1st Round Receivers
If the Bills draft a wide receiver in the first round, and you're thinking that guy is the immediate savior of the Bills offense, beware.
In his weekly column on SI.com, Peter King presents these statistics about the last 34 receivers taken in the last 8 first rounds: Only 3 have caught 60 passes in their first year (Mark Clayton, Dwayne Bowe, Andre Johnson.) It just illustrates the point that receivers have one of the hardest transitions to the NFL as rookies.
Its why many of us were hoping the Bills would sign a veteran wideout to start this year. That didn't happen. So either Josh Reed continues to start, the Bills make a trade for a veteran, sign some free agent, or hope that whoever they draft breaks the trend.
I wonder if this track record will discourage the team from taking a receiver first. I'll have to check on those second round receiver rookie stats.
In his weekly column on SI.com, Peter King presents these statistics about the last 34 receivers taken in the last 8 first rounds: Only 3 have caught 60 passes in their first year (Mark Clayton, Dwayne Bowe, Andre Johnson.) It just illustrates the point that receivers have one of the hardest transitions to the NFL as rookies.
Its why many of us were hoping the Bills would sign a veteran wideout to start this year. That didn't happen. So either Josh Reed continues to start, the Bills make a trade for a veteran, sign some free agent, or hope that whoever they draft breaks the trend.
I wonder if this track record will discourage the team from taking a receiver first. I'll have to check on those second round receiver rookie stats.
posted by Paul Peck at
12:47 PM
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