Top Rookie Wide Receivers thru 11/22

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Top 2007 rookie Wide Receivers thru 11/22

Rank Player Team Rec Yds Avg TD
1 Dwayne Bowe KC 45 668 14.8 4
2 James Jones GB 40 594 14.9 2
3 Calvin Johnson DET 31 485 15.6 4
4 Laurent Robinson ATL 23 236 10.3 0
5 Anthony Gonzalez IND 21 312 14.9 0
6 Sidney Rice MIN 20 230 11.5 2
7 Jacoby Jones HOU 13 121 9.3 0
8 Craig Davis SD 12 123 10.3 1
9 Ted Ginn Jr. MIA 12 205 17.1 1
10 Legedu Naanee SD 7 61 8.7 0
11 Dwayne Jarrett CAR 6 73 12.2 0

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while we're at it, here are the top 2nd year wideouts thus far this year. A big dropoff after #4. How could ANYONE have missed Marques Colston? He's a beast. Also, it shows why there was only one wideout picked in the 1st round in 2006 :

Rank Player Team Rec Yds Avg TD
1 Marques Colston NO 61 754 12.4 5
2 Brandon Marshall DEN 55 750 13.6 3
3 Santonio Holmes PIT 39 664 17.0 7
4 Greg Jennings GB 39 625 16.0 9
5 Brad Smith NYJ 23 234 10.2 1
6 Lance Moore NO 21 225 10.7 1
7 Demetrius Williams BAL 20 290 14.5 0
8 Jeff Webb KC 18 225 12.5 0
9 Glenn Holt CIN 16 143 8.9 1
10 Jason Avant PHI 15 176 11.7 2
11 Derek Hagan MIA 14 184 13.1 1
12 David Anderson HOU 12 131 10.9 1
13 Ruvell Martin GB 12 173 14.4 3
14 Hank Baskett PHI 11 100 9.1 1
15 Sam Hurd DAL 11 177 16.1 1
16 Sinorice Moss NYG 11 105 9.5 0
17 Malcom Floyd SD 7 97 13.9 0
18 Devin Hester CHI 7 142 20.3 1

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Here's the top Tight Ends. A very impressive group. Note Jason Witten's stats, with 11 games though.

Where's Vernon Davis? What a bust...

Rank Player Team Rec Yds Avg TD
1 Jason Witten DAL 59 750 12.7 6
2 Tony Gonzalez KC 59 690 11.7 4
3 Antonio Gates SD 54 729 13.5 6
4 Kellen Winslow CLE 52 767 14.8 4
5 Jeremy Shockey NYG 48 528 11.0 3
6 Owen Daniels HOU 44 542 12.3 0
7 Dallas Clark IND 42 467 11.1 7
8 Chris Cooley WAS 40 399 10.0 6
9 Donald Lee GB 39 468 12.0 4
10 Eric Johnson NO 39 305 7.8 2

[Spaulding]

while we're at it, here are the top 2nd year wideouts thus far this year. A big dropoff after #4. How could ANYONE have missed Marques Colston? He's a beast. :

Rank Player Team Rec Yds Avg TD
1 Marques Colston NO 61 754 12.4 5
2 Brandon Marshall DEN 55 750 13.6 3
3 Santonio Holmes PIT 39 664 17.0 7
4 Greg Jennings GB 39 625 16.0 9
5 Brad Smith NYJ 23 234 10.2 1
6 Lance Moore NO 21 225 10.7 1
7 Demetrius Williams BAL 20 290 14.5 0
8 Jeff Webb KC 18 225 12.5 0
9 Glenn Holt CIN 16 143 8.9 1
10 Jason Avant PHI 15 176 11.7 2
11 Derek Hagan MIA 14 184 13.1 1
12 David Anderson HOU 12 131 10.9 1
13 Ruvell Martin GB 12 173 14.4 3
14 Hank Baskett PHI 11 100 9.1 1
15 Sam Hurd DAL 11 177 16.1 1
16 Sinorice Moss NYG 11 105 9.5 0
17 Malcom Floyd SD 7 97 13.9 0
18 Devin Hester CHI 7 142 20.3 1

Chad Jackson - o where art thou???

[Bretsky]

Re: Top Rookie Wide Receivers thru 11/22

Top 2007 rookie Wide Receivers thru 11/22

Rank Player Team Rec Yds Avg TD
1 Dwayne Bowe KC 45 668 14.8 4
2 James Jones GB 40 594 14.9 2
3 Calvin Johnson DET 31 485 15.6 4
4 Laurent Robinson ATL 23 236 10.3 0
5 Anthony Gonzalez IND 21 312 14.9 0
6 Sidney Rice MIN 20 230 11.5 2
7 Jacoby Jones HOU 13 121 9.3 0
8 Craig Davis SD 12 123 10.3 1
9 Ted Ginn Jr. MIA 12 205 17.1 1
10 Legedu Naanee SD 7 61 8.7 0
11 Dwayne Jarrett CAR 6 73 12.2 0

Interesting to note that last year we had this big debate on how many yards Jennings would get, and good ole Patler brought up the facts showing it's pretty rare for a rookie to exceed 700yds and almost unheard of to get 1,000 yards in his first year.

