No Need for a #1 WR

[Nicomo Cosca]

(09-27-2020, 08:54 PM)TheLeonardLeap Wrote: 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.




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.

All I did was disagree with your claim he doesn’t spread the ball around, and wonder why you’re working so hard to fabricate things to downplay what he’s done/doing.

This is a message board, you post things and people respond to them. That’s how it works. Maybe try having a civil discussion instead of becoming unhinged at the drop of a hat...