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(10-23-2022, 03:25 AM)TheLeonardLeap Wrote: Actually been pretty disappointed by Hurst so far....

2022 Hurst
29.7 yards per game
7.7 yards per catch
3.7 YAC per catch
43.5% 1st Down Rate
74.2% catch rate

2021 Uzomah
30.8 yards per game
10.1 yards per catch
6.1 YAC per catch
51.0% 1st Down Rate
77.8% catch rate

Higgins has been hurt so there's been quite a bit more workload available and Hurst hasn't stepped up to even be as good as Uzomah was last year, let alone better. Even with the defenses playing 2 high to take away Chase, there theoretically should be way more room for a TE to work underneath, no?

Seems like Hurst's best play this year is getting 7 yards on 3rd and 10 to bring out the punt team.

Statistically, Hurst has been way more consistant than CJ was last year at this point. Those numbers you posted may look pretty equal but CJs were boosted by a 95yd 2td game against the Jags. 

Here is a game by game, catch and yardage for the first 6 games
CJ - 2/35, 2/4, 0/0, 5/95, 2/16, 3/15
Hurst- 5/46, 5/24, 1/7, 3/27, 6/53, 3/21
CJ had 3 tds at this point and Hurst has 2 so far.

CJ did have two 2 td games in the first half of the year, 2 games of 90+ receiving yards and became used a lot more late in the year. Hurst has had no problem getting open so far and has been missed a couple times he was running open in the seam. He just hasn't had the "big" game yet.

Hurst can only step up as much as Burrow allows him.