Report: Tee Higgins could be traded if extension can't be reached

[Nicomo Cosca]

(02-05-2023, 07:17 PM)Murdock2420 Wrote: This label is kind of off base at this point. Moss and Rice literally were heads and shoulders above any other WR in the league at the same time as them. Chase is a great talent, but if the Vikings offered Justin Jefferson straight up for Chase you'd be foolish not to take that deal. Jefferson is showing that he is the top WR in the league and the guy who might be this eras great WR.

1400 as a rookie, then 1600 plus and now 1800 plus yards. That guy is remarkable, and if he was with Burrow or Mahomes or Allen... it would be record shattering.

It’s not really “off base” at all.

Ja'Marr Chase joins HOF Randy Moss as the only players in NFL history to have 3,000+ receiving yards & 25+ receiving TD in their first 2 seasons (including playoffs). pic.twitter.com/IOnKJZjRDB

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Jefferson is obviously a terrific WR, and probably WR1 in the league right now, but to me the biggest difference is Chase finds the end zone more. A lot more. Jefferson is the better route runner, but Chase so often just makes plays out of nothing (which has little to do with the QB).

Jefferson also saw a ridiculous amount of targets this season (184). For comparison - Chase saw 128 last year when he played a full season (134 this season in 12 games). Something tells me if Chase was seeing that many targets he’d be putting up triple crown numbers (something JJ didn’t do because of his TD’s).