Colston best Wr in the league right now?
i say he is, not saying best in the NFL all together but based on this year and 9weeks in he's playing like the best WR in the NFL and hes just gonna keep getting better anyone agree?:worthy:
Let's re-read that, shall we? "BASED ON THIS YEAR AND 9 WEEKS", meaning for 2006, is he the best? Not career-wise, not of all-time, but for these 9 weeks. And, I'd have to say he has either been the best or second-best. Here are the top twenty WRs for the year (anyone below 20th can't be considered as one of the best for the year):
RNK NAME REC YDS AVG YPG TD
1 Andre Johnson WR, HOU 65 752 11.6 94.0 4
2 Reggie Wayne WR, IND 44 732 16.6 91.5 5
3 Roy Williams WR, DET 44 719 16.3 89.9 4
4 M. Colston WR, NOR 44 700 15.9 87.5 7
5 M. Harrison WR, IND 52 698 13.4 87.3 5
6 Javon Walker WR, DEN 39 669 17.2 83.6 5
7 Steve Smith WR, CAR 45 631 14.0 105.2 2
8 Torry Holt WR, STL 45 624 13.9 78.0 7
9 Anquan Boldin WR, ARI 48 608 12.7 76.0 3
10 L. Coles WR, NYJ 46 606 13.2 75.8 3
*11 D. Jackson WR, SEA 36 587 16.3 83.9 6*
12 Hines Ward WR, PIT 41 586 14.3 73.3 5
13 Donald Driver WR, GNB 50 580 11.6 72.5 3
14 Terrell Owens WR, DAL 44 558 12.7 69.8 6
15 Isaac Bruce WR, STL 35 554 15.8 69.3 1
16 P. Burress WR, NYG 31 510 16.5 72.9 5
17 Joe Horn WR, NOR 30 507 16.9 72.4 3
18 Tony Gonzalez TE, KAN 38 504 13.3 63.0 3
19 Mike Furrey WR, DET 41 503 12.3 62.9 3
20 Reggie Brown WR, PHI 26 502 19.3 62.8 5
* = hasn't played yet this week
Only Torry Holt has as many TDs, so both have 6 points on the next closest WR. And points are THE most important stat, as we all know.
The 3 WRs with more yards (Johnson, Wayne, Williams) and the 4 WRs with more yards/game (previous 3, plus Steve Smith) than Colston have 2 or more fewer TDs. Holt is averaging 9 yards less per game and 2 yards less per catch.
Only 7 WRs in the top 20 have a better YPC than Colston and 5 of them have fewer than 40 catches. So those with a higher YPC are playing Devery's role from yesterday as a burner, but not a consistent go-to WR.
Only 3 WRs with more catches than Colston have more yards, and only 2 of those have a better YPC. 6 WRs with more catches than Colston have fewer yards and all have AT LEAST 2 YPC less.
Let's not forget (as someone already pointed out), very few rookie WRs perform well at all, especially not at this performance plateau. Colston's half-year is equal to many rookie WRs' FULL years.
So basically, if you have at least 40 catches, chances are Colston is performing better than you. He has been a perfect combination of possession receiver, and big-play threat, and most importantly, a TD machine. He has 32 first downs to his credit, which is 72.7% of his total catches. Colston is also 21% of the Saints total first downs.
Some WRs have more yards or more catches or more YPC or more YPG, but none of them combine ALL 4 of those categories PLUS TDs as well as he has this year. Either they have been a possession guy, a scoring machine, or a big-play threat.