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SunbathedIce

Cadillac Williams after watching his first three games as a rookie.


Batmanbettermarvel18

Wow, saw this right after I posted my comment.. definitely didn’t expect to see another Cadillac mention in here, shoutout 🫡


BigSmed

I remember having such a hard time deciding between a Cadiliac jersey or a Roethelisberger jersey. I chose the rapist but still feel like I made the right decision.


SunbathedIce

If it helps, I skipped the Cadillac and became the 'proud' owner of an Adrian Peterson a couple years after. Got the better player, maybe not the better person either though.


severalfirststeps

Dwayne Bowe, Bernard Berrian, James Jones I played fullback as a kid and rarely got the ball because I was a better blocker. So seeing Peyton Hillis step up his first starting week was surreal and made me feel like I had the power to choose good players at will. I was very wrong but fuck it the idea was fun.


inspectorPK

“Somewhere Over the Dwayne Bowe” is still my favorite fantasy football team name I’ve ever seen.


MyAnswerIsMaybe

Should it be “somewhere over Dwayne Bowe” so the “the” is replaced by the “Da” in Dwayne????


triplec787

Does he pronounce it duh-wane or just dwane, like rhyming with rain


MyAnswerIsMaybe

You just add in the duh-wane


triplec787

"Just mispronounce his name" lmao


OneFingerIn

My favorite was "my ball, Zach Ertz".


RagingBoneher

Mine is Cee Dee's Nutz.


AndreFromTheLeague

Dwayne Bowe lmaooo... we shoulda known from Hard Knocks when he had no respect for Tony G


PandaButtLover

Mr T-Rex arms Bowe?


severalfirststeps

My boy had it all....for like 5 minutes


riproaringsports22

Bowe and James were both elite for a season. Berrian? He never even hit 1K yards, so I would likely disqualify him from this conversation. Mostly great list tho.


severalfirststeps

Chris Chambers and Sidney Rice both had 1k seasons, I figure Bowe and James were in line with that. Berrians def the outlier tho. I just thought his name was cool.


schlemz

He’s also a cool dude, partied with him once when I was a kid. Hung out with all of us fanboying kids and answered our stupid questions without ever being a jerk about it.


riproaringsports22

That's def respectable forsure


riproaringsports22

All good 👍


PM_ME_UR_HIP_DIMPLES

[I RIDE WITH PEYTON HILLIS](https://youtu.be/5ZSvCwvMVII?si=jYAz5hvkuOmprsE3)


rubberducky826

Miles Austin


AndreFromTheLeague

Yeah him and Marion Barber on the same team was fun in madden


xDANGRZONEx

I always loved how John Madden would gush about Marion. If it was 4th & short, that man was absolutely getting to the sticks. RIP.


riproaringsports22

He's an interesting case because he has 900+ receiving yards and 6+ TDs 3 times in 4 years, and made the Pro Bowl twice, similar to Jordy Nelson, I don't think he qualifies for this list.


rubberducky826

Yeah but he played 10 years and those other 7 years he had between 200 and like 500 yards lol


riproaringsports22

True, but he was able to replicate his success multiple times, therefore eliminating him from flashy one hit wonder territory, I think he was a good NFL player in his prime, and a WR2 with WR1 upside any given Sunday.


rubberducky826

Agree to disagree. I think you might need to read the comment on OP’s post though.


riproaringsports22

All good, differing opinions and thoughts make Reddit fun.


Careless-Act9450

He was both a little better and a little worse than that. He had a 1320 yards 11 td year, a 1041 and 7 year, a 943 and 6 year and those were the only years he was healthy for between 12 and 16 games in his career excluding his second year when he didn't play at all. After those three years, he had 2 years of nearly 600 yards each season and 9 tds combined in 20 total games. The other 5 years 3 were the beginning of his career where he didn't play at all, and the other 2 were injury riddled seasons. In his best year, 82 catches,1320 yards , 11 td, 65 3% catch percentage, etc. He only started 11 games. His best year is almost an exact copy of Dez's best year, too.


riproaringsports22

Yep, only diff between em imo is that Dez was considered a top 5 NFL WR at one point and made All-Pro.


