Megatron is benefitting from Sterling Sharpe syndrome.
The Packers actually got better without Sharpe because Favre quit leaning on him so much and started spreading the ball around.
Even with the receivers around him that Jennings has, in '10 he had numbers that rivaled Johnson. If the Lions had more receivers, Calvin would get fewer opportunities, not more.
I would rather have 3 receivers with over 80 catches than have one with 120 and all the rest under 40.
Having a surrounding cast makes a receiver have to compete for more opportunities. It doesn't make it easier to lead the league in catches. Having nobody around him does that.
Megatron would catch fewer balls if he played for the Packers.
Originally Posted by: Dexter_Sinister
This.
It's important to have a top 3 WR mentality. So much better than having one super stud a la Calvin Johnson. Right now, it's Jennings, Jordy, and Finley. (Yes, I know Finley's a TE). Driver was Finley last year. If it comes between Jennings and Finley, it will be Jennings, Jordy, and Cobb or Jones. In 2007, we had Driver, Jennings, and Jones. That was a heck of a mix as well.
I do agree with Dakota. We have become spoiled. If you look at what we had in the 70s, 80s, 90s, and heck, even up until 2007, they pale in comparison. Our SB winning WRs in 1996 can't hold a candle to what we have now.
My man Donald Driver
(thanks to Pack93z for the pic)
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