SSOG, I very often find myself getting behind your line of thinking, but you seem to be quite stubborn in your opinion on Britt and seem dug in to show why he's not doing anything. However, you're conveniently leaving out quite a few things.
--You talk about his lack of yards. What do you make of the fact that, AS A ROOKIE, he put up 701 yards last year? And, he wasn't even a "starter" until week 10 when he did this. Also, that's not to mention that he did this in the midst of Chris Johnson putting up a record breaking year on the ground. You've got a rookie WR, on a HEAVILY run-oriented team (28th in the NFL in passing attempts last year), who didn't even start until week 10, and he puts up over 700 yds yet you're harping on the fact that, after only starting TWO whole games this year, he's only on pace for 560 yards? So you ignore a full year's body of work as a rookie and focus on 2 starts during his 2nd year to determine he's overrated? I'm gonna call a foul there.
--You talk about his maturity issues. I, too, am leery of those types of comments. However, there are numerous examples of "maturity" issues that have resulted in productive players. We don't need to discuss Marshall any more. DeSean has had his. Crabtree has had his. And on and on. The fact that, despite those issues, he's NOW the starter, shows that he's able to improve and that the coaching staff wants to see him succeed. He wasn't beat out by Nate Washington and Gage. There are other reasons for his not starting. But now he is so it's mostly a moot point.
--You ignore how he looks on the field. There's a more to this hobby than numbers. He's a 1st round pick that LOOKS like a WR1. That type of player will eventually command more targets than he's currently receiving.
I don't think folks are elevating the guy into top 10 WR status. He's still WR15-20 at best, but he has quite a bit more going for him than most any other prospect in that range. To dismiss his cumulative body of work just isn't right and that's what it looks like it's happening. Now, I know my post (and others) aren't going to really change your mind because, while you do great work, you do seem to really dig your heels in when challenged (lots of us do this as well), but I think you're missing the forest for the trees with him in trying to microscopically dissect what's gone on over just the past few weeks. There are far more positives than negatives. And I think you're confusing the reason for people liking him as being the fact that he's scoring TDs when the TDs likely have very little to do with it.
1. 701 yards for a rookie is nice, but it's not like this huge positive or anything. It's a nice rookie season, but it's not anything special. And I don't buy this whole "and he only started 6 games!" thing. People say that as if it's something of a positive. You know what would be a positive? If he started 16 games. I'd rather have a rookie who started 16 games and put up 700 yards than a WR who started 6 games and put up 700 yards, because
games started is a positive stat, not a negative stat. Britt had a good rookie season, but it's not like it was amazing or anything. By fantasy points, it was the 6th best rookie season last year, and the 27th best of the last decade. You're partly using his rookie season to rate him above guys like Mike Wallace, who had more yards and more scores as a rookie despite not logging a single start. That seems like an inconsistency to me.2. Yes, some players with maturity issues have gone on to become good pros. Some haven't. It's a risk factor. It's not a dealbreaker, but it's a red flag, it's an additional risk that many of the players around Britt don't have.
I just haven't seen anything from him to distinguish him from my other "prospects with upside". As I'm fond of saying, there are only 20 slots in the top 20, but there are 40 WRs who can make a compelling case for one of those spots. I think a lot of the things you're saying about Britt (he's a former 1st round pick who looks like a WR1, he passes the eyeball test, maturity issues aren't a dealbreaker, etc) could also be said about Dwayne Bowe, who hasn't raised much fuss despite being ranked 33rd (just 3 slots ahead of Britt). Which, of course, gets back to my whole "it's easy to go to bat for someone on a hot streak" point.
Again, it's not that I hate Kenny Britt, it's just that I think he's incredibly overrated. You saying that he belongs in the 15-20 range really just reinforces that opinion. It's the same thing I was saying when Robert Meachem was such a hot commodity late last season- prospects with upside are, along with late 1sts, the most overrated dynasty commodities. Everyone has their favorite and I think they tend to overestimate the difference between their favorites and their least favorites.