Are receivers MORE IMPORTANT than edge rushers? 🏃‍♂️ Mad Dog & Louis Riddick disagree | First Take

Chad "Ochocinco" Johnson joins Chris "Mad Dog" Russo, Louis Riddick and Molly Qerim on First Take to debate who's more important to NFL teams between wide receivers on offense and edge rushers on defense.

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[Ghostk]

Ocho done broke through to first take he spoke it into existence!

[theflykingdom]

Haven’t heard Chad Johnson in so long I forgot that was his original name 😂

[AnthonySpaghettiDay]

When it cuts to his smaller screen the sign says nigca

[MeNMyKickz]

Ocho been asking for a min from Shannon to get on ESPN and it’s great it finally happened

[NinjaSquirrel]

Maddog is a national treasure
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[thesweetermonster]

There’s a reason so many edge rushers go 1st overall. And only 1 receiver has ever gone first overall. There’s a reason why aside from qb, edge rushers have been picked the second most out of any position in the top 5 of all drafts. Edge rusher is hands down the more important position

[DividedWeFallll]

Those Patriots teams they're talking about didn't have that one dynamic edge rusher. They had a collection of really good football players on defense and the GOAT

[goddammtroubleman]

My 🥷🏿 Ocho finally made it on First Take. Salute 🫡

[CA-tkyn]

The receiver will almost always have a defender focusing on slowing him down and isn't involved on a lot of plays. The edge rusher, comes full steam play after play. This means the ER is always in every play. They are more important overall, and focused on stopping or fooling on every play.

[jaheimRakim]

We talking about pass rushers and no one mentioned Nicholas John Bosa?

[bobbybounleuang]

Hate the delays... these guys need to get back in the office or get better internet 😂😂😂

[julianwatts]

Chiefs win 0 superbowls without Chris Jones . It’s defensive line and it’s not close

[donovanjohnson]

They do completely different things so you can’t really compare them. But they’re both equally important. Without WRs it’s easier to stop a teams offense because you need a run game and a passing game to be completely effective. Without edge rushers, the linebackers won’t have the extra support that they need to stop the offense.

[saidmohamud]

You can see how green Ocho is lol. He's got great talent though and he'll get better with more practice in this kind of format

[Trap_Moe]

I think it’s about even in terms of what’s more important to the QB .. like a cause and effect type of thing .. but as far as team building I’m taking a rusher there more rare to find

[levinen]

If you have an elite edge rusher the qb won't be able to get the ball to a receiver

[Vasqueza]

Love the Maxx Crosby reference. Bout time a Raider got some love!

[corystovall]

Saban always worried about the X receiver in the NFL while he was with the Fins. The outside speed in the NFL caused him nightmares.. So what did he do at Bama? He recruited a young man from the state named Julio Jones. The rest is history, forever written in the annuals.

[kesethurman]

If the edge rusher gets to the qb fast enough it don’t matter how great the wr is.

[BLKBondOO]

did anyone do a wellness check on Brandon Marshall 😂😂😂