Housh gets it

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(02-22-2021, 11:20 PM)Whatever Wrote: I would put Boyd as a Top 5 slot WR.  I definitely wouldn't put him ahead of Thielen or Beasley.  He's a good #2, but I think highly overrated on these boards.  If you really look around the league and start examining rosters, there's a number of #2's as good or better than Boyd.

Higgins had a really good rookie campaign.  However, he had issues with drops and ball security.  He also didn't draw double coverage like a true #1 should.  AJ was doubled on a very high % of his snaps until this past year.  Tee doesn't demand that type of respect.  That's very important because that's one less guy the opposition can blitz with.  I think Tee can be a great #2.  I don't see him as a legitimate #1.  

Hold on a second there, boss. Since 2016 when Boyd came into the league he's finished top 10 in the slot 4 times. Beasley has finished top 10 in the slot 3 times and Larry Fitzgerald has finished top 10 all 5 years. Adam Thielen doesn't really belong in the conversation since he only finished top 10 twice (with a max 57.1% of snaps being his most), along with a horde of other guys. Here are stats for all the guys that finished in the top 10 since 2016. Further down is the yearly production for Fitz, Boyd and Beasley and after that, the combined stats for all 5 years. 

'16 landry,edelman,fitz,shepard,baldwin,snead,beasley,matthews,hilton,boyd
'17 landry,fitz,tate,agholor,amendola,shepard,humphries,thielen,sanu,baldwin
'18 thielen,s-s,westbrook,humphries,beasley,snead,boyd,sanu,rodgers,fitz  *s-s is Smith-Schuster
'19 edelman,kupp,fitz,crowder,boyd,lockett,allen,westbrook,cobb,godwin
'20 s-s,beasley,lamb,boyd,kupp,samuel,lockett,gage,ward,fitz

#of times finishing in the top 10
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landry-2
edelman-2
fitzgerald-5
shepard-2
baldwin-2
snead-2
beasley-3
boyd-4
tate-2
thielen-2
sanu-2
smith-schuster-2
lockett-2
kupp-2
humphries-2
westbrook-2

2016-2020 individual year rec/yds/tds
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fitz------63/566/3, 65/779/3, 49/540/3, 60/668/3, 47/341/1
boyd---49/547/1, 20/205/2, 52/733/3, 57/776/2, 69/739/4
beas----56/640/1, 30/288/3, 54/613/3, 48/525/3, 78/948/3

targets and targ% (percentage of targets to snaps when in the slot)
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fitz----87/21.3%, 93/23.1%, 76/19.2%, 86/17.1%, 62/16.0%
boyd--70/16.4%, 29/15.8%, 75/20.5%, 88/21.4%, 93/21.5%
beas--71/20.6%, 48/14.9%, 70/16.6%, 72/20.3%, 93/22.6%

Combined production for all 5 years. rec/yds/tds/ypc
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fitz-----284 rec 2,894 yds 13 tds, ypc 10.2
boyd---247 rec 3,000 yds 12 tds, ypc 12.1
beas---266 rec 3,014 yds 13 tds, ypc 11.3

total targets, receptions and recp%
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fitz----404 tar, 284 rec, 70.2 catch%
boyd--355 tar, 247 rec, 69.5 catch%
beas--354 tar, 266 rec, 75.1 catch%


Boyd is certainly a consistent, top 3 slot receiver, a low-end #1 receiver and a high-end #2 receiver.