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By Gil Brandt

Football is a complex, richly nuanced game, but sometimes, there's nothing better than watching one player throw passes to another.

When a quarterback and a receiver are truly in sync, it can be magical, whether they're connecting on long-range bombs or dismantling opponents with perfectly timed quick darts. With the conclusion of the 2020 NFL Draft putting the more chaotic, roster-swirling phase of the offseason mostly behind us, I thought this would be a good time to re-center by taking stock of the best quarterback-receiver pairings in the NFL right now. Some of the pairings below are new and some are time-tested, but all project to create aerial fireworks in 2020.

1) Drew Brees and Michael Thomas, New Orleans Saints: No receiver in NFL history has ever caught more passes in one season than Thomas' 149 in 2019. While we can logically expect Thomas' catch total to dip with Emmanuel Sanders now in the fold, Sanders should ultimately help make Thomas even more dangerous by giving Brees a second option with which to scare opposing defenses. Thomas has developed into a Larry Fitzgerald-esque presence -- and he's laying the groundwork for a path to the Hall of Fame.

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Brees-Thomas, Ryan-Jones among NFL's top 10 QB-WR pairings - NFL.com