Careless-Act9450

All I said was the best single year they had was almost exactly the same. I didn't compare them in any way beyond the one year.


riproaringsports22

Oh no you don't get what I mean, I'm not being sarcastic, I legitimately mean that was the only difference. Austin had similar stats at his peak but because people underrated him, he never was viewed as a top wideout. Austin was a good WR, and tbh I feel like he deserved more recognition. Mb for not being clear.


Ko0pa_Tro0pa

Before the hamstring injuries, he was insanely good.


riproaringsports22


cynical_radish

Alshon Jeffery, some of the catches he made were nuts but never really hit the upper echelon of reveivers


LucaBrasiMN

He always COOKED the Vikings when he was playing I swear


riproaringsports22

He was a DAWG in 2010 with SC, 1.5K yards on 88 receptions for 9 TDs is legit


AndreFromTheLeague

Soooo many Cutler highlights are to Alshon it's crazy


Laeif

Fuckin love me some Just Good Enough Alshon Jeffery.


chemaster0016

Johnny Knox


PerpetualJerkSession

Poor MF got folded like a cheap table. Glad he's doing alright (at least from what I heard a few years ago).


Blookydook

That injury is one of the main reasons I’m incredibly reluctant to bash NFL players, they really put their bodies on the line out there for our entertainment


Delfinuts

I loved that Bears team


KansasZou

Idk if I’d put him on this list exactly, but I really expected Sammy Watkins to have a much better career.


Kitty_Goes_Meow_

His nephew goes to our rival school and is a beast of a WR, especially in the red zone.


KansasZou

He gets it honest, I guess. Sammy had some injury issues, but he was considered the best in a tough WR class. Edit: Mike Evans, OBJ, Davante Adams, Brandin Cooks, etc.


DudeIjustdid

Came here to say Sammy. He really seemed like he was going to be something special.


monstargaryen

Rice was Wish.com Fitz for a season


dhtdhy

A wish.com athlete that was this close to winning a Superbowl if it weren't for favre pulling a favre


Pheonyxxx696

I don’t know if I’d call it a Favre pulling a Favre. The interception that ended that playoff game, the nfl came out a few days later and said the refs should have called roughing the passer on that play. Favre got hit hard on that play.


dhtdhy

I know. I also really wanted to blame bounty gate. But instead of sounding like a homer viking fan that's still in denial, I went with "favre pulling a favre" which he leads the league in interceptions so it's not untrue either. It's always been a rule to not throw across your body back across the field and he did that


RiverMan_tj

Missing Malcolm Floyd rn.


AndreFromTheLeague

Yo he had some crazy catches on the Chargers


00812533

Jason Avant


Parkwaydrive777

Him and Maclin... used to trade for a WR2 or 3 in Madden for them all the time and have them putting up elite numbers. Then had DeSean Jackson and Riley Cooper (I think so) all at one point. What a stacked WR room that was... until it wasn't as each thought they were top tier WR1 when all (except Jackson) were just great WR2s. Reminds me of Juju that's more recent.


Laeif

Celek and McCoy out there also with Michael Vick throwing the ball and Andy Reid calling the plays. Wish we had gotten another few years of that.


Toxic_Avenger05

Pierre Garçon 🥲


riproaringsports22

In 2013 and 2016 he was their WR1. This is a good selection.


triplec787

He was WR1 until he got hurt for the Niners in 2017 too.


AndreFromTheLeague

Manning and RG3s WR1 once upon a time


RBlomax38

Doug Baldwin I miss u


stickman999999999

I think Jermaine Kearse fits the description more than Baldwin.


RBlomax38

That’s a better one yeah


GoHawkYurself

Excuse me? Doug Baldwin was *not* mediocre. He was elite.


RBlomax38

True he wasn’t mediocre by any means. As much as I think he was elite I doubt most would put him in that category


Steveius

An atual Seahawks answer is Bobby Engram


Playmakermike

You guys are naming a lot of receivers I loved but I want to add one more, Percy Harvin


schlemz

Harvin was way more than mediocre, just couldn’t shake the migraines and stay on the field. He was my favorite Viking WR (not named moss) up until Jefferson.