At the pace Jones is going at he should end up with 800-850. Very Unlikely he hits 1,000 yards but it is possible.

[Bretsky]

while we're at it, here are the top 2nd year wideouts thus far this year. A big dropoff after #4. How could ANYONE have missed Marques Colston? He's a beast. Also, it shows why there was only one wideout picked in the 1st round in 2006 :

Rank Player Team Rec Yds Avg TD
1 Marques Colston NO 61 754 12.4 5
2 Brandon Marshall DEN 55 750 13.6 3
3 Santonio Holmes PIT 39 664 17.0 7
4 Greg Jennings GB 39 625 16.0 9
5 Brad Smith NYJ 23 234 10.2 1
6 Lance Moore NO 21 225 10.7 1
7 Demetrius Williams BAL 20 290 14.5 0
8 Jeff Webb KC 18 225 12.5 0
9 Glenn Holt CIN 16 143 8.9 1
10 Jason Avant PHI 15 176 11.7 2
11 Derek Hagan MIA 14 184 13.1 1
12 David Anderson HOU 12 131 10.9 1
13 Ruvell Martin GB 12 173 14.4 3
14 Hank Baskett PHI 11 100 9.1 1
15 Sam Hurd DAL 11 177 16.1 1
16 Sinorice Moss NYG 11 105 9.5 0
17 Malcom Floyd SD 7 97 13.9 0
18 Devin Hester CHI 7 142 20.3 1

The top 4 are heads above the rest now

It won't surprise me if Santanio Holmes turns out to be the best of the bunch.

Jennings on pace for around 900 yards right now, and Jones around 800.

[Bretsky]

while we're at it, here are the top 2nd year wideouts thus far this year. A big dropoff after #4. How could ANYONE have missed Marques Colston? He's a beast. :

Rank Player Team Rec Yds Avg TD
1 Marques Colston NO 61 754 12.4 5
2 Brandon Marshall DEN 55 750 13.6 3
3 Santonio Holmes PIT 39 664 17.0 7
4 Greg Jennings GB 39 625 16.0 9
5 Brad Smith NYJ 23 234 10.2 1
6 Lance Moore NO 21 225 10.7 1
7 Demetrius Williams BAL 20 290 14.5 0
8 Jeff Webb KC 18 225 12.5 0
9 Glenn Holt CIN 16 143 8.9 1
10 Jason Avant PHI 15 176 11.7 2
11 Derek Hagan MIA 14 184 13.1 1
12 David Anderson HOU 12 131 10.9 1
13 Ruvell Martin GB 12 173 14.4 3
14 Hank Baskett PHI 11 100 9.1 1
15 Sam Hurd DAL 11 177 16.1 1
16 Sinorice Moss NYG 11 105 9.5 0
17 Malcom Floyd SD 7 97 13.9 0
18 Devin Hester CHI 7 142 20.3 1

Chad Jackson - o where art thou???

I think Jackson just came back from another injury

[Scott Campbell]

Re: Top Rookie Wide Receivers thru 11/22

At the pace Jones is going at he should end up with 800-850. Very Unlikely he hits 1,000 yards but it is possible.

The way Brett spreads it around, it's going to be tough to rack up huge yards. But I love watching him catch the ball. I think Jones is better than his stats.

[MadtownPacker]

It won't surprise me if Santanio Holmes turns out to be the best of the bunch.

What's so special about him?? Jennings has nearly the same yardage on the same # of catches but is up 2 TDs. Then throw in the fact that Favre spreads the ball around so much compared to Homes who likely gets a large percentage of Big Ben's throws.

I also dont recall highlights of Holmes putting daggers in opponents like Jennings has done in the last month.

Give me Greg "put a fork in em" Jennings anyday.

[packers11]

Thank you TT for passing on Chad Jackson and taking the unknown Jennings...

Even though I was extremely angry for the next couple of months, i'm glad I was proved wrong...

[Maxie the Taxi]

Jennings' and Jones' rankings are especially impressive since they are not Packers' prime receivers. I'll put our first three...no, first four...no, first five receivers up against any other teams' in the league.

What a difference a few months makes compared to the time we were thinking our receiving corps was thin.

[KYPack]

Thank you TT for passing on Chad Jackson and taking the unknown Jennings...

Even though I was extremely angry for the next couple of months, i'm glad I was proved wrong...

Yeah, I feel ya. Made the same mistake.

I also thought Vernon Davis was a HOF lock.

I was in my "Combine" phase. Those drill are meaningless.

[Badgepack]

TT seems to have a knack for drafting football players instead of athletes.

[BF4MVP]

James Jones has been unreal this year..What a great pick he was.

Bears game still sticks in my mind though

[RashanGary]

He did get that fixed though. I think all the Packers have done a fine job protecting the ball since then.