05-16-2016, 06:30 PM
(05-16-2016, 05:12 PM)ItsOdellThurman Wrote: LaFell was an utter bust in an offense that passed the 2nd most times in the NFL last year and who had numerous injuries to their WR's. Therefore, I'm tempering expectations for LaFell. To the contrary, the Bengals ran the 4th most in the NFL last year and are expected to increase that percentage in 2016.
LaFell was one of the people injured last year. The only other receiver the Patriots had who got injured last year was Edelman in week 13. The year before LaFell had better stats than ANY #2 Bengals receiver since Houshmandzadeh in 2007, and that's including TEs. Even last year when you considered LaFell a "bust" he only averaged 4 yards a game less than Marvin Jones. The Patriots offense was 5th in pass attempts, not 2nd last year too.