04-26-2023, 01:01 PM
(04-26-2023, 11:49 AM)Hammerstripes Wrote: True, but how many sub 50 yard games did Justin Jefferson have last year?
6. With some real clunkers - 38, 15, 45, 33, 14 and 48.
And in the other 11 games he averaged 147 yards per game. With Kirk Cousins, not Joe Burrow.
(04-26-2023, 12:41 PM)ochocincos Wrote: I feel like Chase and/or the playcalling did adapt after the first BAL game.
After that game, Chase had 703 yards, which was 100.43 YPG.
If he maintained that average through the entire season, he would have been right there with Jefferson and Hill.
Heck, even if he would have had his full-year YPG (87.2) but been able to play the whole season, he would have had nearly 1500 yards, which would have still put him Top 5.
After the first Baltimore game we got to play the NFCS, which helps. Lol.. but I am not talking about accumulation, I talking about taking over a game or showing just pure dominance. In 2021 I always had the belief that Chase could take it to the house at any given time or just say "I am going to be uncoverable, let me put this offense on my back".
Again, I said second list, so I am not calling him a bum or anything because the second list is still discussing top-10 WRs so still very very very good at football. I am just saying he didn't have the same potentially-best-WR-in-the-NFL level dominance that was so clearly there in his rookie year.
Burrow's QB Rating targeting Chase
2021: 116.5 (8.2 higher than Burrow's season rating)
2022: 98.7 (2.1 lower than Burrow's season rating)
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