The 2005 team

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(05-10-2023, 06:56 PM)TheLeonardLeap Wrote: That article completely ignores era differences between the two. In the 2011 CBA, they removed the ability for defenses to murder WRs. It's a completely different game.

There have only been 6 seasons of 1,800+ receiving yards. 5 of them have happened since 2011, with the only outlier being the greatest WR of all time Jerry Rice. It's not because all the WRs now are so much better, but because their job is so much easier. If you have two guys putting up nearly identical receiving numbers, and one of them is doing it pre-2011 and the other is doing it post-2011, and the one doing it pre-2011 is doing it against Ed Reed, Troy Polamalu, Ray Lewis, James Harrison, etc? Yeah, that's more impressive.

There's a reason AJ was never 1st Team All-Pro. He was 5th in receiving yards once as his highest, and top-10 only 3 times total, with his second highest being 8th. He was very good, but he was never elite. Chad led the NFL a year, was top-3 for three straight years, and top-6 for five straight years. He was elite.

AJ was rated the top 4 WR from 2011 to 17 so players are relative to their era, plus AJ came right after Chad so not like great era differences. Your perspective Chad is a hands down HOF but analysts don't agree with you. Tell me who had a better 2nd WR opposite of them? Chad had TJ , AJ had Marvin, AJ had more double teams than Chad, we can split hairs all day , both WRs were great during a 6 year run, neither were good enough to be a HOF...if Chad was that much better he would be in discussions as a HOF , it seems you are in the minority in him being a HOF.. prove me wrong on that.