SSOG
Moderator
That's not true, and disingenuous anyway. He's finished in the top 20 TWICE (5th and 12th), and on top of that, he's finished 21st, 21st, 22nd, and 23rd. That's 6 out of 9 seasons that he's finished as a WR2 or better. You'll notice I said 6 out of 9 seasons... I didn't count the season where he got suspended. Still, if you pro-rate his numbers over 16 games that year, he would have finished 20th in the NFL in WR scoring, which would make 70% of the time in this guy's career that he's finished the year as a solid #2 WR. He's not, as you said, a "WR3 that barely beats out the baseline". In fact, his WORST finish is WR28, which still makes him one of the best WR3s in the league, and this is AT HIS WORST.Again, though, his high ceiling isn't the result of Keyshawn's production, it's a result of his situation. Carolina has had two COMPLETELY DIFFERENT WRs totally dominate the competition for two straight years now. It's looking very much like Carolina might be for WR1s what Denver is to RB1s. Saying Keyshawn doesn't have a high ceiling is like saying Mike Bell or Tatum Bell doesn't have a high ceiling- with all due respect, I think I'm going to have to beg to differ.You keep mentioning this. But only ONCE IN TEN YEARS has Keyshawn finished inside the top 20! If that isn't a limited ceiling, I don't know what is.Sure he might have some value this year, but locking in a WR3 that barely beats out the baseline is not going to win anyone a championship. As others have said, he may be decent bye week filler, but I'd rather take a stab at a guy with a low floor and high ceiling.SSOG said:... doesn't change the fact that he has NEVER IN HIS CAREER finished as low as 30th
Besides, there's one last comparison to be made here. Let's compare Keyshawn to Eddie Kennison. Kennison's never finished higher than 17th (his rookie year A DECADE AGO). Kennison is as old as Keyshawn, and less naturally talented. Kennison has played 14 or more games and failed to finish as a top-36 (i.e. starter-caliber WR) 5 times in 9 years... and yet, Eddie Kennison is being drafted as a top-30 WR (compared to WR36 for Keyshawn) and has made pretty much every single "most underrated WR" list for the last 3 years.