 What's up guys? Top of the morning to you and welcome back to another reaction video. My name is Jacob and first and foremost I want to say thank you so much for clicking on this video. I hope, I hope that you've enjoyed the series so far. For anyone playing along at home today's day is the 29th of August. I feel like we've been on this mission to complete this list for the last week. I did give myself a month, a month all up to shoot the videos, edit them and then begin publishing them. So with that in mind I've got another three weeks and we've got another 72 players to go. But today's player, I'm not going to say the player is surprising to see but certainly the number that he's at is very surprising. Last year he surprised me seeing as he was number four on the whole entire list. Michael Thomas wide receiver from the Saints. This year he's been dropped to full 68 spots and lands at number 72 but seeing as just the top six percent of the entire league even get a sniff of being on this list it doesn't really matter whether you're number one or 100. You're still pretty damn good or at least that's what your fellow peers around the league think. Anyways this video is about what I think about what this video is actually about what I think about what they think about this player and then your comments down below are going to be what you think about what I think about what this guy thinks about this player and to be honest it's all good. So guys sit back relax get a beverage of your choice this morning my choice is coffee but before we get into it a quick word from our exclusive video sponsor the Ridge Wallet. 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still get the receptions and still find ways to get in the end zone does he deserve to be a top 100 player even with missing as much time as he did um in my opinion i feel like that's uh that's a definite yes okay first oversight he was actually number five last year not number four second oversight he was injured so with that in mind let's look up his stats uh not to be confused with big mike thomas who was a running back back in the 70s i believe this is michael thomas not to be confused with mike thomas a wide receiver born in 1987 drafted to the jags i believe but but career didn't quite pan out this is michael thomas a wide receiver born in 1993 or is it 1994 no there he is michael william thomas junior is six foot three 212 pounds went in the second round of the 2016 draft he went to ohio state and he's been at the saints ever since quick reminder of his pre-draft measurables that's absolutely ridiculous he's got a hand size of 10 and a half inches that's bigger than javaslandry's he runs a 40-yard dash in 457 he's got a 20-yard shuttle in 413 a three cone drill of under seven seconds vertical jump of 35 inches a broad jump of 10 foot six and 18 reps of the god damn bench press and at 212 pounds ripping out 225 pounds for 18 reps that's not bad okay this is not good this is not good let's look at his stats he played seven games five games he started only 40 receptions for 438 yards no touchdowns one rushing attempt for one yard all right so as far as his injury during the 2020 season he was placed on injured reserve on december 19th due to a lingering ankle injury which actually first came about in week number one against the bucks he recorded three catches for 17 yards before exiting the game due to a high ankle sprain he was set to return in week number five but on october 11th he was declared inactive for the game by the saints after he punched cj gardener johnson in practice made his return finally in week number nine and i assume he played out the rest of the season which would make sense he played seven games in the regular season two in the post season we've got 438 receiving yards in the regular season and 73 in the post season so what do we got seven seven regular season games as opposed to something like 16 438 receiving yards in seven games he most probably would have snuck past at least a thousand yards and if we look back to his previous four seasons 1137 1245 1405 1725 so for his season to get cut short last year that's that's tragic he was on course to reach 2000 yards would that have been the first time in history let's check most single season receiving yards kelvin johnson set the record for the most single most receiving yards in a single season with the detroit lines amassing 1946 yards in 2012 so 2000 yards is still yet to be broken anyway moving on to his 2021 season it's it's not looking too good on july 23rd on july 23rd about two months ago it was revealed that thomas had undergone ankle surgery in the past month now whether that's the same ankle that was giving him trouble the year before i don't know but he was placed on the pup list three days later which is what michael thomas expected to miss the start of the season after undergoing ankle surgery expected to miss the start of the season could be a four month recovery the saint by comes in week six they could be eyeing a week seven return for michael thomas anyway that gives us a bit of an idea as to why he may have slipped down the list by 68 or 67 spots but let's continue i think when healthy i think he stole that guy michael thomas's 2021 season will be delayed due to ankle surgery in 2020 he played just nine games but still caught his way into the record books in just his 69th career game thomas eclipsed the 500 catch mark 11 games faster than any player in nfl history really nice work by mike thomas you know what that's good that is good that even though he's missing games there's certain records that only apply to games played i like that faster than julio jones larry Fitzgerald even the go gerry rice that's insane you don't break a nfl record by accident right he's one of the angels that he was an author he's so physical with his hands i'm trying to see some one-on-one his his hands are 10 and a half inches you're gonna do well to pry that ball out of them not only that but he's six foot three he's a big body out there and almost like a fight some aggressiveness you turn on mike i actually want to break that down wait for it makes the catch whilst stumbling i guess he does actually brace himself pretty well for the contact but how does he absorb it but well he don't flinch toughness is another part of his game that he definitely deserves praise for mike thomas you really discount how physical he really is running in the middle of the field weekend and week out you know you're gonna get hit he holds on to the football makes a play for the saints it's not every day that you have a number one receiver that's willing to do it's at times like that where you're running into traffic that you just hope that your quarterback throws a good pass right because if they throw it behind you and you're still expected to go and catch it but yet your path is now crossing right in front of a defender who's going to snap you in half as soon as you catch that ball you're still expected to go and catch it so at the very least give us a good pass kubi might not be a tougher route in the NFL right now than catching mike thomas on an inside sling that physicality you can really learn something from that just the way he likes that technique oh no the most impressive one ality you can really learn something from that was this one so he's done a a bit of a shimmy with the arms to get the man thinking then he's gone a left right and a left and he's away and i absolutely love it he's one of the put in a category to just have free cans it's down deep short contested yeah freaky big hands he's gonna catch everything even if you look like you're in position to make a player to make a hit we're still gonna throw it and we're still gonna make the play michael thomas with a nice contested breath injuries are always part of the game you know when you're talking about some of the best wide receivers in the game i find it pretty hard not to put michael thomas in there look at those grills so as we see javaslandry pop up the one thing that i'll always remember about javaslandry is his hand size the one thing i'll always remember about michael thomas is the fact that he's got bigger hands than javaslandry so with that in mind best of luck to the both of them and best of luck to you guys thanks for watching that's another video down in the next one we've got a browns player by the name of baker mayfield am i surprised he's landed in the top 100 no not at all he's only been in the league for three short seasons but he is a bit of a cult cult figure around the traps isn't he and i cannot wait to hear what his fellow players fellow colleagues around the league think about him in this next video so guys thank you for watching and peace out