05-04-2020, 07:29 PM
(05-04-2020, 06:04 PM)Bengalholic Wrote: 7 of the 62 were 2020 draft picks, so not sure why you're including them, since they have yet to play. 7 more were drafted last year, so they haven't even had 'multiple' seasons yet. 6 more were drafted in 2018, so they've only had 2 seasons total. That means 28 of the 42 who have actually played more than 2 seasons have had multiple 700 yard seasons.
If you ever wanted proof that you can make statistics say whatever your want, many of Fred's contributions here are perfect examples of just that.
Just like when he'll put up numbers for Bobby Hart to "prove" he's much better than people think, he'll conveniently leave out "pressure allowed" and only use sacks as his metric for pass protection. He'll point to the run game as a whole, over the 2nd half stretch, rather than the individual in question run block grades over that time.
You hit the nail on the head here. Jerome Simpson didn't even hit 700 yards until year 4, and didn't do it multiple times until year 6. So really, to be fair, Fred should remove draft classes from 2014 on, as they haven't had equal time to accomplish a completely arbitrary feat.
An arbitrary is the key word here, which can be applied to so many of these gems Fred offers. Why 700 yards? Why not 600? Why not 800? Why not 1,000?
Why not receptions? Why not TD's? Why not account for guys who had career ending injuries?
Everyone knows Simpson wasn't a good pick, including Fred. Pulling a 700 yard stat out of your arse isn't changing anyone's mind.
PS Jerome Simpson's lone 700 yard season here came immediately after Chad, TO and Jordan Shipley, the team's leading 3 receivers the year prior, departed. We were left with a rookie AJ Green and Andre Caldwell, who was coming off 300 yards.
Translation - Simpson won the job by default in the midst of roster overhaul. Had he not been put in a situation where competition is limited than perhaps that mythical 700 yard metric doesn't happen. And perhaps if you inserted other 2nd round picks that didn't hit Fred's quota into that situation then their numbers would have been greater.
