Fear & Loathing said:
Q-Bert said:
He was obviously over the top in his presentation but his point has some validity.
What's the validity?
Maybe I phrased that incorrectly. His conclusion may be valid, not necessarily his point. Sidney Rice may indeed be a much better player than Miles Austin. Rice was a dominant college player who was drafted early in the second round when he was only 20. He had a very good rookie season and looked primed for a breakout in his second year. Unfortunately, he suffered through injury problems and was reduced to basically a jump ball end zone threat. In his third year he looked like a stud. He has all the tools you would want in an NFL (and FF) WR. He is big, fast, strong, can jump out of the gym, and has great hands. That is the upside.
Miles Austin was an undrafted free agent who did nothing for 3.25 years and then exploded out of no where. You have to at least allow for the possibility he has a bit of Drew Bennett in him. That is the downside.
It could be argued that you will get a lot more attention for your argument that Rice >>>>>>> Austin by prorating Austin's last game out to 16 weeks and saying he will have 500 yards and 0 TDs. Now, I don't necessarily buy that argument, I prefer well reasoned analysis (one of the reasons I come to this thread and read your blog).