Bold Statement: 2014 receiving corps is the best in franchise history

[old 55]

Stanley Morgan, Irving Fryar and Randy Vataha say hi!

Loved Stanley Morgan & Vataha, but Fryar was a complete knuckle head.

 

[Bobsyouruncle]

Tough sell, here's the thing, if you ignore stats than you have some faily subjective criteria, and in SB years physical/mental toughness basically become a wash as well as clutch factor. If anything the nod goes to the guys that won 3 SBs not the guys that have just one. That leaves us with versatility and diversity.

I sort of think those are the same thing. Let's line them up

2003 2007 2014
Branch Moss Edelman
Brown Welker Amendola
Givens Gaffney Lafell
Patten Stallworth Tyms

Graham Thomas Gronk
Watson Watson Wright

Faulk Faulk Vereen


I don't think they're all that versatile, Edelman, Amendola, and Vereen are similar. I think this year may be the least versatile group. Luckily, the things they're good at are the things SEA wasn't great at. It's close, not sure I'd give them the nod though.

 

[Bruins29]

If anything the nod goes to the guys that won 3 SBs not the guys that have just one. .

We have bingo

 

[primetime]

Even assuming Gronk counts and that he's equal to Moss (very debatable, though that's a credit to Gronk)...

1) Gronk = Moss
2) Edelman < Welker
3) Vereen < Faulk
4) Amendola < Gaffney
5) Wright < Watson
6) Dobson/Tyms < Stallworth
7) Hoomanwanui < Brady

The 2014 corps was pretty much inferior in every imaginable way. Which, again, isn't really a big deal. 2007 was among the greatest receiving corps ever assembled (its top rivals probably being Rice/Craig/Taylor or whoever just because Rice was so incredible, and Harrison/Wayne/Clark).

If you're basing it on whether a team wins a Super Bowl, well, they win in 2007 if Asante Samuel holds onto the football and lose in 2014 if Malcolm Butler drops the football. Neither of which had anything to do with the offense.

 

[LeoparCT]

I'm just going to say what we all already know.

Edelman > welker in the post season where it matters most.

How many of you can honest say you watched sb49 and the huge catches and hits Jules took and thought "welker drops that" I know I did.

 

[Bruins29]

WW dropped one pass (obviously a crucial one) that was thrown poorly. His playoff overall performane was stellar and clutch.

Now, every ball that JE caught would have been dropped by the GOAT Slot WR cause JE took huge hits and WW got blown on by the opposing D???

Some of you guys are embarrassing yourselves.

 

[FourierSeries]

WW dropped one pass (obviously a crucial one) that was thrown poorly. His playoff overall performane was stellar and clutch.

Now, every ball that JE caught would have been dropped by the GOAT Slot WR cause JE took huge hits and WW got blown on by the opposing D???

Some of you guys are embarrassing yourselves.

Wes Welker is the "GOAT slot WR" about as much as Peyton is the "GOAT QB."

 

[Bruins29]

Wes Welker is the "GOAT slot WR" about as much as Peyton is the "GOAT QB."

ok so who is your GOAT Slot guy? Wait, I am having a discussion with someone who started this thread. LOL

 

[JJDChE]

ok so who is your GOAT Slot guy?

Probably Ricky Proehl.

 

[Bruins29]

Probably Ricky Proehl.

LOL I will take WW thanks.

 

[FourierSeries]

ok so who is your GOAT Slot guy?

He isn't even as good as Randall Cobb or Victor Cruz. Or Julian Edelman for that matter.

 

[Bruins29]

He isn't even as good as Randall Cobb or Victor Cruz. Or Julian Edelman for that matter.

 

[JJDChE]

Cruz had one great season, on OK season and a couple of below average. Cobb looks like he could be the real deal, but still just one solid season. Not quite up to level of Welker's best.

 

[Bruins29]

Victor Cruz!!!! LMAO!!! I am still laughing.

 

[FourierSeries]

Victor Cruz's 2011 season was incredible. More impressive than anything Welker has ever done. And he did it with Eli as his QB.

 

[Bruins29]

Victor Cruz's 2011 season was incredible. More impressive than anything Welker has ever done. And he did it with Eli as his QB.

Interesting where you live in a world where Cruz's 82 rec and 1536 arent as good as WW's 122 receptions for 1569.

LMAO!!!!!

And that guy Eli Beat your GOAT QB in the SB Twice!!!!!

WW put up numbers better than all of Cruz's other years with Matt Freakin Cassel at QB

Comic gold!

 

[FourierSeries]

Cruz had one great season, on OK season and a couple of below average. Cobb looks like he could be the real deal, but still just one solid season. Not quite up to level of Welker's best.

I don't think 2013 was below average. He was 2 yards shy of another 1000 season which would have been 3 consecutive 1000+ yard seasons to begin his career. In 2014 he missed most of the season due to injury so it doesn't count.

Let him catch passes from Brady and he puts together another 1500 yard season.

 

[memento]

2007. Josh McDaniels has vastly improved in playcalling since then, and we happened to win the Super Bowl this year. That shotgun heavy offense wasn't selling anyone on the run and they still got it done when everyone knew it would be a pass or a slow forming run. This year's offense benefited from more plays under center and a legitimate run game, even when we did throw it 50x in Super Bowl XLIX.

 

[FourierSeries]

Interesting where you live in a world where Cruz's 82 rec and 1536 arent as good as WW's 122 receptions for 1569.

He was catching passes from Eli, kiddo.

No, Eli didn't beat Tom in those SBs. Tyree and Manningham did with circus catches.

 

[ausbacker]

The problem for some people here is it appears they're confusing Denver Broncos Wes Welker with New England Patriots Wes Welker.