No Need for a #1 WR

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(09-27-2020, 08:22 PM)QueenCity Wrote: Terrance Marshall JR.  his #3 WR had 13 TD's + 46 receptions

Thad Moss his TE had 4 TD's 47 Receptions 

Clyde Edwards-Helaire 55 Receptions

Personally I feel like that is pretty spread out over the course of a college season? What would you of expected...... he literally had the GOAT college season of all time. There is a perfect balance in those numbers. Cmon MAN!!!

When you're dealing with video game numbers like Burrow's 2019, then you need to look at % rather than raw numbers since that's actually showing how spread it as by portion of the whole. For the #1 RB I am using the leading receiving RB as the whole point of this post is passing numbers.

Burrow's #1 WR: 19.7% of the receptions ... 29.5% of the yards
Burrow's #2 WR: 26.1% of the receptions ... 25.6% of the yards
Burrow's #3 WR: 10.8% of the receptions ... 11.1% of the yards
Burrow's #1 TE: 11.0% of the receptions ... 9.5% of the yards
Burrow's #1 RB: 12.9% of the receptions ... 7.5% of the yards

Now for some comparison I will use McCarron/Dalton's 2015 season.

McDalton's #1 WR: 25.7% of the receptions ... 31.6% of the yards
McDalton's #2 WR: 19.5% of the receptions ... 19.1% of the yards
McDalton's #3 WR: 9.9% of the receptions ... 9.6% of the yards
McDalton's #1 TE: 15.6% of the receptions ... 15.0% of the yards
McDalton's #1 RB: 14.7% of the receptions ... 11.5% of the yards


As you can see, the 2015 team was actually more spread out as far as passing goes. Simply because Burrow's #2 was way way better than anyone else has a right to have as a #2, but instead the Bengals spread it much more to the TE and RB. 

Burrow last year actually threw it pretty heavily to his top 2 targets, and there's nothing wrong with that. If you have two of the best, why wouldn't you? 

But the point is, even the 2015 Bengals who most certainly had a #1 WR, still spread it out more. So I just don't get where the idea that Burrow likes to really spread it out came from. From what I can see, Burrow likes to throw it to his best players (which is a sound strategy). It doesn't mean that suddenly Burrow doesn't need a #1 WR, though.

(09-27-2020, 08:26 PM)Nicomo Cosca Wrote: His mediocre TE had 47 receptions...

You’re really working hard to not be impressed with this kid...

Look who's back. Don't you have anything better to do than stalk me throughout the board? Some Burrow macaroni art to make and hang on your fridge or something? I didn't even say anything negative about Burrow, so what the **** are you on about now?

He preferred throwing to his 2 primary WRs. That's not even a negative. Seriously, **** off and mind your own business. It's getting tiring that I can't even have a conversation with another person without you showing up with some DB snark.