Pats have faced 8 out of the 13 top WR this season

[AzPatsFan]

Off topic but tangentially related is just how strong Josh Norman's season has been:



Pretty darn impressive.

And it only took 4 seasons to mature. What would you dimwit geniuses have spouted in the meantime? You would have run him out of town, long since.

 

[Joey007]

Brown- 9/133 yards (2 rec 25 yards in garbage time)
Beckham- 4/104 (87 came on 1 play that McCourty messed up on. He was targeted 12 times)
Hopkins- 3/52
Marshall- 4/67
Robinson- 4/68 (37 came on 1 rec in garbage time)
Thomas- 1/36 (targeted 12 times)
Hilton- 6/74 (30 came when Pats went into prevent up 2 TD and 2 minutes left in the game)
Landry- 6/71 (30 came on the drive before HT)

So really Antonio Brown is the only top WR we have faced that got us good the whole game.

Not bad at all.

 

[Joey007]

Never underestimate my desire to learn without having to do anything.

Finally someone I can relate to...

 

[Marinlik]

haha, Davis is sure having a great year in Denver with his 196Y and 0 TDS. A real master trade.

They barely gave up anything for him. So I wouldn't call it a bad trade. But it's fun to see people point at a guy with not even 200Y and scream "we could have had him!"

 

[manxman2601]

And it only took 4 seasons to mature. What would you dimwit geniuses have spouted in the meantime? You would have run him out of town, long since.

I wouldn't. I'm one of the one's always saying that we should give players a chance before rushing to judgement. I'm a firm believer that rookie contracts are 4/5 years and that rookies shouldn't be judged prematurely.

 

[SHOWTIME15]

Those people are wrong. Defense has been tested more than last year and has done better. This defense is better than last year's in every area, including the secondary.

I would argue we faced better QBs last year.

 

[Wheelman]

I can't tell if this is sarcasm but BB did make a good trade during the sason, it just wasn't before the trade deadline.

 

[Brady_to_Moss]

NFL.com site has landry and Hilton much lower in terms of ranking them by YPG

Landry at #26 and Hilton at 18...now some are Tes ahead of them..but not many.

It has them at the right yards per game that's posted