Julio to the Bucs

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(07-28-2022, 11:01 AM)ochocincos Wrote: I get about potential, but I thought we were talking about for 2022 specifically. It's very possible Boyd and/or Higgins might not be here in 2023, almost assuredly one of them will be gone in 2024, I believe.

It could see Higgins being a 1200+ yard WR, especially if he were WR1 in targets. But we know Godwin is a 1300+ yard WR too, so he's right there with Higgins, even at Higgins' full potential, IMO.
It will be hard for Chase to continually top his rookie year, IMO. It's not easy perennially getting 1400+ yards.
So while I think he is (or will be) better than Evans, I think Godwin is a bit better than Higgins. And Gage I think is a bit behind Boyd.
But as a collective Top 3, I think it's close.

Yes, for 2022 specifically. I think they'll both take a step forward over last year.

Chase is really what puts the trio over for me, though I would also take Boyd over Gage for at least just 2022.

I don't think he'll continually top it, but he can still do better. Bringing it back to the reason of this thread, Julio Jones went on a 6 year run there where he averaged 1,564 yards per season with a low of 1,394 (that stretch is what will put him in the HoF). Antonio Brown had a similar 6 year stretch. Chad had a 5 year stretch of nearly 1,400 yards per year in a time when defenses could still absolutely murder you (I sure wish I could see prime Chad vs modern defenses).

Justin Jefferson went from 1,400 to 1,600 yards from year 1 to 2. Passing numbers have been inflated since ~2011 and it's only gotten more so the last couple years (even MORE more so now with 17 game seasons and probably 18 in the near future). 

I think Chase can still take a big step forward, and a lot of that belief is really based around imagining how many more Moss'd plays we could have seen if Burrow had an extra .3-.5 seconds to allow Chase to roast a dude.