CrazyCarl40 Posted November 13, 2014 Share Posted November 13, 2014 The fact the Jets had a huge need at this position and whiffed is damning. http://espn.go.com/nfl/story/_/page/blitz141113/rookie-wideouts-living-hype-adam-schefter-blitz Rookie wideouts living up to hype Stocked with standouts, 2014 WR class has the makings of an all-time group Originally Published: November 13, 2014 By Adam Schefter | ESPN.com When Cardinals wide receiver John Brown reeled in a 48-yard, fourth-quarter, go-ahead touchdown strike last Sunday against St. Louis, his third fourth-quarter, go-ahead touchdown this season, he served one more reminder of the mark that he and his fellow rookie receivers are making. It is like none before. Before May's draft, NFL talent evaluators praised this group as one of the deepest collections of wide receiver talent they had scouted. Yet what this year's rookie wide receiver class is doing may be unprecedented in terms of impact and production. The only obvious rookie class comparison is the famed quarterback Class of 1983, which wound up sending John Elway, Jim Kelly and Dan Marino to stardom and to the Pro Football Hall of Fame. It's way too early to know whether any of this year's rookie wide receivers, as good as they have been, will end up in Canton. But there's no disputing this: This season's rookie wide receivers are turning heads, beating defenses, making plays, compiling stats, winning games, exceeding expectations and recording history. Already, seven rookie wide receivers have five or more touchdown catches, the most for a season in NFL history. The past two weeks, Giants rookie Odell Beckham Jr. has a league-leading 264 receiving yards and Buccaneers rookie Mike Evans is second with 249. The group has been so good that it's fair to wonder whether Buffalo would have been better off holding on to its first-round pick, staying at No. 9 and drafting a wide receiver there rather than trading two first-round picks to move up to get Sammy Watkins. Then again, Watkins is an ethereal talent, as are some of the other receivers in this year's group. A glance at the group reveals how deep the talent and production runs. • Buffalo's Watkins, fourth overall pick: Watkins' production has been a major factor in predicting the Bills' success. In the four games in which Watkins has had 30 or fewer receiving yards, the Bills are 0-4. In the five games in which Watkins has had more than 30 receiving yards, the Bills are 5-0. Buffalo needs Watkins, who is battling a strained groin, to step up down the stretch. • Tampa Bay's Evans, seventh pick: In his past two games, Evans has recorded 14 catches for 249 yards and three touchdowns. Now the Washington Redskins will have to slow the player morphing into Tampa's biggest offensive threat. • New York's Odell Beckham Jr., 12th pick: After watching Beckham catch seven passes for 108 yards in Week 10, Seahawks coach Pete Carroll said, "They've got a great one in that kid." His comments harked back to those uttered one year ago by an NFC personnel director, who said he believed the two best wide receivers in the country might be at LSU. The first was Beckham, the other was Jarvis Landry, another rookie wide receiver now shining in Miami. • New Orleans' Brandin Cooks, 20th pick: Cooks has adapted well to the Saints' style, transforming into a monster in the Superdome. In his four home games this season, Cooks has caught 28 passes for 314 yards and two touchdowns. The good news for the Saints is their next two games are at home against the Bengals and Ravens. • Carolina's Kelvin Benjamin, 28th pick: Benjamin has developed into Cam Newton's security blanket, a player he can target in the red zone and in key situations. It shows. Benjamin already has seven touchdowns. • Philadelphia's Jordan Matthews, 42nd pick (second round): In Mark Sanchez's first start with the Eagles on Monday night, he felt most comfortable throwing to Matthews, who racked up seven catches for 138 yards and two touchdowns. Sanchez trusts Matthews, whom Eagles coach Chip Kelly viewed as a first-round talent. • Arizona's Brown, 91st pick (third round): The Cardinals have talked him up since training camp, and they were spot on. Brown has made more of an impact this season in Arizona than either Larry Fitzgerald or Michael Floyd, two former first-round picks. Go-Ahead 4th-Quarter TDs (Rush+Rec) • Pittsburgh's Martavis Bryant, 118th pick (fourth round): Since the Steelers activated him four games ago, he has changed the look and feel of Pittsburgh's offense. Bryant has set an NFL record with six touchdown catches in his first four NFL games. Let's put it this way: Had anyone playing fantasy football this year drafted solely rookies for his or her wide receivers, that person would be winning his or her league. And as good as this rookie wide receiver class is, it's not as if it's alone. It now feels like colleges are pumping out productive wide