In many fantasy drafts, Calvin Johnson will be the first WR taken off the board.  Without a doubt he is one of the best wide receivers in the game, but is he the #1 fantasy WR?  He wasn't last season, and I don't believe he will be this season either.  Demaryius Thomas slightly edged out Calvin Johnson statistically last season and I believe he will do it again this year too.

Denver has a better offense than Detroit and should put up more yards and points once again.  Nobody will benefit more from another huge year from Peyton Manning than Demaryius Thomas.  Calvin Johnson did come away with more targets (156 to 143) and yards (1492 to 1430), but Demaryius ended up with more receptions (92 to 84) and touchdowns (14 to 12).  But down the stretch, Demaryius came through as Calvin disappeared when it mattered the most.

Calvin did return to double digit touchdown production, but the remainder of his stats took a huge dip as well as missing two games.  Demaryius on the other hand almost duplicated the season he had before, but scored more touchdowns.  The key to focus on is the consistency of their production and the consistency of their QB's.  If both Manning and Stafford stay healthy this season, both are capable of producing 5,000+ passing yards.  But let's be honest... Who's the better QB?  

Both Johnson and Thomas will benefit from those quarterback's production, but who will benefit more?  Now that the Lions have added a long needed and legit #2 receiver in Golden Tate and rookie pass catching TE Eric Ebron, Stafford will not have to solely rely on Megatron to carry the load of targets.  Denver on the other hand lost Eric Decker to free agency and replaced him with Emanuel Sanders.  I do believe that Sanders will be forced to immediately produce in this offense, but I also think that it wil