Two Bengals In The Top 20 Receivers Of 21st Century!

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(03-11-2021, 02:55 PM)Wes Mantooth Wrote: You don't know if you'd put Chad in there?

I don't know if it's recency bias or what, but Chad Johnson was a more dominant receiver in his prime than AJ Green.  If you look at the numbers he put up, and when he he did it, there's no question he had the better Bengals career.

Chad not only played a decade earlier when passing numbers were lower, he did it against a better division in terms of defense.  That's not to say that Pitts and Balt still haven't had decent defenses this last decade, but Chad was going up against the Ray Lewis and Ed Reed, and James Harrison and Troy Polumalu lead defenses of the decade prior.

Chad was an elite, top 5 receiver for like 4 or 5 straight years numbers wise.  I think AJ Green has finished top 5 in yardage maybe only once or twice.

Yeah, I think some people just remember the Ochocinco, and forget that Chad was legitimately the best WR in the NFL for a 3 year span, and Top-3 for a 5-6 year span, and did it against HoF defenses.

I have always said that AJ is one of the best Bengals of all time, but he's only the 2nd best Bengals WR of all time. Chad was legit elite.

(03-11-2021, 02:56 PM)ochocincos Wrote: I would say almost all of them are deserving of being on the list. People can easily argue the order though.
I had to do a double take when I saw TY Hilton though.
I'd probably put Roddy White over Hilton, and probably Santana Moss, Wes Welker, and even Demaryius Thomas too.

Yeah, it's weird to see TY Hilton on there, and my two biggest snubs actually aren't on your list.

Anquan Boldin
Brandon Marshall

Marshall has multiple 1,500 yard seasons, and put up 1,200+ yards (and was a Pro Bowler) with 4 different teams. He did it with Jay Cutler, Matt Moore, and Ryan Fitzpatrick at QB.

Boldin is 9th all time in receptions and 14th all time in receiving yards. He played in 15 postseason games (12 of them while 30+ y/o) and put up 70/1,057/8. He basically single-handedly carried the Ravens offense to a SB win by just wanting to catch Joe Flacco's jump balls more than the defense wanted to intercept them. He's also one of the toughest guys around when he needed 7 plates and 40 screws to put together his broken face, and only missed 2 games before coming back.