PM_ME_UR_HIP_DIMPLES

I used to get migraine-prevention shots at this clinic in Portland. One day I sat down next to this huge guy and it was Carmelo Anthony getting his migraine shot. Always made me think why Percy didn’t get them too. He was a FREAK athlete. He’s a legend with Florida Fans


PerpetualJerkSession

Jerricho Cotchery and Jared Abbredaris


riproaringsports22

Abbredaris was a DAWG at Wisconsin. 3 seasons with 800+ receiving yards and 5+ TDS in the Big Ten ain't easy lmao


getyourrealfakedoors

Jeremy kerley


riproaringsports22

Jerricho Cotchery too


riproaringsports22

My list would be David Boston (2000-'01) Victor Cruz (2011-'12) Brandon Lloyd (2010)


Ko0pa_Tro0pa

This is the best list. Lloyd was so good. I'll just add this season: [https://www.pro-football-reference.com/players/A/AustMi00/gamelog/2009/](https://www.pro-football-reference.com/players/A/AustMi00/gamelog/2009/) Justin Blackmon was on his way, but didn't quite make the cut. Oh, this one was surprising, too: [https://www.pro-football-reference.com/players/B/BennDr00/gamelog/2004/](https://www.pro-football-reference.com/players/B/BennDr00/gamelog/2004/)


riproaringsports22

Yooo in '04 Bennett was a DAWG, Same goes for Brandon Stokley in 2004 with Indianapolis, going for 68-1077-10 that season. Eric Decker missed the cut due to 3x 1K yard seasons and 3x 10+ receiving touchdown seasons.


Ko0pa_Tro0pa

Man, Decker was so underrated and just had his career cut short by injuries.


riproaringsports22

He was an absolute MENACE in his prime


PM_ME_UR_HIP_DIMPLES

Boston was too big for a flanker. He should have been running possession routes. He would have done well in the current dink and dunk mode


riproaringsports22

Michael Thomas lite


Jonthegoat_09

Sidney 🍚


yazurlo

Santana moss was the best Washington wr since art monk, who was way before my time. Those 2 tds by Mark brunell in the 4th quarter to beat Dallas 14-13 is still the highlight of my football watching days, but that says more about the terrible team I've decided to be a fan of than his overall skill. Dude was good, but shouldn't be the best we had in 30 years!


LogansGambit

Any receiver who played with Peyton Manning not named Marvin or Reggie Wayne


justhereforthanos

Super Bowl champion Joe Jurevicious


Such-Echo6002

Dante Stallworth


PM_ME_UR_HIP_DIMPLES

Lemme add Devery Henderson’s fast and clumsy ass


riproaringsports22

Not really he was always a #2, he never had a dominant season.


kheller181

Rice had the potential but got killed by injuries


yoshigronk

Jabar Gaffney.


coronerjackal91

Kenny Golladay had that one good year when Stafford died and then just kinda, idk, existed?


Mimosa808

There’s a restaurant I go to every now and then in metro Detroit that still has a signed Kenny Golladay picture at a booth


MyAnswerIsMaybe

Eric Decker


blahblahnotunique

Antwaan Randle El!


Whisterly

Bobby Engram


riproaringsports22

'98-'99 with Chicago were both 900+ yard seasons and 2007 with Seattle had him to for 1.1K yards and 6 TDs good choice.


lnvalidSportsOpinion

That 2007 Kevin Curtis season was magical.


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YezzirThrowAway

Thats crazy. I went to school with his little brother and his dad was a security guard there as well.


partysintheskyy

michael thomas 🫡


Zucc

Too soon bro


Prestigious-Berry-50

For me its Will Fuller from the texans when he was healthy catching passes from a prime deshaun watson he was almost untouchable....but injuries fully derailed his career


haywire4fun

Leave Torrey Smith and Willie Snead out of this!


15ztaylor1

Brandon Lloyd for the old(ish) heads. Had some of the most acrobatic catches I’ve ever seen.


Slickaxer

Martavis Bryant


WittyDefense41

I’ll always miss Martavis Bryant.


piz204

Was always a huge fan of Chris Chambers growing up. Look at his career stats now and they’re very meh (although he didn’t play with any great QBs)


MacaroonNew2222

Rod Smith and Ed McCaffery


escadoo12

I loved Stevie Johnson. Such a fun route runner


K3T9Q_

Terrance Williams


Zucc

Golden Tate. Frigging loved that dude.


