Oh, he most definitely is. You can't tell the story of the NFL without him. Not true at all of these other dudes.
At his absolute best, he help decide championships. Monster plays against monster players in monster games.
Ketch's 10 Thoughts From The Weekend (Making a few bold predictions...)
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At his absolute best, he help decide championships. Monster plays against monster players in monster games.
If we get Stewart, losing Thompson to aggy would be tolerable.
no Harris or Anderson is rough country though.
no Harris or Anderson is rough country though.
Your receiver list has major recency bias. I get it - the way the rules are now, the stats support it. I wonder, though, how a guy like Stallworth, or Allworth, or Pearson (etc etc) would fare today? Or how today’s guys would fare in a league where Tatum was waiting for you over the middle?
Somuch emphasis on modern players. Lance Alworth? Don Hutson? EVERYONE has thenm in Top 10 and Hutson is consensus 2 behind Rice.
And I just dont see Irvin as Top 10. That‘s a bit of a homer pick. A guy who didnt score near enough touchdowns and so benefitted from defenses having to focus on a top 5 all time RB. Heck Gil Brandt doesnt even have Irvin in Top 20.
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And I just dont see Irvin as Top 10. That‘s a bit of a homer pick. A guy who didnt score near enough touchdowns and so benefitted from defenses having to focus on a top 5 all time RB. Heck Gil Brandt doesnt even have Irvin in Top 20.
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@Ketchum Is it as simple as Texas is obviously not getting another year of the benefit of the doubt with top recruits, or did Herman salt the earth (unintentionally or intentionally) with his approach?
Does an 8 win season generate enough interest to get top tier recruits to look our way again, or do we need a Shock the Nation type year?
Does an 8 win season generate enough interest to get top tier recruits to look our way again, or do we need a Shock the Nation type year?
I just don't think the older players are on the level of the athleticism and performance of the players from the last 30-35 years.
It'll be close. Buy.
Somuch emphasis on modern players. Lance Alworth? Don Hutson? EVERYONE has thenm in Top 10 and Hutson is consensus 2 behind Rice.
And I just dont see Irvin as Top 10. That‘s a bit of a homer pick. A guy who didnt score near enough touchdowns and so benefitted from defenses having to focus on a top 5 all time RB. Heck Gil Brandt doesnt even have Irvin in Top 20.
Gil Brandt's greatest NFL receivers of all time
NFL Media senior analyst and personnel guru Gil Brandt ranks the best wide receivers in NFL history. Take a look at how they stack up.
Who do you think Hutson is better than on this list?
He is setting the aggy lurkers up for a big let down.
Well since everyone who does these lists has him at 2. Including Gil Brandt. But what does he know right?
Nice write up!
Name 2 receivers who made bigger catches (in important games) than Drew Pearson & Julian Edelman……
Name 2 receivers who made bigger catches (in important games) than Drew Pearson & Julian Edelman……
Top 5 at worst. I’d put CJ Moss and a rice as only ones that are better.
He had a stretch going on where he couldn’t be guarded. Led the league in receptions with little supporting cast. Ridiculous catch radius and just snagged the ball out of nowhere.
David Tyree and Santonio Holmes?
A&M in the top 5, Texas between 10-15.
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I’ve stuck my head in the sand and will wake up on signing day.
I think maybe Jerry Rice is the only receiver one could legitimately make that claim about.
One hit wonders……Pearson & Edelman multiple times. I guess my point is stats can be misleading. I look at big plays in big games.
We lose those DB we might have our CB decommit. I sure home not but they are close. So surprised we never have issues at DB but this is a strange year.
Congrats. You have done an amazing job and I’ve really appreciated your work. You very much earned this and I’m excited for your continued contribution.
If you're saying you can't tell the story of the NFL without including Irvin, then you definitely need to include Max McGee and Lynn Swann. Their touchdown highlights have probably been shown more times that anyone else and it isn't close. Just having a couple decades' head start makes a huge difference. I think those Super Bowl highlights are on infinite loop on some TV stations that we just don't know about (yet). 
If you’ve got Evan Thompson to Texas then I guess you’re projecting some improvement on offense.
Not bad, I would switch Calvin Johnson and Fitzgerald as Fitzgerald has never been as good as Johnson's prime
