Calling Joe Levit, Joe Levit please pick up the white courtesy phone

[keggerz]

Joe Levit quote "... A top fantasy wide receiver needs to consistently put points in your pocket, and Smith has done that well in only one season..."

 

I guess you are referring about his 2005 season as the "only one season." and if so those receiving numbers were: 103/1563/12

 

Excluding 2004 due to the broken bone in his 1st game!

 

This is how his last 52(*includes the 2 games he was out last yr) games shape up

 

Year.........Games.........Catches........Yards.........TDs.

2003..........12.................79............979............6

03Playoffs...4.................18.............404...........3

2005..........16................103..........1563..........12

05Playoffs....4.................36............466............5

2006..........16*.................83...........1166...........8

Totals.........52...............319..........4578..........34

AVERAGES: 16................98...........1408..........10.5

 

 

 

so his avg the last 52 games is 98/1408/11 and his "only one time" season is 103/1563/12

even if you remove that year his averages are: 96/1340/10 seems like more then just one season to me.

 

if you want to include all 16 games from 2003 then you have the following totals:

332/4709/35 or an avg of 95/1345/10 and if you back out his "only one time" season

the averages would still be 92/1258/9(including 4 games before he truly broke out back in 2003)

 

Edited August 10, 2007 by keggerz

[PaulOttCarruth]

I suspect that when he says consistency he's referring to game-to-game consistency vs. year-to-year (though I won't speak for him). Smith relies on the big play, perhaps moreso than other top fantasy wideouts. If he doesn't have a big play, he tends to have a bad week.

 

I disagree with the notion that he can't be a top 3 WR because I'll take a guy who is inconsistently great than over one who is consistently average. It's the Rudi Johnson argument all over again.

Edited August 10, 2007 by PaulOttCarruth

[keggerz]

I suspect that when he says consistency he's referring to game-to-game consistency vs. year-to-year (though I won't speak for him). Smith relies on the big play, perhaps moreso than other top fantasy wideouts. If he doesn't have a big play, he tends to have a bad week.

 

I disagree with the notion that he can't be a top 3 WR because I'll take a guy who is inconsistently great than over one who is consistently average. It's the Rudi Johnson argument all over again.

i can pull the numbers by week if need be(just havent had the time to do so yet)

[PaulOttCarruth]

i can pull the numbers by week if need be(just havent had the time to do so yet)

 

No need to. DMD already did the legwork in his consistency ranking of WRs.

 

http://www.thehuddle.com/x7/articles/dmd-con-wr.php

 

Smith ranks at the top so I guess my perception that he has a lot of monster games and quite a few stinkers was incorrect. That makes me even more confident that he can be a top 3 WR.

[Tally]

look how low CJ is on that chart, not only is he below Housh but he's also below chris henry.....interesting