Rating the Starters

[*Wyche'sWarrior*]

(12-21-2020, 02:16 PM)ochocincos Wrote: Mixon put up 1400+ yards both in 2018 and 2019, so I have confidence he's a 4.

Depending on definition, I guess Boyd and Higgins may not be a 4 since neither are Top 15 when it comes to WRs.
But given both are in the Top 30, I felt it was appropriate to put them both as 4.

Only the following teams have two players in the Top 30 receiving yards:
KC (Kelce, Hill)
CAR (Moore, Anderson)
BUF (Diggs, Beasley)
SEA (Metcalf, Lockett)
LAR (Woods, Kupp)
HOU (Fuller, Cooks)
DAL (Cooper, Lamb)
TEN (Brown, Davis)
CIN (Boyd, Higgins)

Lawson is Top 5 in pressures, so that's why I put him there.
WJ3 I could see arguing as 3+. He's very close to being Top 15 CB. He's 18th best CB in coverage and 21st best CB overall according to PFF.

Oh, I'm seeing your points, and pretty much in agreement. Mixon looked kinda meh this year, but I think it's mostly due to poor blocking and not running a lot...not going off 18 or 19.

Same goes for Lawson and Will Jax... there has been no one else on the dline doing much of anything. To me, that makes it tough on Lawson, and makes it hard to truly evaluate the secondary and backers. Like you, I think those two are better than they have shown, but results are results.

Bates has played out of his mind, Higgins and Boyd are having good seasons, even without JB. We all saw what Joe was doing....those are my four "legit" guys.