I will gladly eat some crow and offer these GIFs as apology

[JMC00]

Saw a few people make the comparison with Lloyd but the YAC comparison isn't correct. For all the complaining about Lloyd's 2.6 YAC in 2012, it's worth noting Thompkins has 34 YAC on 15 catches, less than 2.3 average.

Thompkins is developing into a really nice player but let's not talk about the YAC advantage just yet...

Well that's better than AJ Green's 1.5, Andre Johnson's 1.5, and Brandon Marshall's 2.1,

 

[AzPatsFan]

It's true, isn't it. As it stands now, these guys are learning a lot more than if Gronk and Amendola had been healthy. And our record hasn't suffered yet so it really is an upside.

There is silver lining...