receivers on an annual basis, with one draft class being better than the next. The Class of 2010, also dominant this year, produced four of the NFL's best wide receivers in Antonio Brown, Demaryius Thomas, Dez Bryant and Emmanuel Sanders, not to mention Brandon LaFell. The Class of 2011 gave the NFL A.J. Green, Julio Jones, Randall Cobb, Torrey Smith and Andre Holmes. But like the 1983 quarterback class, this year's wide receiver class has the makings of an all-timer. Potential playoff role reversal: Start turning back the clocks. It's looking like a flip-flopped version of 2010 all over again. Back then, the New Orleans Saints were the defending Super Bowl champions and owners of an 11-5 regular-season record, yet they had to open the wild-card round of the playoffs in Seattle, against the 7-9 NFC West champion Seahawks. People complained how unfair it was, yet in the game that launched the legend of "Beast Mode," Seahawks running back Marshawn Lynch ran over New Orleans' defense and recorded arguably the most memorable single run in postseason history, a play that literally shook Seattle. Now, New Orleans is 4-5 and the favorite to win the NFC South. More and more, it's looking like the winner of the South could have a .500 or worse record on the way to hosting a wild-card game. With 6-3 Seattle two games behind Arizona and one game ahead of San Francisco, it would hardly be a surprise if the defending Super Bowl champions wound up finishing the season with at least 10 wins -- and a road trip to the NFC's No. 4 seed, quite possibly New Orleans. Though the playoffs are just under two months away, it is easy to envision the Saints holding on to win the South, the Seahawks grabbing a wild-card spot in the West and New Orleans hosting a Seattle team that finished the regular season with a better record. At the very least, these Saints better figure out a way to win close games, something they've failed miserably at this season. They've lost 37-34 to the Falcons in overtime, 26-24 to the Browns, 24-23 to the Lions and 27-24 to the 49ers in overtime. Heading into Sunday's game in New Orleans versus the Cincinnati Bengals, the Saints have only one loss by more than three points (38-17 to Dallas). It all has them on a collision course with the defending Super Bowl champions, just as it happened in 2010. Only this time they would be trading places. Costly success: Midway through the season, Arizona has the NFL's best record and a chance to become the first team to play a Super Bowl in its home stadium. But there is a downside. If Arizona were fortunate enough to advance to Super Bowl XLIX, it could cost the city of Phoenix and the state of Arizona upward of $16 million in lost revenues, according to Rob Baade, an economist at Lake Forest College. Baade cautioned that the figures are not exact because there's no precedent for this: No city hosting a Super Bowl has had its team play in it. But in this case, Arizona's lost revenue would come from the absence of fans who would have traveled to Phoenix had another team won the NFC championship. Fewer fans traveling means fewer hotel rooms and rental cars booked and less money spent in the city. So if Arizona wins big, it loses big, too. SCHEF'S SPECIALTIES • Player of the Week: Chiefs QB Alex Smith -- Kansas City has been waiting for its chance against the defending Super Bowl champions. • Game of the Week: Patriots at Colts -- One of the greatest quarterbacks ever versus one of the greatest to-be quarterbacks in what could be an AFC Championship Game preview. • Upset of the Week: Houston over Cleveland -- In his first start with the Texans, Ryan Mallett beats his former Patriots teammate Brian Hoyer in the Brady Backup Bowl. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JetsFanInDenver Posted November 13, 2014 Share Posted November 13, 2014 Salt. Wounds. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
T0mShane Posted November 13, 2014 Share Posted November 13, 2014 They would all be tearing it up here. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BurnleyJet Posted November 13, 2014 Share Posted November 13, 2014 They would all be tearing it up here. It makes Amaro even more impressive with our passing attack or lack of. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Latinlawyer Posted November 13, 2014 Share Posted November 13, 2014 Swing and a whiff. So many opportunities to take a WR and they wait till the end of rd 4...lol. They could have selected a good one in round 3! LOL LL Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
stoicsentry Posted November 13, 2014 Share Posted November 13, 2014 Thanks a bunch, Idziot. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
