grea t Wide Receiver Class

of 1985: AlToon (Jets),

Eddie Brown (Bengals)

andJerry Rice (49er s) in

the first round;followed

by Andre Reed (Bills) in

the fo urthro und;fo llowe d by Eric Martin

(Saints) in the seventh round.

Andyo u will one day remember the Grea t

Wide Receiver Class of 2020.

“I think it’s good as I’ve ev er seen,” legendary

NFLex ecutive and historian Gil Brandtsaid.

This isn’t the timefor young boys to start

dreamingabout becoming theNext Deion

Sanders or theNext Darrelle Revis.

“All theseguys,” ESPN “Monday Night Foot-

ball” analyst Louis Riddicktold Serby Says, “are

showing the things that they showed in college,

and they are delivering.It’s cool to see, because

young widereceiver s are generally thoughtto

have a steeper learningcurve and take some

time.I think it’s tired, but the oldperception that

ro okie widere ce iv er s have to ge t of f the ja m in

the NFL andthat’ s the No. 1 thing that they can’t

do ... nobody’s really jam-

mingpeople.Andthesewide

receivers are great athletes,

and someof theseguys are

playing withreal good quar-

terbacks, and they’re putting

up real good numbers, and it’s

pret ty cool to see if you love

offensive football.”

HenryRuggs III (Raiders), Jerry Jeudy

(Broncos),CeeDeeLamb (Cowboys), Jalen

Reagor(Eagles),JustinJeffer son (Vikings)

and Brandon Aiyuk (49er s) allwere draf ted

in thefirst round.That was followed by sev-

en more receiver s in thesecond round.

“Theseguys were playing inoffensesthat

man y of the NFLof fe nseswere int eg ra ting

into theirstyle, ” Riddicksaid.

RUGGS (sixreceptions,177 yards, one

TD):He was slowed early byhamstring and

knee injuries,but flashedhis intoxicatingspeed

that Jon Grudencraves witha 72 -yard TD

against theChiefs. People once thoughtTyreek

Hill wouldn’t be more thana gadget guy. “Jon

will work with him, he’ll make him a go od all-

aroundplayer,” Riddicksaid.

JEUDY (17-266-1):Best route -runnerin

the class, and Riddick’s highest-rated receiv-

er in the draft. “His ability to get offthe line

of scrimmage and justset you up in theroute

andat the break point, nobody was better

than him,” Riddicksaid. “Nobody.”

LAMB (36-497-2):A highl y co mpetitive

ya rd s-afte r-ca tc h demon.He plays withsw ag

and believes the ball is his. “He looks like Sec-

retariat againsta bunchof trial horses,” Brandt

said. Brandtwas 9 when Don Hutson caught 17

TD pass es for the Packer s in 1942. “I compared

Lambto Don Hutson,” he said. “And alsoto

[Marquise]‘Hollywood’ Brown, but bigger

and stronger thanHollywood Brown.”

REAGOR (5-96):Has missedthe past

four gamesfollowing thumb surgery. “He’ s

a Bob Hayes type of guy,” Brandtsaid. “Bob

Hayes could runfast, but he wa s strong.He’s

got that lower-body strength.” Riddick liked

Reagor’s speedandtoughness andyards-

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