Ranked by 40% Maximum Speed + Receptions. Tight Ends are included.

Listed here are the best quarterbacks for each of the 30 teams. Here in the Briggs Files, we don't play that silly "add up all the numbers" game. We weight each attribute as we do see fit. Open to criticism, here is the formula employed:

			MS	REC	SUM			MS	REC	SUM	TOT
1	SF	Rice	50	81	101		Taylor	56	56	78	179
2	DEN	Miller	56	69	91		Sharpe	38	69	84	176
3	CLE	Rison	56	75	97		Alexander	44	56	74	171
4	MIA	Fryar	50	69	89		Green	44	63	81	170
5	MIN	Carter	31	75	87		Reed	44	63	81	168
6	NO	Haynes	63	63	88		Early	38	63	78	166
7	NE	Coates	50	69	89		Brisby	50	56	76	165
8	WAS	Ellard	44	69	87		Redskins	56	56	78	165
9	OAK	Brown	56	69	91		Jett	69	44	72	163
10	CH	ITimpson	63	63	88		Graham	44	56	74	162
11	SEA	Blades	44	69	87		Proehl	25	63	73	160
12	DAL	Irvin	38	75	90		Novacek	31	56	68	159
13	PHI	Barnett	44	69	87		Williams	38	56	71	158
14	TB	Harper	56	56	78		Harris	38	63	78	157
15	CIN	Pickens	50	63	83		Scott	44	56	74	157
16	DET	Moore	50	69	89		Perriman	44	50	68	157
17	IND	Anderson	56	56	78		Dawkins	50	56	76	154
18	BUF	Reed	56	69	91		Copeland	44	44	62	153
19	JAC	Givins	56	63	85		Howard	56	44	66	152
20	GB	Packers	44	63	81		Brooks	50	50	70	151
21	HOU	Slaughter	44	63	81		Jeffires	31	56	68	149
22	ATL	Mathis	44	63	81		Emanuel	44	50	68	148
23	CAR	Carrier	44	56	74		Beebe	63	44	69	143
24	SD	Martin	44	56	74		Seay	38	50	65	139
25	STL	Kinchen	50	50	70		Hester	31	56	68	138
26	KC	Davis	50	56	76		Dawson	44	44	62	138
27	ARI	Moore	44	63	81		Edwards	31	44	56	137
28	NYG	Sherrard	50	56	76		Calloway	38	44	59	135
29	PIT	Johnson	44	56	74		Mills	38	44	59	133
30	NYJ	Mitchell	50	50	70		Yarborough	38	44	59	129

Conclusions:

Looky here, the Jets are dead last. Pittsburgh and KC have crappy passing attacks to complement their excellent defenses. Cleveland has great receivers, too bad their quarterback sucks

No surprise at the top: Rice and anybody makes a good pair of receivers.

The Saints, Redskins, and Bears might surprise you here.

In certain cases, speed is more important than we give it credit for.

Our league permits using running backs as receivers. So certain running backs, like Edgar Bennett and Larry Centers, might have a large impact on the team rating if included.

If the The Weak Link Theory is applied, then the Jets have major problems. This theory suggests that a passing attack is only as good as the worst of its quarterback or receivers. If the theory is true, then Boomer Esiason's seemingly good numbers do not lead to good passing.

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