Antonio Brown

[nooneuno]

and he still reverts back to his dumb *** ways on occasion, you're point is ?

My point is I'd take his production every day of the week if it means watching him do a first down celebration. Wouldn't you?

 

[stillwright]

I just peeked at Rice's stats. Dude was flat out the best. I grew up when he was in his glory days with SF but seemed to have forgot the numbers he put up early in his career. Mind boggling considering the playing era ........compared to now anyways.

 

[Stryker]

Look, no one can expect Brown to keep up this level of play for long... that is insane, and you cant count on a guy playing past his mid 30's.... but he is 27, and Jerry rice, at 27 had 160 fewer catches and 400+ fewer yards than Brown does right now.... a conservative breakdown with him playing just 7 more years puts him around 2nd of all time in receiving... if he does play to 40... who knows....

Where did you get those stats? Rice is 800yds over where Brown is now in his career.

 

[madinsomniac]

Where did you get those stats? Rice is 800yds over where Brown is now in his career.

I'm looking at age, not NFL seasons... rice didn't come out of college till he was 23... brown was 22... so the season brown was mostly on the bench would have been a season that rice was still in college

 

[Stryker]

I'm looking at age, not NFL seasons... rice didn't come out of college till he was 23... brown was 22... so the season brown was mostly on the bench would have been a season that rice was still in college

Aaaah, Gotcha! It was odd because I did that comparison yesterday for poops and Ha-Has..

 

[21STEELERS21]

Brown is the second fastest to 500 catches, behind only Boldin who fell off after that.

Health and who throws to him after Ben will help determine if he is in the best of all-time
conversation. This season makes you believe that conversation could occur someday.

 

[madinsomniac]

He has two more seasons of his top prime years... Some widesouts fade fast in their 30's, others go till they are 40...
It's not quite as cut and dry as RB when it comes to career length.
If brown is done by 35, and he follows a normal career trajectory, he will be a HOF Player.
If his prime lasts till he is 31 or 32 and he plays till 40ish... he could be the GOAT... of course injuries are always possible too... as is falling off a wall... Woodley was once on a stellar career path, then he got paid......

 

[paperclip]

it's always in my head that he was a 6th rounder. What a draft pick.

 

[Stryker]

it's always in my head that he was a 6th rounder. What a draft pick.

Easily the best value pick ever by the Steelers. (though Shell and Harrison are both potential HOFers, I still stand by Brown being the better player and value choice).

 

[madinsomniac]

You want to really think of something nuts... think about this:
since the late 90's when we had trouble drafting wrs for a bit we have developed the following receivers in the top 200 all time in Rec yards:

Antonio Brown (27) #130 6845yds
Nate Washington (32) #127 6906yds
Santonio Holmes (31) #176 6030yds
Mike Wallace (29) #164 6274yds

A guy who will crack that list before all is said and done is Emmanuel Sanders (28) #48on the active list with 4403yds

We also signed Jerricho Cotchery (33) #146 6547yds
and that isn't taking into account TE Heath Miller (33) #148 6502yds
Or Wr Antwaan Randle El, who doesn't come close on any lists but had 4900 receiving yards and a ton more impact on the field than those stats show


They started the 00's with Hines Ward #23 12083yds and Plaxico Burress #74 8499yds, not exactly shabby guys


to put this in a bit of perspective here are some former steelers greats from other eras
John Stallworth+ #69 8723yds
Lynn Swann+ #221 5462yds
Louis Lipps #177 6019yds
Yancey Thigpen #-- 5081 yds


The bottom line is that we are a bit spoiled with WR play of late, but Brown has a chance to be uniquely special