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Originally Posted by SC Skins Fan
You make it seem like the guy got buried on depth charts by no fault of his own. I realize the response will be that there were very talented WR corps in those places, but at some point you have to figure that the reason a guy has not been given an opportunity to produce is because he didn't deserve the opportunity. I'll put more weight on the decisions of personel guys in New England and (even) Cincinnatti. How often do you see guys produce nothing and then go to another team to become a star? You can think of a few (Ryan Grant, Ahman Green ... maybe Chester Taylor - and of course some back-up QB's - Hasselbeck, etc.) but typically guys that can produce and have ability get opportunities to do so.
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Well, I agree when it comes to other positions, but wr's often do poorly to start due to lack of opportunity, there is a slew of them, here is a sample:
Terrell Owens - 35 - 520 - 4td (10 starts, 16 games)
Santana Moss - (first 2 years combined) 32 - 473 - 4td (1 start, 20 games)
Keenan McCardell - (first 3 years combined) 24 - 424 - 4td (6 starts, 21 games)
Rod Smith - (first 2 years combined) 22 - 389 - 3td (2 starts, 26 games)
Steve Smith - 10 - 154 - 0td (1 start, 15 games)
Jimmy Smith - (first 2 years combined) 22 - 288 - 3td (4 starts, 23 games)
Cris Carter - (first 2 years combined) 44 - 845 - 8td (16 starts, 25 games)
Tim Brown - (first 4 years combined) 98 - 1552 - 13 tds (2 starts, 49 games)
(avg. of 24.5 - 388 - 3.25td a year)
Mark Clayton (dolphins) 6 - 114 - 1td (0 starts, 14 games)
I think you get my point about the amount of people...they all have 1 thing in common, they were not given an opportunity right away, and when they were given the opportunity, they took advantage. Washington has been buried in the depth charts, it's hard to overcome that. If given the chance I'm sure he'll succeed. He has the talent.
ps- Washington went to New England to be one of the top two wr's, he was then buried in the depth charts due to New England's sudden desire for high priced wr's. You say he doesn't deserve the chance, but why? I would agree with you if he was ever given the chance, but he hasn't been. Being buried behind CJ, and Houzyourmomma, then Randy Moss, Welker, and Stallworth is nothing to be upset about.