Drew Sample chance to move up in Bengal record book

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(01-03-2021, 01:55 PM)fredtoast Wrote: Only 9 TEs in Bengal history have had more receptions than the 38 Sample has this year.  With one game left he has a chance to move up higher in the top ten.

With just 6 catches he could move into a tie with Bob Trumpy at #7.

With 10 catches he could tie M.L. Harris at #6.

And it should be noted that Sample is still just 24 while Trump was 27 when he had his career high 44 receptions and Harris was 30 when he had 48.

Interesting side note about M. L. Harris.  In 1984 he had 759 receiving yards which is the third most in Bengal history by a TE.  His 15.8 average per catch was higher than the Bengals #1 WR (Collinsworth 15.5).  In his other 5 seasons he never had more than 13 catches or 181 yards.

Don't take this the wrong way, as I am not anti-Sample like many on the board, but Sample getting to the same number of catches as Trumpy's career best while 3 years younger has no significance.  Trumpy did it in 12 games in a run dominant era.  Sample is 6 catches shy 15 games into the season of a pass dominant era.