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The Bears are at the halfway point of the season and prized off-season acquisition Brandon Marshall currently ranks second in the NFL in receiving. Only Indianapolis Colts wide receiver Reggie Wayne has more yardage, but Marshall leads the NFC. Here is a list of Marshall’s closest challengers and their current rank:
| Rk |
Player | Team |
Rec |
Yds |
Avg |
Yds/G |
Lng |
TD |
20+ |
40+ |
1st |
1st% |
FUM |
| 1 |
Reggie Wayne |
IND |
61 |
835 |
13.7 |
104.4 | 30T |
3 |
15 |
0 |
44 |
72.1 |
1 |
| 2 |
Brandon Marshall |
CHI |
59 |
797 |
13.5 |
99.6 |
39T |
7 |
11 |
0 |
41 |
69.5 |
0 |
| 3 |
Calvin Johnson |
DET |
48 |
767 |
16.0 |
95.9 |
51 |
1 |
15 |
1 |
38 |
79.2 |
0 |
| 4 |
Demaryius Thomas |
DEN |
45 |
756 |
16.8 |
94.5 |
71T |
4 |
17 |
4 |
28 |
62.2 |
3 |
| 5 |
Wes Welker |
NE |
60 |
736 |
12.3 |
92.0 |
59 |
2 |
7 |
2 |
35 |
58.3 |
1 |
| 6 |
A.J. Green |
CIN |
51 |
735 |
14.4 |
91.9 |
73T |
8 |
8 |
3 |
37 |
72.5 |
1 |
| 7 |
Victor Cruz |
NYG |
57 |
717 |
12.6 |
79.7 |
80T |
7 |
7 |
2 |
35 |
61.4 |
0 |
| 8 |
Vincent Jackson |
TB |
31 |
710 |
22.9 |
88.8 |
95 |
6 |
13 |
4 |
29 |
93.5 |
0 |
| 9 |
Roddy White |
ATL |
47 |
709 |
15.1 |
88.6 |
59 |
4 |
10 |
2 |
41 |
87.2 |
0 |
| 10 |
Percy Harvin |
MIN |
62 |
677 |
10.9 |
75.2 |
45 |
3 |
8 |
1 |
36 |
58.1 |
0 |
| 11 |
Brian Hartline |
MIA |
41 |
662 |
16.1 |
82.8 |
80T |
1 |
8 |
3 |
27 |
65.9 |
0 |
| 12 |
Miles Austin |
DAL |
41 |
637 |
15.5 |
79.6 |
49 |
4 |
11 |
1 |
30 |
73.2 |
1 |
| 13 |
Steve Smith |
CAR |
38 |
630 |
16.6 |
78.8 |
66 |
1 |
9 |
2 |
23 |
60.5 |
0 |
| 14 |
Julio Jones |
ATL |
40 |
628 |
15.7 |
78.5 |
63T |
5 |
11 |
2 |
28 |
70.0 |
0 |
| 15 |
Marques Colston |
NO |
44 |
626 |
14.2 |
78.2 |
40 |
6 |
8 |
1 |
35 |
79.5 |
1 |
Barring injury, Marshall will have his work cut out for him in terms of deciding who the best wide receiver is not only in the NFC, but also the NFL as a whole. Marshall is about to face some of the best pass defenses and secondaries in the league entering the second-half of the Bears season.
Matchups against Houston and San Francisco will be a difficult start, and facing the Seahawks and Cardinals won't make for an easy time either. But Marshall's already faced the Dallas Cowboys, whose passing defense rounds out the NFL's top five. The only top five passing defense Marshall has yet to face belongs to the Pittsburgh Steelers, who are ranked at No. 1.
As the saying goes, "In order to be the best, you've got to beat the best." Marshall will have an opportunity to erase all doubt of where he stands in the league after facing some of the stiffest competition of the 2012 season.
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