Gibbs Hog Heaven Posted October 13, 2011 Share Posted October 13, 2011 I think you are doing Rice a disservice. He became more of a possesion guy in the 2nd half of his career but in his first few years he had very very good yards per catch averages - his first 5 years he had a better than 18 yards per catch average overall (season high in that stretch over 20 and low just over 16). I know that does not tell a complete story because of run after the catch but when you factor in that in that period he was playing with Joe Montana who is a GOAT candidate at QB but was not a good deep ball thrower its still impressive.The knock on Jerry was he lacked great speed and thats true but as you said he ran great routes, was very good at selling double moves, got in and out of breaks as fast as any receiver I have seen and had great football speed. He got behind a lot of corners and ran through a lot of zone coverages in his career. He was a lot more than just a possesion receiver he was a weapon teams had to account for every play. I totally concur and was trying to distinguish him from Moss, which ended up bracketing him into one role it seems to my folly; which wasn't the intention. Hail. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bigjumbo1971 Posted October 14, 2011 Share Posted October 14, 2011 "He Mossed him!" Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SkinsFTW Posted October 14, 2011 Share Posted October 14, 2011 Nobody said Lynn Swann yet. I agree with Moss though. Steve Smith has had his share of big plays too. Right now it has to be CJ in Detroit. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ddub52 Posted October 14, 2011 Share Posted October 14, 2011 At first I thought this said "Greatest 'Deep Throat' receiver" lol. That award can go to Michael Irvin Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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