Antonio Brown 10x better than AJ

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(12-13-2017, 09:56 AM)SHRacerX Wrote: Wow...a whole 1000 yards when he is, essentially, our entire offense last year because we had no rushing attack?  Do you want to list the WRs that got 1000 yards?  

I like AJ, but after his performances this year, and his antics against the Jags, I have really cooled on him.  You don't see Dalton waving the white flag, despite his star WR tipping INTs and dropping easy completions.  Nor does he lose his cool against his pathetic oline or his basic offensive schematic.  

After his rookie season, I thought he was destined to become one of the best ever.  However, now teams put a man up on him and a safety over the top to take away deep balls and his deficiencies become more apparent.  He struggles to get quick separation, and needs time to make moves at top speed.  Brown is so quick, DBs play off him and give up easy receptions then he is so elusive he makes a man miss and turns a five yard pass in to a 20 yard gain.  AJ rarely makes a defender miss a tackle and generates a lot of yards after the catch.  

He is a great WR in terms of his ability to track a ball and has ballerina feet along the sidelines, but he is not nearly as phone-booth quick as the top WRs of today and he needs time to generate separation.  Which, at least he can do if given a little time....more so than the likes of Lafell. 

I think Green could have a rebirth if Ross is healthy next year and becomes the receiver many of us envisioned.  Ditto a rotation at X with Core and Malone should be in rotation with AJ.  I think our slot is set with Erickson and Boyd.  Replace Lafell with Core and Ross and I think this offense could begin to take shape.  Everyone's favorite whipping boys, the offensive line, has actually played better of late.  The WRs just have trouble getting open which is a function of their lack of ability and predictable scheme.  

So quite a few WRs (more than I initially thought would be) get a 1,000 yards so that makes it "meh"? How about ranking 8th in total receiving yards of current, active WRs? I get what you're saying, tho. He doesn't put up other worldly numbers like AB and Fitz used to. I don't know how much of that you can pin on "the system" (Bengals, well, being the Bengals). But he's the model for consistency. Dude is a shoe in for a thousand yards and 6-10 TDs a year. And consistency is huge in this league.

Personally, I didn't mind what he did in the Jags game. Dude got in his grill and he wasn't having it. Sometimes you have to send that message. Some of his other antics I am not to found of, but I think we can probably chalk that up to what happens when you're losing. I hope he learns from that.

I see AJs main problem is against physical DBs that press the line of scrimmage and his catching at times (he has a catch percentage of 59%..compared to Sanu's 61, Marvins 62.3, and Andrew Hawkins 65%). His speed has never been in question IMO. Clearly he's not faster than AB, but that's why AB is a GOAT. I guess I just don't like down-playing a good player because they're not the best of the best (not saying you are...but thread title is totally down-playing his ability). 

AJ will go down as the Bengals most prolific WR in Bengals history, and it's really no contest outside of Ocho's records.