NJ Posted November 13, 2014 Share Posted November 13, 2014 And then there's the Jets who ... bit the banana .. again But that's ok ... we carried over a wealth of possibilities from last year's all-american corps of WR's Intercourse John Idzik Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SenorGato Posted November 13, 2014 Share Posted November 13, 2014 The Jets got one of the best long term pass catchers in this draft with Amaro. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Integrity28 Posted November 13, 2014 Share Posted November 13, 2014 All of the WR in the first 4 rounds except the 2 we drafted and Marquise Lee, the guy we tried to trade up for. Awesome. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Integrity28 Posted November 13, 2014 Share Posted November 13, 2014 All of the WR in the first 4 rounds except the 2 we drafted and Marquise Lee, the guy we tried to trade up for. Awesome. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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New York Mick Posted November 13, 2014 Share Posted November 13, 2014 You might as well add another section to the record books for WRs, TEs and QBs and close the old records before they changed the rules. As far a the rookie WRs go. The FO dropped the ******* ball on that over and over. They suck with picking QBs as well. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SenorGato Posted November 13, 2014 Share Posted November 13, 2014 All of the WR in the first 4 rounds except the 2 we drafted and Marquise Lee, the guy we tried to trade up for. Awesome. ????? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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Il Mostro Posted November 13, 2014 Share Posted November 13, 2014 Swing and a whiff. So many opportunities to take a WR and they wait till the end of rd 4...lol. They could have selected a good one in round 3! LOL LL And that could be the worst 4th round pick since the beginning of time. WTF were they thinking? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JustInFudge Posted November 14, 2014 Share Posted November 14, 2014 Evans is a monster. Had wet dreams of him falling to us. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
aec4 Posted November 14, 2014 Share Posted November 14, 2014 The jets agree!!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Patriot Killa Posted November 14, 2014 Share Posted November 14, 2014 Jalen Saunders obviously is leading the bunch. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SenorGato Posted November 14, 2014 Share Posted November 14, 2014 All this means is that nobody is going to notice how good Amaro is. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
heymangold Posted November 14, 2014 Share Posted November 14, 2014 Unfortunately Amaro isn't really putting the league on notice. I still like him as think he's gonna be good, but he isn't lighting the league on fire. Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
stoicsentry Posted November 14, 2014 Share Posted November 14, 2014 Shaq Evans! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SenorGato Posted November 14, 2014 Share Posted November 14, 2014 Unfortunately Amaro isn't really putting the league on notice. I still like him as think he's gonna be good, but he isn't lighting the league on fire. He's starting to with two TDs in two weeks. The one against Denver was 1-1 against Ward, their big money safety. Physically he's Benjamin with better route running and blocking skils, just as much of a beast with a serious size advantage on DBs. I still think Amaro was the best pick anyone made in the draft. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
IPBanBadPosters Posted November 14, 2014 Share Posted November 14, 2014 Unfortunately Amaro isn't really putting the league on notice. I still like him as think he's gonna be good, but he isn't lighting the league on fire. Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk He's starting to with two TDs in two weeks. The one against Denver was 1-1 against Ward, their big money safety. Physically he's Benjamin with better route running and blocking skils, just as much of a beast with a serious size advantage on DBs. I still think Amaro was the best pick anyone made in the draft. The problem wasn't that we picked Amaro over a WR, but rather that we picked Dexter McDougle, Jalen Saunders, and Shaq Evans at spots where we could've taken Donte Moncrief, John Brown, Bruce Ellington, and Martavis Bryant. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Be_a_Jet Posted November 14, 2014 Share Posted November 14, 2014 so many rookie WR's producing right now its unreal. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BroadwayJets Posted November 14, 2014 Share Posted November 14, 2014 The problem wasn't that we picked Amaro over a WR, but rather that we picked Dexter McDougle, Jalen Saunders, and Shaq Evans at spots where we could've taken Donte Moncrief, John Brown, Bruce Ellington, and Martavis Bryant. It wasn't a problem until they got hurt, and Jalen sucked. We needed a tight end and we got probably the best value for arguably the best tight end in the draft. I agree, I wanted these guys over Shaq Evans, and Jalen. I remember liking Moncrief a lot, but Martavis Bryant only had one good year in college. Some thought he came out too early. Unfortunately you have to gamble for the hindsight-benefits. But quite honestly, it seems that almost everyone on this page was more qualified at scouting WRs this past offseason than our staff. Sad, really. