WR Success - Correlated to Size? (1 Viewer)

[Bob Magaw]

interesting study from the cowboys site, sorry if this is a redundant thread...

http://www.dallascowboys.com/news/article-JonathanBales/Running-the-Numbers-Size-Not-Speed-Matters-Most-for-Wide-Receivers/387e52e0-0409-4d14-8902-38d7f2cc760f

some studies aren't that deep for historical purposes, than again, the game is changing so fast, it is unclear how useful data would be from a decade or two ago?

harvin and cobb don't fit the profile yet have succeeded at a high level... awaits to be seen if austin can similarly break through and counter some current trends (and he is admittedly pushing the dimunitive envelope even further )...

 

[cstu]

As much as it’s popular to say that speedsters can “take the top off of a defense,” it’s the tall, bulky receivers who are moving the chains and putting the ball into the end zone. Take a look at the top 10 receivers in yards for 2012. The average height and weight is over 6-2 and 218 pounds. Nine out of the 10 players, a list that includes Johnson, Bryant, A.J. Green, Demaryius Thomas, Brandon Marshall and Vincent Jackson, are at least 6-0. Amazingly, six of the 10 are at least 6-3. Only two, Reggie Wayne and Wes Welker, weigh in below 200 pounds.

 

[EBF]

Not exactly earth-shattering news.

The way they're looking at the numbers is really simplistic and limited.