It seems apparent after 3+ years in a great offense with a great QB, that Meachem is just an average WR. I have hung onto him for his entire career waiting for the talent to match up with the results, when all along that was probably already happening without me wanting to admit it.That said, if Colston is out for a while from his current injury, or any other injury, he definitely still belongs on rosters, and can be used as a situational starter. He is still serviceable, but the idea that he will one day become an every-week type FFB contributor has fizzled. He just isnt special.
Please tell me how 5 for 70 yards and a TD is "just average"?Or, tell me how he looks "average" on this TD play?Did he catch the ball with his body? No.He burns the DB.He adjust to the ball, which is thrown a bit behind him.He goes up and uses his hands to come down with the ball.What is average about this?http://www.nfl.com/videos/nfl-game-highlights/09000d5d8221026d/Meachem-31-yard-TDLook, he plays on a team that spreads the ball around to at least 6 receivers (4 WRs, TE, and HB). There will be big games and invisible games until that changes. But I don't know how we can conclude that he is just average when he has never been giving a chance to be an every play starter. This is his last year in NO under his current contract.
The TD catch was fantastic, but the drop was horrendous. 5 for 70 with a TD is a good stat line, but it does not provide evidence that he is more than an average WR. Devery Henderson had a better stat line. Is he more than an average WR because of it? I am not looking at one game when I state my opinion, but rather a body of work. What has he done to qualify as better than an average WR? Colston plays in the same "spread it around" offense, and has posted WR1 numbers a few seasons. Prior to injury, Colston was a better than average WR. Believe me, I would love for him to be a better than average WR. He has occupied a valuable spot on my roster for 3+ years.You are a great poster on these boards, but are you really going to use one decent stat line that included one very nice catch to make an argument for you about a player's career?
Colston is the top target on the team. He always starts when healthy and gets the most snaps. I don't think you can compare Meachem's production to Brees and then conclude that Meachem can never be a great fantasy Wr.As for the drop, let's talk sample size. I don't know how many looks he had...maybe 7, and he had one drop. It was a short pattern that would not have made a lick of difference in the game. His catch % year in and year out is among the best on the team. I don't think one drop is very meaningful although it will get a lot of attention because it happened early in the NFL opener so everyone in the world saw it. I am not relying on just this game. Meachem's stats since he got past his horrific rookie season have been really stellar in terms of TD ratio, yards per catch, RAC, and catch %.
Brother, I hope you are so right, and I am so wrong. I hope he turns out to be the stud that I thought he would have been already. Its nice that he has the good stats that you mentioned, but I want consistent fantasy production from him. His catch % is not all that relevant to me. After 3+ years playing in that great offense, I would have hoped that he would be putting up great fantasy numbers by now, rather than being startable only when either Colston or Moore is hurt. Without going back and digging, my guess is that Lance Moore has probably put up better or very close fantasy numbers to Meachem over the past few years. So Lance Moore and Marcus Colston - both unheralded, unheard of WRs when they came into the league were both made into startable fantasy WRs, yet Meachem who had the great pedigree cannot produce with any consistency in the same offense. I stand by my "he is an average WR" comment, as well as my "I hope I am so wrong" comment.
