02-23-2021, 06:31 PM
(02-23-2021, 02:11 AM)rfaulk34 Wrote: 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-(5x)-----63/566/3, 65/779/3, 49/540/3, 60/668/3, 47/341/1
boyd-(4x)---49/547/1, 20/205/2, 52/733/3, 57/776/2, 69/739/4
beas-(3x)---56/640/1, 30/288/3, 54/613/3, 48/525/3, 78/948/3
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
Boyd is certainly a consistent top 3 slot receiver, a low-end #1 receiver and a high-end #2 receiver.
Good info. I'd like to see the targets for each, though, because that makes a big difference on production. One of my main issues with Boyd's overall production is he gets an inordinate number of targets due to lack of other options around him and doesn't produce up to his target volume. That's particularly true in '18 and '19 and not as much this year.
He's nowhere near a #1. Good CB's and double teams make him disappear. Marlon Humphrey is a good, but not too tier CB, and the Ravens just have him follow Boyd wherever he goes and he shuts him down. That's not a WR1.