Best Bengal WR all time

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(04-08-2025, 11:41 AM)TheLeonardLeap Wrote: Yeah, that was confusing. Are we pretending that Chad didn't play in the Jacked-Up era?





Just one week's highlights. Dudes just launching themselves off the ground and into helmets and yet no flagged hits or injury hits were included.

There are more protections now than when Chad played. And there were more protections when Chad played than there were when Curtis played. I'm not knocking Chad at all BTW

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(04-08-2025, 11:41 AM)TheLeonardLeap Wrote: Yeah, that was confusing. Are we pretending that Chad didn't play in the Jacked-Up era?





Just one week's highlights. Dudes just launching themselves off the ground and into helmets and yet no flagged hits or injury hits were included.

Nice to see Stu

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(03-29-2025, 11:21 AM)Bengalbug Wrote: The other day Chad and TJ were on a pod and Chad Johnson says Chase.

TJ disagrees and says Chad should be a HOF and is the best all time Bengal WR of all time, but Chase is on his way.

Chad said he never had a triple crown, TJ says he was a top 5 receiver 5/7 years.  

Chase already has the best 2 seasons in bengals history.

Thoughts?

If you take current snapshot, it has to be Chad.
Chad has AJ beat by 1353 yards, 1 more TD.
10783 yards, 66 TDs.
Chad played 151 games with Bengals.

Chase is on track to surpass everyone though, as he's already at 5425 yards, 46 TDs in just 62 games played.
Chase only just turned 25 and still has 5 seasons under contract including this upcoming one.
Let's even say Chase ends up missing on average 2 games a season from here on out, that's about 75 games remaining as a Bengal. 85 if he plays all 17 every year for the next 5 years.
He has a 87.5 yards per game and 13 TDs per season average, so if he keeps that pace through the next 5 years, he should easily surpass everyone before or by the end of his Bengals contract.

In this case, I would agree with Housh. If Chase retired or got traded within the next year or two, I wouldn't consider him the best Bengal WR of all time because he would have lacked longevity.

Chase is better today than Chad probably was at his height, but the greats on the team are about not only quality play but also longevity with the team.

What I will also say is Chad only had about 4 years of good Carson Palmer throwing him the ball (2004-2007).
In those 4 years, Chad put up 5515 yards and 33 TDs.
Chad would have been (far) more productive if Palmer didn't fall off a cliff after his 2008 elbow injury and the Bengals adjusting the offense to a far more run-focused one in 2009.

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When talking top 15 Bengals WR I got Henry over Warrick and Chip Meyers