Excitement in the Jungle

[*TheLeonardLeap*]

(04-19-2020, 10:29 PM)Essex Johnson Wrote: Have to disagree with you .. I give edge to Boyd.. Hilton as a rookie is not as good as Boyd is now... So I would say a split  Mixon Boyd advantage Wayne and group at TE..  I will also say that i think Tate is going to emerge as a solid player after the improvement he showed last year

I actually thought for awhile about making it a wash between Boyd and Hilton, but Hilton was downright explosive even as a rookie. It's hard to not favor a guy who can break a big TD at any given time.

2019 Boyd: 90/1,046(11.6)/5  (forced into #1 role)
2013 Hilton: 50/861(17.2)/7  (as a #2)

6.6 more yards per catch is a HUGE difference. 

Hilton had 4 TDs of 40+ yards and 5 100+ yd games as a rookie. Boyd has had 1 and 7, respectively, in his 4 year career.
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I'm fine with calling it a split if you want, though. My main point was just to prove that the weapons Burrow will have aren't "much better" than what Luck had. 

Luck had some pretty good pass catchers around him his rookie season. Wayne was a HoF finalist on his first chance, and Hilton is only 309 yards behind AJ Green career-wise, despite being drafted a year later. Luck was doing okay. Lol