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Originally Posted by 70Chip
So they blame the defense and the offensive line for last year's collapse. For some people it really is a struggle to see what's right in front of their noses.
The deal with Wide Receivers is that they can either play or they can't. Try and think of a WR that struggled, struggled, and then was great all of the sudden in year 3. I can't either. Name me a receiver that had a rookie season like the two stiffs we drafted that ever amounted to a pile of pooh. There aren't any. So, we spend the next however many years pretending that a defense that never gave up more than 25 points in a game or an offensive line that is a lot better than say Arizona's, is the problem while Vinny Cerrato continues to assure us that THIS will be the week that Kelly and Thomas breakout. I've seen this movie before.
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Steve Smith - 152 yards his rookie year
Wes Welker - 0 Yards his first two years in the league
Vincent Jackson - 52 Yards his Rookie year (1,098 last year)
Santana Moss - 40 yards his rookie year
Donald Driver - 31 Yards Rookie Year
Jerricho Cotchery - 60 Yards Rookie Year
Derrick Mason - 186 Yards Rookie Year
Amani Toomer - 12 Yards Rookie Year
Rod Smith - 152 Yards Rookie Year
Not the most flattering list but it does happen. I actually have Thomas and Kelly (aka Lazy and Peg Leg) as future 700 yard guys with the possibility of maybe 1 or 2 1,000 yard seasons but thats just me.
Plus I think it's worth menitioning that Thomas got screwed out of a big play by Stephon Heyer against Arizona.