12-11-2019, 06:13 PM
(12-09-2019, 08:28 PM)jason Wrote: He wasn't... He was better than Moss when he was mailing it in in Oakland, but that's about it. Steve Smith was also tearing it up in the NFC at that time, and Boldin and Fitzgerald weren't far behind. Anquan Boldin was really good in 2003.
If you cherry pick the absolute best portion of Chad career ('02-'07) you could argue (a big stretch) that he was the best.
He was 2nd to Torey Holt in receptions (590 to 531) and yards (8078 to 8036).
He was 6th in tds (48) behind Moss (71), TO (70), Marvin Harrison (61), Holt (52), and Whines Hard (50).
But Chad's 15.1 per catch was better than any of those guys. Among the top 25 in receptions Plaxico Burress is the only other player with an average over 15, but Chad had over 150 more catches than Burress.
BTW I had completely forgotten how great Torey Holt was. For almost a decade (8 years from '00 to '07) he dominated. He was number one in receptions averaging 94 per year. He was number one in yards (over 1200 more than Harrison) averaging 1385 per year. And he was 4th in tds. For his career he is 9th in receiving yards per game and he is tied with 4 other WRs for most 1600 yard seasons (2).
Why isn't Torey Holt in the Hall of Fame?
