Bruce has been in the starting lineup all year while Morgan has only been in the starting lineup since last week so your comparison of average targets is meaningless at best and misleading at worst.Bruce has been getting 6-7 targets every single week. Morgan had been averaging 2.7 targets per game before getting 9 last week. I think I would hold off before declaring that Morgan has overtaken Bruce.
Not to mention the fact that he has been pretty ill for the last few weeks.he lost 15 pounds with one of those staff infections.he was only reported to being back to 100% for this last game.i go with morgan from here on out... provided he stays healthy, as mentioned above he is Q this week.Hes a pretty physical reciever, runs fantastic routes (needs to turn and look for the ball earlier though) and is pretty speedy... oh and hes not 38 years oldBAMBruce has been in the starting lineup all year while Morgan has only been in the starting lineup since last week so your comparison of average targets is meaningless at best and misleading at worst.Bruce has been getting 6-7 targets every single week. Morgan had been averaging 2.7 targets per game before getting 9 last week. I think I would hold off before declaring that Morgan has overtaken Bruce.
I wouldn't say its meaningless. Bruce and O'Sullivan have an obvious rapport that has been established all season. Morgan...not so much. He's not stating total catches, he's stating per game stats. Not misleading in the least. Saying that Morgan is overtaking Ike because of one 9 catch performance...very misleading.Bruce has been in the starting lineup all year while Morgan has only been in the starting lineup since last week so your comparison of average targets is meaningless at best and misleading at worst.Bruce has been getting 6-7 targets every single week. Morgan had been averaging 2.7 targets per game before getting 9 last week. I think I would hold off before declaring that Morgan has overtaken Bruce.
Disagree. It is important to consider a player's history in forecasting his future performance. TG merely stated that he would "hold-off" before declaring that Bruce is the WR2 on the 49ers. Nothing meaningless or misleading about that. Now granted those that have sat on Morgan may miss picking him up on the ww but that was not the question posed in the topic. The question is which WR is better the rest of the way. Really, only time will tell and we only have a small sample size of Josh Morgan to base our opinion.Bruce has been in the starting lineup all year while Morgan has only been in the starting lineup since last week so your comparison of average targets is meaningless at best and misleading at worst.Bruce has been getting 6-7 targets every single week. Morgan had been averaging 2.7 targets per game before getting 9 last week. I think I would hold off before declaring that Morgan has overtaken Bruce.
nice work. I heard he started. Especially with the coaching change will be a team to watch going fwd.FWIW, Morgan did not start last week (because the Niners opened up in the 2-TE set). I can't tell when Morgan entered the game but he's not listed on either of San Francisco's first 2 drives.
I agree. Morgan has overtaken BJohnson and will likely continue to see more targets than he has seen in the past. He seems to have a lot of upside and yet there has not been much talk about him. I was wondering if this was because people thought Bruce would overshadow him.I am squarely with Avery on this one. YTD averages for Morgan are very misleading. Last week was his first official week as a starter, and prior to that he dealt with a serious illness as has been stated.In this case, the last week (at the Giants no less) is the best we have to go on.The 49ers have a beautiful remaining schedule, so both players can be used. But put me in the Morgan camp for upside, starting with this Sunday.
my thoughts exactly..also just getting healthyBruce has been in the starting lineup all year while Morgan has only been in the starting lineup since last week so your comparison of average targets is meaningless at best and misleading at worst.Bruce has been getting 6-7 targets every single week. Morgan had been averaging 2.7 targets per game before getting 9 last week. I think I would hold off before declaring that Morgan has overtaken Bruce.
Morgan really hasn't gotten many targets until this week. He DID have a nice rapport in pre-season with JTO just as the QB was emerging as the starter. Since then he has been recovering from a staph infection and was struggling to re-establish himself in the offense.You know that SF is desperately looking for a spark at WR in that they were trying so hard to deal for Williams and Housh before the trading deadline. They would ever so love for Morgan to emerge as the starter opposite Bruce. They would complement each other well. If Morgan can produce than I would think that would bode well for Bruce as well.I wouldn't say its meaningless. Bruce and O'Sullivan have an obvious rapport that has been established all season. Morgan...not so much. He's not stating total catches, he's stating per game stats. Not misleading in the least. Saying that Morgan is overtaking Ike because of one 9 catch performance...very misleading.Bruce has been in the starting lineup all year while Morgan has only been in the starting lineup since last week so your comparison of average targets is meaningless at best and misleading at worst.Bruce has been getting 6-7 targets every single week. Morgan had been averaging 2.7 targets per game before getting 9 last week. I think I would hold off before declaring that Morgan has overtaken Bruce.
Targets in the first 5 games:Bruce 28 (and that was despite missing game 1)Battle 27Johnson 21Morgan 12Targets in game 6:Bruce 6Battle 4Morgan 4Johnson 0Targets in game 7:Morgan 9Battle 5Bruce 5Johnson 0Looking at just the overall season numbers prevents one from identifying trends and from considering context (e.g., Morgan's illness). Is this a trend? It may be too early to tell, but knowing that Morgan has not been healthy until just recently makes it look better for him, with his two highest target totals occurring during the past two weeks.Regarding whether or not Morgan started last week, Nolan said on Monday that he would "continue" to start ahead of Johnson (from the FBG blogger), implying that he did start last week and will continue to do so. Going back to the numbers TommyGilmore posted, not only do they not account for Morgan's illness, they also don't reflect his change in role... he should get more targets as the starter than he did coming off the bench.Bruce has been getting 6-7 targets every single week. Morgan had been averaging 2.7 targets per game before getting 9 last week. I think I would hold off before declaring that Morgan has overtaken Bruce.