09-15-2015, 10:48 AM
I have posted this before and someone may have mentioned it already in this thread, but at times no one is harder on a player then the fans of his own team.
Other elite WRs drop just as many passes as AJ, but we don't see many of those other drops When we see another great WR drop a pass we think it is just random, but whe we see one of our own players do it then it becomes a pattern.
Then all you have to do is let a little of this whining get a good foothold in the messageboard/talkradio world and it become truth. Id say most of you do noot remember when Justin Smith was here and all of his tackles supposedly were 5 yards downfield. For years Leon Hall played on an elite level as a CB, but many Bengal fans still claimed he "struggled with speedy receivers", and it took Whitworth years of playing at an
Same thing is happening with Green. AJ has no doubt produced at an elite level for his career. He is 3rd all-time in NFL history in receiving yards per game. There can be some argument about if he is the best WR in the league right now. But theree should be no real debate that he is elite.
Other elite WRs drop just as many passes as AJ, but we don't see many of those other drops When we see another great WR drop a pass we think it is just random, but whe we see one of our own players do it then it becomes a pattern.
Then all you have to do is let a little of this whining get a good foothold in the messageboard/talkradio world and it become truth. Id say most of you do noot remember when Justin Smith was here and all of his tackles supposedly were 5 yards downfield. For years Leon Hall played on an elite level as a CB, but many Bengal fans still claimed he "struggled with speedy receivers", and it took Whitworth years of playing at an
Same thing is happening with Green. AJ has no doubt produced at an elite level for his career. He is 3rd all-time in NFL history in receiving yards per game. There can be some argument about if he is the best WR in the league right now. But theree should be no real debate that he is elite.
