The 2005 team

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(05-10-2023, 05:41 PM)Essex Johnson Wrote: I will have to disagree that Chaf was so superior to AJ, slight edge probably, good article to compare 
https://www.cincyjungle.com/2018/2/13/16930966/better-bengals-wide-receiver-a-j-green-or-chad-johnson

That article completely ignores era differences between the two. In the 2011 CBA, they removed the ability for defenses to murder WRs. It's a completely different game.

There have only been 6 seasons of 1,800+ receiving yards. 5 of them have happened since 2011, with the only outlier being the greatest WR of all time Jerry Rice. It's not because all the WRs now are so much better, but because their job is so much easier. If you have two guys putting up nearly identical receiving numbers, and one of them is doing it pre-2011 and the other is doing it post-2011, and the one doing it pre-2011 is doing it against Ed Reed, Troy Polamalu, Ray Lewis, James Harrison, etc? Yeah, that's more impressive.

There's a reason AJ was never 1st Team All-Pro. He was 5th in receiving yards once as his highest, and top-10 only 3 times total, with his second highest being 8th. He was very good, but he was never elite. Chad led the NFL a year, was top-3 for three straight years, and top-6 for five straight years. He was elite.