Revenge of the Smurfs

[VrabelJr]

The top 3 wide receivers in yards are all 5'10" or shorter. Seven out of the top 10 are 6'0" or shorter. That's some incredible YAC by Golden Tate and Antonio Brown. Golden Tate is looking like a steal ($5 years, $31 million) for Detroit, though he is probably being feature more right now due to Megatron being hurt.

http://espn.go.com/nfl/statistics/player/_/stat/receiving/sort/receivingYards

 

[PatsFan2]

Sick numbers by Golden Tate who is really good in his own right maybe the reason why Pete Carroll cut ties with the expensive Percy Harvin.

 

[Horace's Ivories]

Sick numbers by Golden Tate who is really good in his own right maybe the reason why Pete Carroll cut ties with the expensive Percy Harvin.

huh?

 

[New England Pride]

Sick numbers by Golden Tate who is really good in his own right maybe the reason why Pete Carroll cut ties with the expensive Percy Harvin.

Golden Tate is in detroit

 

[Deus Irae]

Sick numbers by Golden Tate who is really good in his own right maybe the reason why Pete Carroll cut ties with the expensive Percy Harvin.

Pete Carroll of the Seattle Seahawks traded Percy Harvin because Golden Tate is doing well for the Detroit Lions?

 

[PP2]

huh?

Never underestimate the "butterfly effect" theory where a mere flap of a butterfly's wing causes a hurricane on the other side of the world.

 

[BradyFTW!]

The top 3 wide receivers in yards are all 5'10" or shorter. Seven out of the top 10 are 6'0" or shorter. That's some incredible YAC by Golden Tate and Antonio Brown. Golden Tate is looking like a steal ($5 years, $31 million) for Detroit, though he is probably being feature more right now due to Megatron being hurt.

http://espn.go.com/nfl/statistics/player/_/stat/receiving/sort/receivingYards

Golden Tate is absolutely a steal. He's been the most underutilized WR in the NFL for the last 3+ years, and while I don't really like the guy I'm glad that he's getting his chance to be a feature guy because he's always been this player. One of the best runners after the catch in the league. Likewise, Antonio Brown is probably my favorite WR in the NFL to watch. I've said for a while now that Edelman's ceiling is "poor man's Antonio Brown", and that's not meant as an insult. He's one of the top 3-4 WRs in the NFL.

That said, a healthy Megatron and a healthy AJ Green are still the best WRs in the NFL. But between them being hurt, AJ Green being hurt, Dallas morphing into a run-first offense, Randall Cobb playing the best 6 weeks of football of his life (partly at Jordy Nelson's expense), the Bears' offense bottoming out, and the Falcons just generally sucking, most of the big, elite WRs are in situations that, for the moment, are not favorable to compiling a bunch of yards.