O-Line Edition: Free Agency and the Draft

[Dirtbag59]

Originally Posted by That Guy

well, randy moss was 300% as productive with tom brady vs w/ with oakland had... if you have a great QB, any WR is going to look a lot better. RGIII is going to have a lot of say in whether garcon is looked back upon as a good or bad signing.

Exactly. If I had to put a number on it I'd say that for most receivers the QB and play calling is at least 50% responsible for a receivers production. Most likely even more then that. You can have a receiver with all the talent in the world but unless he has a good QB and an offensive system that allows him to get open theres a good chance of said receiver underacheiving. Only the Calvin Johnson's of the world can make anyone look good and they are very very very very very VERY few and far between.

With Griffin at the healm we might find that we're going from "all the receivers we get end up sucking" to "man receivers are a dime a dozen."

[That Guy]

Originally Posted by Dirtbag59

Exactly. If I had to put a number on it I'd say that for most receivers the QB and play calling is at least 50% responsible for a receivers production. Most likely even more then that. You can have a receiver with all the talent in the world but unless he has a good QB and an offensive system that allows him to get open theres a good chance of said receiver underacheiving. Only the Calvin Johnson's of the world can make anyone look good and they are very very very very very VERY few and far between.

With Griffin at the healm we might find that we're going from "all the receivers we get end up sucking" to "man receivers are a dime a dozen."

well, i don't know if you followed CJ, but watching reggie ball throw to him at GT was pretty god awful. and yet, he still helped get reggie drafted.

[GTripp0012]

Originally Posted by Dirtbag59

Exactly. If I had to put a number on it I'd say that for most receivers the QB and play calling is at least 50% responsible for a receivers production. Most likely even more then that. You can have a receiver with all the talent in the world but unless he has a good QB and an offensive system that allows him to get open theres a good chance of said receiver underacheiving. Only the Calvin Johnson's of the world can make anyone look good and they are very very very very very VERY few and far between.

With Griffin at the healm we might find that we're going from "all the receivers we get end up sucking" to "man receivers are a dime a dozen."

All depends how you define WR production. If it's just by yards and catches, then it's probably a lot more than 50% dependent on the QB and offensive scheme. Any fantasy football player knows to avoid a quality receiver who is working with a limited passing game.

Receiver stats are pretty advanced though within the last ten years, thanks to details in the NFL gamebooks that weren't there before 2000.

[Dirtbag59]

Originally Posted by GTripp0012

All depends how you define WR production. If it's just by yards and catches, then it's probably a lot more than 50% dependent on the QB and offensive scheme. Any fantasy football player knows to avoid a quality receiver who is working with a limited passing game.

Receiver stats are pretty advanced though within the last ten years, thanks to details in the NFL gamebooks that weren't there before 2000.

I agree, I was just using 50% as a conservative estimate.