Let’s be clear here. I think this is two different conversations. Keenan Allen, Cooler Kupp, and Jamar Chase are all #1 WRs. They are also slot WRs. A receiver doesn’t have to be in the boundary to be a #1.
Now, usually the Y is the #2 since they’re shaded to the in line TE side. Incidentally, this is why the in-line TE is usually referred to as the Y as it covers the Y receiver.
The X has the slot or UTE on their side to run Mesh, Rub, or whatever the fuck they’re calling glorified picks these days. BUT, there’s no reason why the bigger X couldn’t be the decoy; again, incidentally.it is how I observed them Quentin Johnson being used.
So, could a #1 come out of this draft? Certainly. I am leaning towards Hutchinson as the sleeper #1 big slot that we should target that may become a #1, but don’t sleep on Marvin Mims or the kid out of Michigan State, Jayden Reed. Yes, they’re more of the Y or Z type, but they’re both electric.