05-21-2016, 11:44 AM
(05-21-2016, 10:44 AM)Essex Johnson Wrote: Actually when you dig into the stats, it is clearly Curtis was a overall better wr when you adjust for playing in 1970s and 2000s passing league.
Curtis had a clear advantage in YPC and ratio of TDs thrown to catches. For example I looked at 4 peak years for each player and Curtis averaged 40 percent of all TDs thrown , Chad averaged 28 percent of all TDs thrown. For career Curtis averaged 17.1 YPC to 14.4 for Chad.
My Top Five would be
Munoz, Anderson, Riley, Curtis, Dillion ( put him on a average team during his career and he would be a HOF)
How so? If you compare Curtis to his peers, he never led his conference in receiving like Chad did (four times) and he was hardly ever in the top 10 in the NFL in receiving.
Honestly, I think some just hate Chad and don't want to acknowledge his greatness. Also, older doesn't always = better, especially when Chad dominated his era and Curtis did not.
The training, nutrition, medicine, fitness, playbooks and rules evolve. The athlete does not.
