Comparing Odell Beckham, Jarvis Landry to WRs in 2014 NFL Draft
By Mitch Zoloty
Total Catches
"Jarvis Landry: 636 Davante Adams: 546 Mike Evans: 532 Odell Beckham Jr: 487 Brandin Cooks: 483 Allen Robinson: 457 Sammy Watkins: 321 John Brown: 320 Jordan Matthews: 274 Kelvin Benjamin: 209"
Total Receiving Yards
"Mike Evans: 8,266 Jarvis Landry: 7,028 Brandin Cooks: 6,880 Odell Beckham Jr: 6,830 Davante Adams: 6,568 Allen Robinson: 5,999 John Brown: 4,478 Sammy Watkins: 4,665 Jordan Matthews: 3,288 Kelvin Benjamin: 3,021"
Jarvis Landry dominates these two lists because, quite frankly, he has been the most productive receiver in this class. He isn’t the most efficient by any means, but he has only missed one game in his entire NFL career, and that was last season.
Odell finds himself among the top tier of production in both of these categories also, and it is really a testament to how insanely good these two have been throughout their entire NFL careers.
When looking at his production and his career as a whole, if the Cleveland Browns are able to win a Super Bowl over the next few seasons while he is on the team, Jarvis Landry really should be an NFL Hall of Famer. That might be a hot take since he really hasn’t ever been in the conversation as the best receiver in the NFL, but he has been consistently great his entire career.
The two best abilities to have in the NFL are availability and consistency. Landry is arguably the best receiver in this draft class in both of those categories.