New York Times’ Fifth Down Blog, post week-4
Posted by Chase Stuart on October 6, 2011
Here's this week's article, comparing the equally brilliant but totally different wide receivers, Calvin Johnson and Wes Welker. Together, they have a chance to take down each of the main receiving records in football history. My take: Welker has a legitimate chance to break the receptions record, Johnson has a small but not impossibly small chance of breaking the touchdowns mark, and it would take a miracle for Welker to challenge the receiving yards mark.
Also: the Patriots offense is the best offense through four weeks in league history, with the second best offense being whoever is playing the Patriots. Mark Sanchez and the Jets test this logic on Sunday.
Makes me wonder...if you split the Patriots and partnered them so you had Pats O & average D vs Pats D and average O.... what would the results look like?
Or clone the Patriots and have them play Patriots vs Patriots. I think the Redskins-Giant record for pts in a game (113) would fall. I imagine Belichek would love to try to run up the score on himself.
Hmm. This article might have accidentally hit on why Jerry Rice is the greatest WR of all time. He was a possession receiver that was also a deep threat receiver and did both at the highest level. Plus the random full body blocks. Those were cool.
I love seeing Calvin Johnson play! He is a total match up nightmare for any corner back in the league to match up with!