09-03-2021, 11:17 AM
(09-02-2021, 01:33 PM)Sled21 Wrote: Marvin always said it usually takes a WR three years to adjust to the league. Boyd took a couple, Higgins did it in one. Once again, I am sure Chase will be fine and will take defenses apart this year.
(09-02-2021, 01:36 PM)jj22 Wrote: But did our last top 5 pick at wideout take 3 years? It's a difficult argument when you guys keep pointing to 2nd rounders.
I don't know about three years, but, like ALL rookies, they usually don't set the league in fire their first season. There have been 83 WRS taken in the first round since 2000 and only 7 of them had 1000 yard seasons as rookies.
But if you look at the list most of the good receivers were not total busts as rookies. Instead they had decent seasons (500-800 yds) and got better with experience.
Bsed on the fact that we already have Higgins and Boyd I don't expect Chase to put up really big numbers his first season. AJ Green was a really good WR from day one, but he probably would not have had 1000 yards as a rookie if he was playing with guys like Higgins and Boyd instead of Jerome Simpson and Andre Caldwell.
