The good news: The New England Patriots employ the two highest-scoring wide receivers in fantasy football.
The bad news: It's not 2013 anymore.
Indeed, Demaryius Thomas and Josh Gordon are a full five years removed from topping the fantasy leaderboard with the Denver Broncos and Cleveland Browns, respectively.
But with both players currently on the Patriots and on track to play in Week 1, that got us thinking: Can New England ever produce a top-10 fantasy wide receiver, much less the best wideout in football?
First, a quick history lesson. The top fantasy wide receiver has been a Patriot exactly once in the Tom Brady era, as Randy Moss led the NFL with 336 fantasy points (half-point PPR scoring) during his record-breaking 2007 season.
Outside Moss, the only other Patriots wideout to have a top-10 fantasy season with Brady is Wes Welker, who did it three times.
Here's a year-by-year list of the top Patriots receiver and where they ranked on the fantasy leaderboard that season in half-PPR scoring formats:
New England Patriots
2018: Julian Edelman (22nd)
2017: Brandin Cooks (12th)
2016: Edelman (16th)
2015: Edelman (37th)
2014: Edelman (17th)
2013: Edelman (14th)
2012: Wes Welker (7th)
2011: Welker (2nd)
2010: Welker (20th)
2009: Randy Moss (2nd), Welker (8th)
2008: Moss (11th)
2007: Moss (1st)
2006: Reche Caldwell (36th)
2005: Deion Branch (22nd)
2004: David Patten (31st)
2003: Branch (33rd)
2002: Troy Brown (27th)
2001: Brown (15th)
Recent data doesn't bode well for a Patriots pass-catchers landing in the top 10. But New England's loaded 2019 receiving corps change that? Here are the three Pats wideouts with the best chance to crack the top 10 for the first time since 2012.
Josh Gordon
Gordon racked up 40 catches for 720 yards in just 11 games for the Patriots last season, so he's a legitimate threat to top 1,000 yards if he can play all 16 games. And consider this: Gordon averaged 104 receiving yards in New England's three games without Rob Gronkowski last season, which extrapolates to roughly 1,658 yards over a 16-game campaign.
These numbers come with a huge caveat, of course. Gordon hasn't made it through a full season since his rookie year, and you're taking a big risk by assuming the 28-year-old will avoid injury or further suspension. But no other Patriots receiver has higher upside.
"They’re a lot of fun to work with, man," Patriots wide receivers coach Joe Judge said recently of Gordon and Thomas. " ... They come to work every day highly motivated. They get on the field and compete."
Julian Edelman
Edelman is the reliable SUV to Gordon's sports car. Brady's favorite wideout has tallied 70-plus catches on 100-plus targets in four of his last five seasons and led the Patriots in receptions and receiving yards last season despite missing four games.
Rob Gronkowski's retirement means Edelman and running back James White are Brady's primary safety nets, so we wouldn't be surprised if Edelman flirts with 100 catches, which historically means a top-10 finish in half-point PPR formats.
N'Keal Harry
Harry is the obvious dark horse here, as rookie wide receivers almost never see heavy workloads in New England. But Bill Belichick drafted Harry in the first round for a reason, and it was just three seasons ago that second-round pick Michael Thomas ranked No. 7 among fantasy wide receivers as a rookie.
You shouldn't draft him until the later rounds, but if Harry can stay healthy -- or if another Patriots wideout goes down -- the 21-year-old has the talent to make some noise in fantasy circles.
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