Bleacher Report · May 24, 2017
Ranking the NFL's Best Home Run Threats
Selecting football's top home run threats sounds like a slam dunk. But if we're not careful, we'll get knocked out in the first round.
Yep, we're really mixing the metaphors. That's because there are all kinds of NFL playmakers: sideline sprinters, shifty open-field jitterbugs, jump-ball acrobats, backfield battering rams and All-Pros who are great at just about everything.
A "home run" can be a 50-yard bomb, a kickoff return, a screen pass gone wild, a Hail Mary in the corner of the end zone or a simple inside handoff that turns into a track meet. Picking 10 top playmakers from a crowded, diverse field is no easy task.
