That's ridiculous. 3 1000 yard seasons in 9 years compared to a guy that has 4 in 5 years. Dez was a good to very good receiver but he is not close to AJ or Cee Dee.
Ok.
We had the opportunity to get Brown here after we let go of Cooper but instead we signed a one-legged Gallup because "we like our guys". Imagine Brown, Cee Dee, Cooks, Ferg.
Dez's ability to high point and grab contested balls during his prime is arguably the best we have ever seen. It was almost automatic when we were down near the goal line. I don't think I've seen another WR as talanted as Dez was at executing that play. Maybe Calvin Johnson, but CJ is in a whole other class of WRs.
He was fantastic in that regard. AJ Brown is probably currently the best at that but a much better route runner and better hands then Dez. Dez was a 1200 yard guy for 3 years and not much of a force after those 3 years.
Why does this matter if we are comparing them in their prime?
Mainly because Dez had a very brief prime. Only 3 1000 yard season in 9 years isn't very remarkable. AJ is a 1400 yard guy and looking like a 2000 yard guy in his prime and has put up more 1000 yard seasons in 4.5 seasons than Dez did in 9. I'm not ripping Dez cause he was good and tremendous in the red zone but it's ludicrous that people are on here saying he was a better receiver then AJ Brown is. That's just silly.
Dez obviously was injured in 2 of those seasons you are mentioning. Dont be disingenuous.
And AJ was hurt in the only season he didn't get 1000 yards. What's disingenuous about that. AJ is currently on pace to also have more TDs in 9 years than Dez had in 9 years. That's not disingenuous it's facts. I know we like to stick up for the Cowboy brand but AJ is on pace to have a lot more yards, more TDs and has already surpassed Dez in 1000 yard seasons in 1/2 the time.
Respectfully, the route running became an issue when his athleticism took a hit, and he could no longer just outrun and out jump everyone.
Dude was getting this treatment in his prime. This “route-running” nonsense hadnt become a thing until a certain QB came around. Dez’ peers respected the hell out of his talent. Sherm was dappin him up, mid-game because of a back shoulder he made against him.
The Dez hate on this board all stems from Dak
We are talking about prime. Im not talking about post broken foot Dez.
or that's how it happened. not saying you're wrong, but sometimes distinctions are important.
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And 30 lbs.
Don’t you have to move the ball down the field to have someone make a TD? Fez was great at getting the jump ball in the red zone he wasn’t the reason you got to the red zone and that is why yards are important. Fez was great at that, would have been nice had he had more years of being productive, but he lost his ability to leap
He led the NFL in TDs one season and that was it. The last 5 seasons of his career were pure trash.
The problem is there's no way to know from the reports we get.
Yes and Dez did that also. He was catching more
Absurd is thinking Dez was a better receiver then AJ Brown who is gonna have 100+ catches, double digit TDs and 2000 yards in an offense with studs everywhere
You have to be an Eagles fan. I Dont know why it took me so long to figure that out.
