So with 7 more weeks of regular season football, its becoming a bit more clear which of our guys have a legit shot at hitting the century mark this year. The season started slow but has taken a positive turn, making me hopeful that 2023 was an outlier. Here's the guys with a realistic shot at the mark:
TE Brock Bowers - 9th leading receiver in the NFL with 706 yards. A lock to make it as long as he stays healthy.
WR Ladd McConkey - putting himself on pace after 2 100+ yard efforts in recent weeks. Needs to average 55 yards per game to hit the mark, which I think he will (with good health).
WR Alec Pierce - Has 590 yards but still has a bye week and receives a much lower volume of targets than other guys on this list. Needs to average 69 yards per game, which is doable but hardly a lock if he's ignored on certain weeks.
TE George Kittle - Was on a good pace before missing this week. Sits at 560, so assuming he returns healthy next week, he'll need to average 63 yards per game.
TE Trey McBride - Has 552 yards so needs to average 64 yards per game. I think he can do it with the volume of targets he gets (12 more than Kittle for example).
TE Travis Kelce - Sits at 507 with 7 to play and gets the volume of targets that makes it conceivable. However, his yards per catch are way down making the 71 yards per game he needs unlikely. Age caught up to him.
WR Cooper Kupp - My darkhorse to make it. Sits at only 488 but gets the targets and big games to do it. Needs 73 yards per game and he's averaging 85 ypg since his return from injury. A healthy Kupp hits the mark.
Last 2 guys on the fringe are TEs Cade Otton and Hunter Henry but would need a 100 yard game in the next week or 2 to be taken seriously. So with that said, my prediction will be 4 this year. Bowers, McConkey, McBride and Kupp. Either Pierce or Kittle could make 5 but that's optimistic. I'd say 2 will be the low mark and 6 the high.