07-14-2015, 10:11 AM
(07-14-2015, 09:54 AM)Luvnit2 Wrote: Our fans in an effort to make our QB look bad love to overcompensate for our weapons and undercompensate for other teams weapons. I believe I have seen numerous articles and none say our WR/TE is in the top 10 in the league.
There are also fans that go out of their way in an effort to make our QB look good by underrating our WR/TE/RBs over the years and inflating the ability of other teams around the league. It goes both ways.
I believe I have seen numerous articles that are bullshit and most people bash analysts until they come up with something that goes along with their opinion, then all of a sudden analysts' opinions become gospel.
Brian Hartline is a decent receiver. It's funny that Fred must have "forgot" to add certain stats, like MLJ's 1 year TD total being only 2 less than Brian Hartline's entire 6 year career. Marvin only saw around 550 snaps in that season, is it really his fault that the coaching staff didn't realize that he's better than Sanu, Binns, and any of the other receivers that should have been behind him since his rookie season???
Hartline saw 1,000 yard seasons because he was thrown at 128 and 134 times in those years. When you have a garbage receiving corp, someone HAS to get the targets and yards, right?? Hartline essentially being a #1 for a couple of seasons shows how mediocre the talent in Miami was. He actually reminds me a lot of Mohamed Sanu in the sense that you're probably not happy if he's your teams #1, you're not thrilled if he's the #2 but not too mad about it, and you're very happy if he's the #3 receiver and targeted less than many others on the team. A.J. Green, MLJ, Eifert, and probably even Gio Bernard would see more looks than Brian Hartline if he played in Cincinnati with a healthy receiving corp.
I do feel for Andy that he had to be throwing the ball to guys like Armon Binns, Brandon Tate, Sanu as a #1, and others over his career, but my point is basically that he has no excuses when the receivers are healthy. We have a very good group here right now IF they can stay on the field.
