Best WR in franchise history - Analysis

[KillerGoose]

(06-19-2022, 05:26 PM)Whatever Wrote: Interesting study, but it doesn't seem to account for QB play or injuries.  I would have liked to have the Z score as a per game statistic instead of a full season, as not doing so heavily weights the ratings towards the players that were able to stay healthy, not necessarily the best players.  For example, Tyler Boyd is #4 on the All Time list with only 2 1000 yard seasons in 6 years and having never had a double digit TD season.  Compare that to Carl Pickens, who had 4 1000 yard seasons and 3 double digit TD seasons in 8 years as a Bengal with worse QB play.  I mean, Boyd has 24 TD's for his career, while Pickens had 17 TD's in '95 alone.

So, I spent some time this morning gathering the results for per game numbers. Overall, I agree with you. I originally started down this path, but I ended up deciding against it and going the way that I did. Here are the results...

1. Cris Collinsworth
2. A.J. Green
3. Chad Johnson
4. T.J. Houshmandzadeh
5. Carl Pickens
6. Tyler Boyd
7. Eddie Brown
8. Isaac Curtis
9. Marvin Jones
10. John Ross (lol)
    

I do have QB data, but I am not entirely sure how I could go about incorporating QB play metrics there. I can put some thought into it. One thing that this analysis has taught me is that Collinsworth is way better than I have ever seen him get credit for. He didn't have the ceiling that some of these other guys have had, but he was just consistently good. I don't know if I agree that he is THE best, but he deserves to be in the conversation. Also, Isaac Curtis seems to be fairly overrated by some Cincinnati fans. I have toyed with the formulas just to see the results and I have never seen him higher than 7th. The gap between Boyd and Pickens is also surprisingly small. 

Finally, Ross at 10th is a big lul result. Darnay Scott comes in at 11th, so he would really fit that 10th spot.