Thank you for the kind words regarding the camp reports.
Now, back to the point at hand. Using revisionist logic on this subject is kinda like having blinders on. There are just too many variables involved when saying that they "can't do any of that" because they haven't to this point.
If you look ONLY at the numbers, then sure. But by doing that, you fail to recognize all the things that lead to those results at the time they were happening. Which tells me, you think a bunch of 1st & 2nd year WRs were not capable of performing at a level that many just don't at that stage of their careers. It also tells me, you think that they are destined to be the same players moving forward, as they have been in the past. That just doesn't make much sense to me.
Again, maybe its my poor perception, but this just wreaks of the whole fantasy football mentality. Players are only as good as their stats. If they haven't done it in their first or second year, then they wont EVER do it. It also sends a very risky message. Since these guys haven't done it in their 1st or 2nd year, we need to bring in yet another ROOKIE who undoubtedly will be better in his FIRST YEAR than the guys on the roster now.
Sorry, that doesn't fly with me. This also says to me, that too any people think that draft choices are made for the here and now, rather than investing in the guys they draft for the long haul. That if a player hasn't performed from day one, he must not be any good.
Thank you. That's the point I keep trying to make. We're not drafting solely for 2014. The emphasis on the draft is planning strategically for the foreseeable future.
And yep, another great point on the rookie WR. Since 2000, a total of FIVE WRs recorded 1000+ receiving yards in their rookie years. The WRs are as follows:
1. Anquan Boldin - 2nd round pick
2. AJ Green - #4 pick
3. Michael Clayton - #15 pick
4. Keenan Allen - 3rd round pick
5. Marques Colston - 7th round pick
That is a total of two first round picks over 13 years. And one of the two ended up being a bust.
So why do people think that Sammy Watkins and/or Mike Evans will come in and immediately be a stud #1 WR for this team? Is it possible? Certainly. Is it probable based on history? No.
Boldin and Clayton are the only two of those WRs to record 1100+ yards as a rookie.
Frankly, if you really want a WR that is going to have an immediate impact, the two most polished WRs imo are Jordan Matthews of Vanderbilt and Jared Abbrederis of Wisconsin. Matthews is a projected 2nd round pick. Abbrederis is projected anywhere from the late 2nd to the late 4th round. I'd also say Odell Beckham Jr. from LSU(mid 1st round pick) is pretty polished.(Jarvis Landry is too...but I'm not a fan of his) You could also add Cooks and Herron to the list but they're both short.
And those numbers could have been so much better had our receivers performed better.
They could have been. Could say that for other QBs too including Peyton Manning whose WRs were 4th in the NFL in dropped passes(as scary as that is to think about).
But yes, our WRs do need to catch the ball more consistently.
, the back up QB excuse, it would hold if the receivers weren't poor with Sam as well as Clemens.
