Colts/Bengals Feature Three Receivers With Over 10,000 Yards Receiving In The Past 10 Years
Want to know how good of a season Terrell Owens is having this year? If you take this year's numbers and factor them into a 16-game schedule, Owens is on pace to record 110 receptions, 1,540 yards receiving and 14 touchdowns. In his 15-year career, Owens has never recorded a 1,500 receiving season nor has he caught more than 100 passes in a season. He's also on pace to record a career-high 72 first down receptions. If Owens' torid pace continues through the end of the season, he would increase his $2 million base salary with another $2 million with incentives. And who says he's an aging, less-than-productive receiver?
Chad Ochocinco on the other hand, is an aging, less-than-productive receiver, having another season in which we're clearly seeing production degradation. Even though he's on pace to record 80 receptions, which is more than last year's 72 catches, Chad's 946 yard receiving and four touchdown pace will be the worst in his NFL career during seasons in which he played all 16 games. Still, Chad's 64 touchdowns remains a franchise record and he's in a group of elite receivers that's recorded 10,000 yards receiving in a career.
Like Terrell Owens, Indianapolis' Reggie Wayne is on pace for career highs in receptions (120) and yards receiving (1,448). Watching two NFL veterans, seemingly ageless is impressive, while the Bengals' Ochocinco clearly shows an age in which he appears average at best. Sure, he's double teamed a lot. But he's always been double teamed and that hasn't affected him in the past. And the league's best receivers are always double teamed, but they're the league's best because they can beat the typical double team.
Sunday's game will feature three of the league's top five receiving yardage leaders in the past 10 years (from 2001-present).
| Player | Teams | Yards |
| Terrell Owens | 49ers, Eagles, Cowboys, Bills, Bengals | 10,963 |
| Torry Holt | Rams, Jaguars | 10,959 |
| Randy Moss | Vikings, Raiders, Patriots, Titans | 10,615 |
| Chad Ochocinco | Bengals | 10,425 |
| Reggie Wayne | Colts | 10,117 |
If you could have one of the three receivers for their entire career, which receiver would you take?
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Reggie Wayne....
he’s quiet, productive, and classy. However, if the TO we see today was the TO for the entirety of his career, I’d take TO. Chad is too often “Bad Chad,” Randy Moss is a nutjob, and Tory Holt – I never really liked him.
"Ryan, Things in here don't react too well to bullets." - Marko Ramius
+1
based on attitude and distractions, I’d take Wayne
Moisture is the essense of wetness, and wetness is the essense of beauty.
That's a hard question...
I like Wayne, but I also like Ocho enough to make a homer pick. TO is having a fine year, but sometimes in his career he was an asshat.
In the end probably Wayne.
It's sad for sure that Chad has really gone downhill so fast.
He states recently he’s doing “Everything he can do” but not getting the passes thrown to him, or getting the pass thrown to him and being out of position or just plain not catching the ball.
To me, doing “Everything” he could do would have been: Stop doing reality shows. Stop your diet of McDonald’s trash food. Be there for every practice or opportunity to work with his team mates.
When you get older you just can’t do the things you could get away with when you were in your 20’s, Chad. Sadly, he probably doesn’t realize that if he had been more productive and kept pace with Batman, then this team would more than likely have a much better record. How many games did we lose by less than a touchdown? Or lost because we failed to get key first downs and had to kick?
2010 - The Year of the Tiger.
I think what he meant by "everything he can do"
was in regards to VH1 and Versus.
Moisture is the essense of wetness, and wetness is the essense of beauty.
I'd pick TO
He seems more able to stay healthy. Wayne has been pretty close behind, but still behind. TO also seems able to instantly click with any QB, so whether we keep Palmer or not we’d have a good WR for next year’s QB to work with. Wayne might be able to do that, but he hasn’t proven it.
I’d also consider Moss but only if I had the rest of a potential SB team in place and just needed a bit better WR corp to put us over the top. We aren’t even close. Now every former teammate swears he’s a great teammate and a good friend. I even believe them. And that’s great as well. But he has no respect for management and you need BOTH to be a good, productive, safe pick for the long haul.
Holt and Chad aren’t even worth mentioning. Stick a fork in them, they’re done.
Torry Holt
Stick with me here. In his prime, he dominated. He won a Super and went to another. Hall of Famer. Most importantly, a GOOD guy and a TEAM player. He wasn’t a physical freak like TO or Moss, but all-around a great WR and a good guy. I’m stoked about TO’s production this year, but I’d take Holt for the above-mentioned reasons.
by Anthony Cosenza on Nov 11, 2010 1:39 PM EST reply actions
I'd take Chad
He’s been far more entertaining than any of them and as you can see very productive the last 10 years.
Also on point: He and Carson made Cincy relevant again. I give him a ton of credit for that.
Moss or TO would have completely blown up. Wayne’s probably a decent receiver, but he’s got Manning.
Thus, Ocho.W/O Ocho, who the heck knows where this franchise is today.
How will Chris Carpenter explain this to his children?
About the same as asking without mikey the moron where would the franchise be today.
Answer? We have no more clue than we do the answer to your question.
Chad was great in the past. But he’s not anymore. And unless he suddenly becomes so again (which seems VERY unlikely at this point) he’s toast.
It’s not what they’ve done in the past. It’s what, if anything, they can still do in the future.
So?
Last thing I want is Chad to be on the team next year. Heck, I want him off this week. Doesn’t devalue what he’s done for the last 7 or 8 years. None of those other guys would have had that same 7-8 year impact that Chad did.
I’d take any one of them over Chad next year, tomorrow, or any time in the future.
How will Chris Carpenter explain this to his children?
I just answered the question that was asked
If you could have one of the three receivers for their entire career, which receiver would you take?
It doesn’t say anything about what they can do now.. As you can see..
by JamesShively on Nov 11, 2010 5:39 PM EST up reply actions

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