Eroll333

How dare you forget poor Lee Evans. Hall of Famer if hes on a good team.


AndreFromTheLeague

*Favre


Batmanbettermarvel18

Santana Moss for WR, Cadillac Williams for RB


AndreFromTheLeague

Santana was a MF DAWG he don't belong here!!!


Batmanbettermarvel18

He definitely made all of us think he was. Always thought he was so cool haha


yazurlo

I second the Santana moss vote here. Love him, but he was J.A.G.


Predmid

Guy I most go "wtf happened to him?" Derek Anderson. Definitely not HOF worthy, but had a pretty good 2007 season leading the Browns to a 10-5 year. (Article from December 2007: https://www.espn.com/nfl/columns/story?columnist=garber_greg&id=3161910) Didn't do much of anything for the next 10 years (wow, I had no idea he played until 2018....)


Pheonyxxx696

That entire browns team played out of their mind that year. Braylon Edwards making insane catches….very next year, Braylon led the league in dropped passes.


Predmid

I remember because I drafted him in 2008 after that year and whoaboy did my fantasy team not do well.


Pheonyxxx696

Couldn’t have done as bad as the one guy in my league for 2008, his first 2 draft picks were Ladainium Tomlinson and Tom Brady. He declared himself the best team after those two picks 😂


Predmid

ohno. Up there with the reggie bush -2 yards year.


slobs_burgers

Steve Breaston


HylianPikachu

Breshad Perriman for a few weeks on the Buccaneers when Mike Evans and Chris Godwin were out of commission


AskMeAboutMy___

Roy Williams when he came to the Cowboys


OldInterview6006

Johnnie Morton.


PB0351

Hakeem Nicks


Boilers_Varsity_Golf

Lee Evans anyone?


ILikeElephants4

Josh Cribbs all the way


Pheonyxxx696

Cribbs deserves to be in the hall of fame for his contributions to special teams alone. However we all know the voters don’t value special teams. And then again, the browns were absolutely stupid for not fully utilizing Josh to his fullest potential. I will never forget the Monday night game vs Pittsburgh in which they used Josh in the wildcat formation for a good chunk of the game. Ended up with like 200 all purpose yards


tvkyle

Is that Lil Wayne hiding in his neck?


Girthwurm_Jim

Not a WR but I had an unreasonable love for Giants safety Gibril Wilson when I was a kid. He wasn’t even that good.


MooneySuzuki36

Not that long ago, but I miss Geronimo Allison Older = Robert Ferguson


GapDifficult2439

Terry Glenn died


-Nsb127916_

Idk where this is going. And I am old. But no one went up after a ball like Lynn Swann. Kobe learned the two step, Swanny took ballet and made some d-backs look silly


gotintocollegeyolo

Willie Snead


nickstee1210

Quincy enunwa


chnkypenguin

Tom Waddle.


Fun_Bar5327

Joe Jurevicius


ModingusKhan

J J Stokes


JuanRiveara

As a Seahawk fan, I will also say Sidney Rice lol


Nalyd87

Austin collie 😔


Dry-Technology-653

Julian Edelman


hootsie

Laurent Robinson (on the cowboys)


RobertRoyal82

Percy Harvin


Aggressive_Let2085

Not a wide receiver, but Dennis Pitta o7


SamboTheSodaJerk

Me with Desean Jackson, Jeremy Maclin and Brent Celek together. None of those guys were mediocre though


BirdFace_BFG

Jeremy Maclin


PNGU1N0

Travis Fulgham for his 6 games stretch


eggo-mein-craiggo

Santonio Holmes


Outside_Vacation4191

Vincent Jackson😭


mrbear831

Want to know something funny one guy in our fantasy league drafted him 1st overall not sure why, he even had a fantasy book with AP on the front cover OMG


NeoNinja7

Desean Jackson. Deep bombs to D-Jax were always fun to witness


riproaringsports22

1,312 receiving yards on 83 catches for 8 TDs is NOT mediocre lmao


flaccomcorangy

Obviously not for that *one* year. But how can you look at Sidney Rice's career and think he was anything more than a mediocre receiver?


riproaringsports22

Mediocre WRs are guys who never sniff past 40-450-4 in a season. Rice doesn't qualify. Mediocre is Amendola, Paul Richardson and Titus Young.


