What do Jaxon Smith-Njigba , Puka Nacua , Drake London and Amon-Ra St. Brown have in common? Well, outside of being four of the top 10 receivers in yards per route run and total receiving yards this season, none of them are true burners at the position.

Nacua ran a 4.56-second 40-yard dash, St. Brown ran a 4.61, and Smith-Njigba and London notoriously didn't run 40s at all. Yet they find themselves at the top of nearly every receiving category this season, and Smith-Njigba is on pace to set records once thought to be untouchable by a wide receiver.

Of course, everyone wants the dominant athletic threat at wide receiver, but it feels like the body type and playing style of some of the elite receivers in the NFL are changing, just as the modern NFL offense changes.

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