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72. Since 2008, there have been 20 receivers with more than 65 targets of at least 21 yards downfield. The only one not to drop a deep ball? Brandon Lloyd (88 targets).

73. Over the past two seasons, with Josh McDaniels as his head coach or primary offensive coordinator, Lloyd was the most targeted receiver on throws deeper than 20 yards downfield, with 73 such targets.

74. Calvin Johnson was second with 64.

75. Lloyd has done this with Kyle Orton, Tim Tebow, Sam Bradford, A.J. Feeley and Kellen Clemens as his quarterbacks.

76. Lloyd's quarterback this year is Tom Brady. And his offensive coordinator is Josh McDaniels.

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I'm giddy like schoolgirl.

Fixit

Aw, damn, can a mod please remove one of the extraneous l's from Lloyd's name? Pretty please?

shmessy

I'm just a mod, not his daddy.

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JJDChE

I like the punchline.

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Palm Beach Pats Fan

a legit deep threat?

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BananaRepublican

Lloyd looks poised to have a Perfect Storm year to me. He's an unusual talent whose name doesn't automatically come up as a Top 10 type of receiver but watch the film.

Part of the Storm thing for me is him getting back together with Josh, and the second part would be hooking up with a guy named Brady. Tremendous potential there. No Ocho moments trying to learn the playbook, etc.

What gets me is that more than a few writers have reiterated the notion that he's not a "true deep threat". I guess this is because of his 40 time, but let's just look at the numbers you posted and kind of think for ourselves for a moment. He is a deep threat, and he's a reliable deep threat at that. He probably has football speed as opposed to sprinter speed, but let everybody choose to think he can't get behind them.

I don't do fantasy but Lloyd would be my first drafted WR if I did. I wonder how he is in the RZ, but we have so many RZ options that I'm not too concerned. Just open things up and this offense should be good for 5k yards in the blink of an eye. Jeezuz, 5k without him so what do we expect without going crazy with this? This **** could make you crazy. This could be a record year even by their standards.

DarrylS

The only question that I have is how many touches are realistic for Lloyd??

Between Gronk, Welker, Hernandez, Gaffney? and Stallworth.. there are only so many passing plays.

So the predictions may be less...

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blackglass3

Fantasy wise, he makes me nervous. Too many hands, not enough footballs. Between Welker, Gronk, Gaffney, and Hernandez I just don't know how much the ball will need to go to Lloyd. I am sure it will sometimes, but as a fantasy WR Welker is a MUCH safer pick especially in PPR leagues.

A.C Vegas

from a fantasy standpoint it might not be good but from a winning games standpoint

AMAZING!!!!!!!!!!!

Secondaries are screwed

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MoneyFX

Lloyd will eclipse 1200 yards this season, expect him to be the top dog.