The rise of Puka Nacua, Amon-Ra St. Brown and Jaxon Smith-Njigba, with Matt Harmon

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<p>Take a look at any wide receiver stat leaderboard for 2025, and you're going to see Puka Nacua, Amon-Ra St. Brown and Jaxon Smith-Njigba at the top. For various reasons, those three aren't the types of receivers we're used to seeing at the top of the leaderboards. Is the receiver landscape shifting? Is this small sample size theater? Is it a little of both? Is there something else at work here? Robert Mays and Matt Harmon from Yahoo Sports and Reception Perception dive deep on this episode of The Athletic Football Show.</p><br><p>Rundown (timestamps are approximate)</p><p>9:18 Puka Nacua</p><p>29:50 Amon-Ra St. Brown</p><p>38:42 Jaxon Smith-Njigba</p><p>48:12 What's next?</p><br><p>Host: Robert Mays</p><p>With: Matt Harmon</p><p>Executive Producer: Michael Beller</p><p>Producer: Michael Beller</p><p>Social Producer: Scott Krinch</p><p>Video Producer: Michael Ayaub</p><br><p>Follow Robert on Bluesky: @robertmays.bsky.social</p><p>Follow Matt on Bluesky: @mattharmon.bsky.social</p><p>Follow Robert on X: @robertmays</p><p>Follow Matt on X: @MattHarmon_BYB</p><br><p>Theme song: Haunted</p><p>Written by Dylan Slocum, Trevor Dietrich, Ruben Duarte, Kyle McAulay, and Meredith VanWoert / Performed by Spanish Love Songs</p><p>Courtesy of Pure Noise / By arrangement with Bank Robber Music, LLC</p><hr><p style='color:grey; font-size:0.75em;'> Hosted on Acast. See <a style='color:grey;' target='_blank' rel='noopener noreferrer' href='https://acast.com/privacy'>acast.com/privacy</a> for more information.</p>