Early under-the-radar standouts of the current NFL season

#3 Kenny Golladay

When you have Golden Tate and Marvin Jones as your dynamic receiver duo, it’s easy to forget about some of the other options in the passing game, but this second-year receiver is starting to get undeniable.

Golladay started his rookie year with a boom, catching four passes for 69 yards and two touchdowns, but was forgotten over the next two weeks and then missed six games. He had four more catches of 40+ yards when he got back, but ended up with just 28 total grabs on the season. So far in 2018 he is a single catch and yard away from Tate’s season totals. Standing at 6’4”, 215 pounds Golladay presents a different type of target for Matthew Stafford.

His catch-radius is enormous, he has the speed to win vertically and on crossing routes, the flexibility for a guy his size is outstanding and he breaks a ton of tackles. That 30-yard touchdown reception he had versus the 49ers, when he twisted out of a tackle along the sideline and pretty much was out of bounds with his entire body, but still was able to reach back inside the pylon, was one of the best plays I have seen all season and it showed a lot of the abilities he has.