I don't think there would be many WR corps as good as Burleson, Taylor, Marcus Robinson, Koren Robinson, and Troy Williamson. A potential stud in Burleson, 3 first round picks, and a former pro-bowler. Not bad at all.
Why stop there. FredEx is on the street and looking for a home. So's David Terrell. They're first rounders, they must be good! Jerry Rice is also currently unattached.Imagine a Minnesota WR corps that featured a potential stud in Burleson, *5* first round picks, and TWO former pro-bowlers!
This is the NFL. It's a crazy world of what have you done for me lately. I'll start discussing how good the Minnesota WR corps is once the Minnesota WR corps starts playing games.
I still think that Miami has the scariest WR corps in the league, though. They have THREE guys in the prime of their careers that have all put up very good seasons as the ONLY receiving threat on a horrible offense. All three of their guys have proven more than capable of ROUTINELY beating double coverages. How do you defend against them all at once? Oh, yeah, that's right, rush the passer and sack him before he can get the ball out. Still, Miami's WR corps is a good 'un.
Why would you knock Burleson at all?
1. Because KRob isn't just going to take touches from MRob and Taylor -- he'll take a few touches from Burleson as well. Not many, but enough to make me think twice when I see Burleson available on the draft board.2. KRob's signing
just might be a sign that Tice isn't 100% confident in Burleson as his #1 WR. KRob has been a #1 WR before; Burleson has not. For all we know, Burleson could be a Peerless Price type who is at his best when he has a clear-cut #1 starting with him.
KRob couldn't unseat Jackson as #1 in Seattle and Burleson is not Price. He has played in this system and has a VERY GOOD QB throwing to him. Price went to a system that was flawed from the start.Thanks for playing!
KRob unseated Jackson as the #1 in Seattle in 2002. Thank YOU for playing.(true, he reverted the following year -- but he still has more experience as a #1 than Burleson does.)
XJackson took one of the scariest hits I can remember. He went into convulsions and had a seizure in the locker room at the end of the game.
Robinson didn't "take" anything. Jackson was still the #1 at that point.
XXCome on Shick!, did you think no one would check the facts on this one?
The hit occured in Week 8, and up to that point Robinson's stats (353 yards, 1 TD) were superior to Jackson's (335 yards, 0 TDs). Also, Jackson's per-game production actually
increased after the hit (from 56 to 83 yards per game). Yet Robinson still averaged more catches and more yards per game.
Robinson: 4.9 catches, 81.0 yards, .31 TDs per game --
10.0 FFPts/game
Jackson (excluding Dallas game): 5.0 catches, 69.8 yards, .31 TDs per game --
8.3 FFPts/game
There's no arguing with the facts:
Koren Robinson was the #1 WR in Seattle in 2002.
Wow... that's really funny. And here I thought that the #1 WR was the guy who the other team put their tougher coverage on, regardless of who produced and how much. I'm sure you're right, though. If Koren Robinson produced more points per game, he must have been the #1 guy, even if Jackson was the guy getting the double coverages.