NYGus
Footballguy
Skip is a mindless wind bag anyway. He should think before he opens up his yapper.
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Eric Johnson to get 80 receptions (1 Viewer)
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Skip is a mindless wind bag anyway. He should think before he opens up his yapper.
KnowledgeReignsSupreme
Footballguy
Off to a good start.
KnowledgeReignsSupreme
Footballguy
The comments in this thread are comedy.
FavreCo
Footballguy
Were you talking to me?
Penguin
Footballguy
I'm being completely serious. For him to finish around the #10 TE (I have #10 at 141 points in a PPR) he'd need to average around 4 catches for 30 yds and score once a month from this point on. We're not talking big numbers here and I did say "If he stays healthy."
FavreCo
Footballguy
Looks like it was just a few of us with a clue. I got a chuckle out of that 1st page.
KnowledgeReignsSupreme
Footballguy
I'm talking about the rush to call Skip Bayless out for being a moron (whether or not thats true) and not analyzing Eric Johnson's potential. Lot of football to be played between now and week 17, but EJ will be the most picked up TE off waivers.
Fla\/\/ed
Footballguy
What rush? Bayless has proved he's a moron for years!
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Burning Sensation
Footballguy
Alot of people from that first page feeling pretty stupid right now. I love it when people not only go out of their way to disagree with someone, but actually call him names in the proccess, only to have it backfire in their face....and you know who you are. 
gregjcross
Footballguy
SF local here: healthy, it will be a first. I really doubt it but anything is possible.
Penguin
Footballguy
I make no guarantee about his health, I'm just saying that he has the talent & opportunity to put up top 10'ish numbers if he plays 16 games.
gregjcross
Footballguy
God himself couldnt guarantee this guy's health
Anthony Borbely
Footballguy
Eric Johnson caught 5 passes in the 4th quarter after the Colts went up 34-10...and thus were playing deep coverages. Brees was throwing short because of this. The Saints will not be way behind like this every week.
Don't overreact to one game.
Don't overreact to one game.
Anthony Borbely
Footballguy
They played the Colts. I know the defense is not that good, but this was the Colts they played. Their offense was out of sync; that is likely to change.
Burning Sensation said:Alot of people from that first page feeling pretty stupid right now. I love it when people not only go out of their way to disagree with someone, but actually call him names in the proccess, only to have it backfire in their face....and you know who you are.
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KnowledgeReignsSupreme
Footballguy
And EJ still had 3 catches when the game was close. Sounds like he was involved either way.Anthony Borbely said:
We have no way of knowing this. Don't overreact to last season's results.Again, not saying he'll catch 80 but he looked involved in the offense.
Dinsy Ejotuz
Footballguy
I'm pretty sure Johnson had more targets while the game was close than any other receiver. If not, it was close.
Big Petey
Footballguy
NOTAnthony Borbely said:
The entire Saints passing game was underneath routes last night. While this probably won't be the norm, they didn't throw the ball deep at all against the Colts.
Reality check time.Only four TEs last year had 68 catches (these 8 plus another 4 per game) last year.Only one TE had 80 catches (Skip Bayless's number).Even taking last night into account, does anyone here really think that he's going to be a top-two or top-five TE for the year?
Not too surprising, considering the Colts have good safeties and decent staring CBs, but mediocre LBs.I'm sure this won't be the game plan against every team they face.NOTAnthony Borbely said:
The entire Saints passing game was underneath routes last night. While this probably won't be the norm, they didn't throw the ball deep at all against the Colts.
Otis
Footballguy
Why the "reality check"? He's already had an 80-catch season on a much worse offense. I don't see how this is so outlandish.
massraider
Footballguy
Here is a weird stat I dug up. Whenever Eric Johnson leads the Saints in receptions, they lose by an average of 31 points.
Carter_Can_Fly
Footballguy
I targeted Johnson late in most of my drafts this year and started him in a couple of them last night. Johnson is a good receiving tight end and we all know that Brees is not afraid to look for his tight end if he has confidence in him. Johnson will be unbielevable value this year.
So you honestly believe he could be the second-most prolific TE in the entire NFL this year?Why the "reality check"? He's already had an 80-catch season on a much worse offense. I don't see how this is so outlandish.
numberSE7EN
Footballguy
If by prolific you mean catch the 2nd most passes this year of TEs, then I would say yes he has a chance. Getting 8 in week one is a big jump on the competition. 73 catches by Todd Heap was #2 last year. To reach 74 catches he would need 4.4 a game or almost half of what he did last night each week. Your telling me you dont see Brees completing a pass to his TE once a quarter on average? Like people have said before, E Johnson already has a season in which he caught 82 passes for 825 yds and two scores; and he was on SF at the time. *Since no one drafted him early he is going to provide exceptional in every game he plays this year.So you honestly believe he could be the second-most prolific TE in the entire NFL this year?Why the "reality check"? He's already had an 80-catch season on a much worse offense. I don't see how this is so outlandish.
FavreCo
Footballguy
He's not going to put up big TD #'s, just receptions as an outlet for Brees. Heck, if he takes the abuse of last night, he won't make 16 games. He got drilled hard a few times last night.
KnowledgeReignsSupreme
Footballguy
Because this is SERIOUS BUSINESS.Why the "reality check"? He's already had an 80-catch season on a much worse offense. I don't see how this is so outlandish.
Otis
Footballguy
On that offense? Why not. Folks are predicting Vernon Davis will have absurdly high numbers, and that's based on what? I'm not saying I don't think Davis is good, but Johnson is a guy on (1) a much better offense and (2) who has done it before.abrecher said:So you honestly believe he could be the second-most prolific TE in the entire NFL this year?Why the "reality check"? He's already had an 80-catch season on a much worse offense. I don't see how this is so outlandish.
Otis
Footballguy
KnowledgeReignsSupreme said:Because this is SERIOUS BUSINESS.Why the "reality check"? He's already had an 80-catch season on a much worse offense. I don't see how this is so outlandish.
Fair point, gb.
derek19
Footballguy
KnowledgeReignsSupreme
Footballguy
Mmen of Steel
Footballguy
80 receptions or 80 targets?I am starting EJ this week, so I hope he catches a few
massraider
Footballguy
Only needs 36 catches next week to reach 80.
God, I sill feel stupid from when he had a bunch of catches week 1.
God, I sill feel stupid from when he had a bunch of catches week 1.
guderian
Footballguy
He did well during the first half of the season for a waiver wire pick-up. During the Texans game he had two drops that fell into the DB's hands resulting in 2 interceptions and pretty much costing the Saints the game. At that point they stopped going to him. He even had one drop of a sure TD in the Atlanta game. Don't know what happened to the guy, he was playing solid and then I guess the INTs completely shattered any confidence.
