[HoustonFrog]

Originally Posted by hra8700

This is a terrible way of looking at it.

Yards per game receiving: 2009: 52.7 2010: 62.0 2011: 60.4 2012: 75.2

Yards per return: 2009: 27.5 2010: 23.3 2011: 32.5 2012: 35.9

What is really happening is that Harvin has steadily improved every year. His rookie year he had prime Favre so his receiving numbers were fairly high. In 2010 they went up 10 yards per game despite severe regression from Favre. In 2011 they dipped a bit because he was playing with the corpse of McNabb and rookie Ponder. In 2012 he exploded for 75 yards per game despite being playing with a fairly bad qb.

His "all purpose yards" appear to be going down because he missed time in 2012 and because he was played on fewer and fewer kick returns (but notice, his average on kick returns has been improving).

Right as I stated earlier he was the #1 WR in the league that last 8 games of 2011 and some had him as a MVP caliber guy his first part of 2012.

http://bleacherreport.com/articles/1...-mvp-candidate

It's worked well since then. Harvin has led the NFL (among wide receivers) in offensive touches in the past year with 151. By comparison, the next highest total is 111 by Wes Welker of New England.
With those touches, Harvin makes a difference. He's racked up 1,362 combo yards (1,113 receiving, 249 rushing) for an average of 9.01 yards every time he touches the ball.

Even more incredible, those numbers don't even include his kick returns. In addition to having a 105-yard kickoff return against the Detroit Lions on September 30, Harvin has been averaging 38.3 yards per return, which leads the NFL