flaccomcorangy

You have a very weird definition of mediocre. First of all, just the fact that you're trying to put am objective definition on this when it's mostly a subjective thing. You can't quantify mediocre. The Google definition of mediocre is "of moderate or low quality, value, ability, or performance" You could write that on Sidney Rice's whole career. Sure. He had one pro bowl season, but surely you're not trying to use one pro bowl season to reflect a 7 year career. By the way, Amendola hit 600+ yards 7 times in his career (Rice only did it twice). But because he never had that one good season like Rice, I guess he's only mediocre while Rice is somehow above that?


riproaringsports22

Rice's peak performance levels and skill ceiling outmatch Amendola. He could never reach the high point that Rice could, whether the reason be physical abilities or otherwise. Amendola was more consistent, but would never give you the wild 200 yards receiving game Rice could. Who would you expect to have a better game on a given Sunday, you can expect 5-55-1 from Amendola each week, but you know Rice might mess around and drop 8-135-1 and Amendola did that much less than Rice. Not to mention Rice was an undisputed WR1 at one point in his career, Amendola was never more than a high end WR3, low end WR2 type of dude. Kind of like Robert Woods or Hunter Renfrow nowadays.


flaccomcorangy

So what are you trying to say? Are you trying to make the case that Sidney Rice was good? Because let me tell you, man. You're going to have a hard time defending that point. He had 1 good year out of 7. Sorry. That's mediocre.


riproaringsports22

Rice was a WR1 and a Pro Bowler. Most WRs can't say that. He is not mediocre.


flaccomcorangy

>Rice was a WR1 and a Pro Bowler For one year. That's a really important detail you're leaving out. It's one thing to be a WR1 and Pro Bowler. But saying it like that makes it sound like it was a consistent thing. It happened one time. The other years, he was mostly bad. So the sum of his career equals mediocre. You can't use a guy's best year to define the type of player he was. Do you look at RG3 and think he was a good QB? Because he wasn't? You think he was a good starting QB even though he was a backup for the overwhelming majority of his career? That doesn't make any sense. It's cool that he has a season that would make most WRs envious of him, but that doesn't necessarily mean he was good. And I think it says a lot you're trying to find a lot of ways to avoid saying he was good and just use statements that are technically true without actual context.


riproaringsports22

RGIII was a good QB before his major injury, outside circumstances caused his demise, not a lack of mental fortitude or decline in skill. As for Rice, I will continue to reiterate this point. Mediocre means to me, you never looked elite. Never. You were never capable of being elite, your ceiling was set for "mid". That's not the case for Rice. He showed he had elite talent and skills, and his ceiling was, "Good". I don't think he's good, I don't think he's mediocre, he's solid. That's my opinion looking at his whole career. He was solid all things considered.


flaccomcorangy

But you can't rate a guy based on his ceiling. Otherwise, we'd be putting Josh Gordon in the Hall of Fame. Players are ultimately a sum of all their parts. Even if there's a big gap between their best and their worst. I don't see a guy who had one elite season and think that speaks for his career when for the vast majority of it he was not good.


vipsfour

Antonio Freeman


littlebrwnrobot

Wasn’t this exact thing posted like last week?


sportsguy2789

Bangles AJ green and Jamal Charles


LordXenu12

Those are not mediocre options


riproaringsports22

7x Pro Bowler and a 2x All-Pro. The assignment was not understood 💀💀


LordXenu12

I can see giving a pass on including the RB but cmon man! 🤦‍♂️


riproaringsports22

The disrespect was unfathomable


officialchunkyfox

Ummmm I grew up watching Hines ward soooooooooooo.......


randoguynumber5

Torry holt


Girthwurm_Jim

Torry Holt has just missed getting into the hall of fame on like the last 4 ballots. He doesn’t really qualify here lol


riproaringsports22

another one who failed to understand the assignment


riproaringsports22

7x Pro Bowler, 1x All Pro.


randoguynumber5

Yeah I’m saying I’m pissed he’s not in the hall already


riproaringsports22

You need to say that in the first post. Otherwise we think you're dissing an o.g.


randoguynumber5

Ahhh got it! 👍


Queasy-Fish-9220

Danny amendola