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Blackout Posted November 14, 2014 Share Posted November 14, 2014 Unfortunately Amaro isn't really putting the league on notice. I still like him as think he's gonna be good, but he isn't lighting the league on fire. Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk thats cuz he plays with a horrible QB! Sent from your mamas iphone using Tapatalk Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BroadwayJets Posted November 14, 2014 Share Posted November 14, 2014 If Shaq Evans and Mcdougal come back and play well, what would happen? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jgb Posted November 14, 2014 Share Posted November 14, 2014 so glad i traded for sammy watkins, brandin cooks and jordan matthews in my dynasty league. unfortunately i also traded for harvin... 2 hours before he was traded to the jets. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SenorGato Posted November 14, 2014 Share Posted November 14, 2014 The problem wasn't that we picked Amaro over a WR, but rather that we picked Dexter McDougle, Jalen Saunders, and Shaq Evans at spots where we could've taken Donte Moncrief, John Brown, Bruce Ellington, and Martavis Bryant. In two years maybe one of those guys is still a significant player. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
aec4 Posted November 14, 2014 Share Posted November 14, 2014 The problem wasn't that we picked Amaro over a WR, but rather that we picked Dexter McDougle, Jalen Saunders, and Shaq Evans at spots where we could've taken Donte Moncrief, John Brown, Bruce Ellington, and Martavis Bryant. We picked Pryor over Cooks and Benjamin. We then traded for a more expensive cooks mid season and benched Pryor admitting our mistake. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lith Posted November 14, 2014 Share Posted November 14, 2014 Unfortunately Amaro isn't really putting the league on notice. I still like him as think he's gonna be good, but he isn't lighting the league on fire. Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk Amaro is having a nice rookie year. He is on pace for about 55 catches / 450 yards on limited snaps as Cumberland is still getting more playing time than Jace. Over the last 6 years, there have only been two rookie TEs with 50 + catches (Jermaine Gresham in 2010 and Timothy Wright last year) Jimmy Graham had 31 receptions as a rookie and Gronk had about 40 -- but 10 TDs. Amaro is being as productive as just about any rookie TE to come out of college in recent years. Not sayng he will be as good as Graham or Gronk, but I think he will develop into a really nice tight end. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lizard King Posted November 14, 2014 Share Posted November 14, 2014 He's starting to with two TDs in two weeks. The one against Denver was 1-1 against Ward, their big money safety. Physically he's Benjamin with better route running and blocking skils, just as much of a beast with a serious size advantage on DBs. I still think Amaro was the best pick anyone made in the draft. He'd be making even more of a splash if he could just catch the easy ones thrown right at him! He always grabs the off balance, acrobatic ones but must be overthinking catching the easy ones. I think he hears footsteps on the easy ones because when you're squared up waiting for a ball you can get drilled in your back and I think that bothers him. Not exactly the same problem when running a route and you kind of see the landscape around you. He's going to be better than Jason Witten I think at some point. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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SouthernJet Posted November 14, 2014 Share Posted November 14, 2014 The problem wasn't that we picked Amaro over a WR, but rather that we picked Dexter McDougle, Jalen Saunders, and Shaq Evans at spots where we could've taken Donte Moncrief, John Brown, Bruce Ellington, and Martavis Bryant. Oh STFU Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Integrity28 Posted November 14, 2014 Share Posted November 14, 2014 ????? Jets PR circulated the rumor that the Jets tried to move up in R2 to get Marquise Lee, after the draft ended with them only taking WRs in the 4th round and later. I'm just rolling with what their saying... like Bradway pounding the table for Wilson. The Jets have become masters of post-draft damage control. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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