Who was James Jones behind when he didn't measure up to Davante's numbers like you said? He outdid Davante's numbers behind Jennings and Driver.
You seem to forget that Davante played in an O with a real running game something the others didn't. That opens things.
Steve...Janis looked special doing something on an NFL field. Davante never has.
Originally Posted by: uffda udfa
First ya gotta get the facts straight on rookie WRs:
G. Jennings had the decidedly worst rookie year [73 PR; 104 targets was a lot for his production]; but he was thrust into the #2 WR early.
Cobb was 4th WR and 5th option behind Finley; he had best rook year [127 PR]; but as 5th option he was ONLY utilized in packages specifically designed for him.
Jordy was a #4- the three in front had 256 targets [93 PR]
J.Jones was a #3; but DD and GJ missed 5 games giving him more opps.; the two in front only had 206 targets [94 PR]
Adams was a #3; But JN and RC had 278 targets ahead of him [93 PR].
Run game in:
2007 345 for 1543 for 4.47 avg
2014 382 for 1658 for 4.34 avg
The 2007 run game for Jones was more efficient than the 2014 run game for Adams; so if your argument holds true, The run game advantaged Jones more than Adams. Moreover, the run game in 2014 took away 37 more targets from the 2014 WRs than the 2007 WRs.
You must have been on a cruise in San Fransisco Bay when Al Davis' ashes were scattered there; you imbibed his affinity for measurables. They mean nothing if owned by a guy who cant play football or can't play football as well as others.
The difference between 4.3 and 4.5 in shorts, from a track start, starting when you want is meaningless. Once the pads go on w/ no track starts and you must react to a snap; mental preparedness is what determines speed. A 4.4 guy who reacts 1/4 sec. slower than the 4.9 guy across from him is really a 4.65 guy.
And please enough w/ using Combine 40s, like they were given to Goodell by a burning bush on Mt Sinai several millennia ago! Hayward consistently ran low 4.4s...Hayward is a low 4.4 guy who just happened to run a 4.57 at combine. Jerry Rice is a mid 4.5 guy who ran a 4.71 at combine. A person's speed is defined by how fast they are [LOL, now look what you did-you made sound like Yogi Berra]; not necessarily the time they ran at a combine.