Am I Unrealistically Excited?!

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(06-12-2024, 11:19 PM)TheLeonardLeap Wrote: People like to say Burrow was only healthy for 5 games or whatever last year, and if you look at those games only, Boyd was on pace for 986 yards and 7 TDs. In 2022 Boyd had two 100+ yard games including a 155 yard game. He's not a scrub, his talent is there, he's just behind Chase and Higgins in the pecking order. Same way that Burton will be.

Even if Burton's talent is ahead of where he was drafted, lets look at 2nd round picks then. Of the 16 2nd round pick WRs drafted over the last 3 years only 6 of them reached 500 yards their rookie year. If we moved that up to just 600 yards (which still wouldn't be an upgrade over Boyd) that number drops to 4 out of 16 with one of those 4 at 611 yards.

The odds are Burton in his rookie year will not be an upgrade over Boyd. 

Maybe he won't be better statically just because of all the weapons Burrow has now, but I think he'll play his role just as well as Boyd did, if not better, so I think he will be an upgrade.