Meanwhile, his biggest enemy might actually be our expectations. Yet Smith is playing with a young quarterback who is more replacement level than star, and for a first-year head coach with a work-in-progress scheme that seems hesitant to throw the ball in the middle of the field. With 33 catches, 421 yards, and one touchdown through eight games, the 2020 Heisman Trophy winner’s rookie campaign has been something less than explosive thus far. Herein lies the difficulty in evaluating a rookie wide receiver like DeVonta Smith. » READ MORE: Eagles’ youth movement becomes apparent after waiving Eric Wilson In his last seven games without Rodgers, Adams has a stat line that rivals Woods’ with the Rams: 94 catches, 1,118 yards, and nine touchdowns (per 16 games). In his last 49 games with Aaron Rodgers in Green Bay, Adams has a stat line that rivals the all-time greats: a per-16-game average of 120 catches, 1,488 yards and 13 touchdowns. In the five seasons since he joined the Rams as a free agent, Woods has averaged 5.4 catches and 67.6 yards, a per-16-game pace of 86 catches and 1,081 yards.Įxhibit B: Davante Adams. In four seasons with the Bills from 2013-16, the former second-round draft pick averaged 3.6 catches and 43 yards per game, or the equivalent of 57 catches and 688 yards over 16 games. Every reception on the stat sheet is as much a reflection of a quarterback’s passing ability, and an offensive line’s blocking ability, and a coach’s play-calling ability, as it is a reflection of a wide receiver’s ability to get himself open and catch a football.Įxhibit A: Robert Woods. You don’t have to be Odell Beckham Jr.’s father to know that wide receiver is the most situationally dependent position on the football field.
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