Jack Fox!
I tried to find a stat line for him to make a Venus/Serena joke Sunday evening, but he only showed up with a couple of runs. Meanwhile, the younger St Brown was the top receiver with 10 receptions on 11 targets.
You would, why is that? Personally I’d take the receiving yards. In theory 1 reception for 40 yards is more valuable than 3 for 30. This is nothing to do against ASB, he’s a stud & we’re lucky to have him.
UPDATE! Waddle still has to play Sunday, but as of today with six games left, ASB and Waddle are now tied for 16/17th on the list of top 25 receptions in the first two seasons by a WR in NFL history.
As mentioned in the Game Thread:
Funny you should ask that @NYLion59 and funny you should mention this @Thats2
With today, Sun God has not only crept into the field and passed Waddle, he may as well have lapped the field.
He is now #8 on this list with 166 receptions, leaving Waddle at #11 with 161.
Now, yes he is getting two extra games, so I will present both sides.
If you say it should be the first 32, then ASB needs 4 catches in three games to pass S-S for #6 all time.
If you say it should be the first 34, then ASB needs 22 catches in five games to OBJ for #5 all time.
Either way, he’s a beast and what a game by him today.
Career stats
Year | Team | REC | YDS | AVG | LNG | TD | ATT | YDS | AVG |
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2022 | Lions | 76 | 830 | 10.9 | 49 | 6 | 6 | 83 | 13.8 |
2021 | Lions | 90 | 912 | 10.1 | 37 | 5 | 7 | 61 | 8.7 |
Career | 166 | 1,742 | 10.5 | 49 | 11 | 13 | 144 | 11.1 |
He’s going to break 100 receptions if healthy and a 1000 yards receiving. 10 receiving TDs is possible too with 5 games to play.
He’s on the doorstep of passing several well known Lions players:
22 | Nate Burleson | 2010 | 2013 | 45 | WR | 19 | 294 | 194 | 66.0% | 2083 | 10.7 | 12 | 58 | 7.1 | 4.3 | 46.3 | 4 |
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23 | Dexter Bussey | 1974 | 1984 | 150 | RB | 56 | 193 | 1616 | 8.4 | 5 | 65 | 1.3 | 10.8 | 36 | |||
24 | Billy Sims | 1980 | 1984 | 60 | RB | 63 | 186 | 2072 | 11.1 | 5 | 87 | 3.1 | 34.5 | 40 | |||
25 | Eric Ebron | 2014 | 2017 | 56 | TE | 17 | 288 | 186 | 64.6% | 2070 | 11.1 | 11 | 61 | 7.2 | 3.3 | 37.0 | 1 |
26 | T.J. Hockenson | 2019 | 2022 | 47 | TE | 14 | 287 | 186 | 64.8% | 2068 | 11.1 | 15 | 81 | 7.2 | 4.0 | 44.0 | 1 |
27 | Germane Crowell | 1998 | 2002 | 54 | WR | 24 | 354 | 184 | 52.0% | 2722 | 14.8 | 16 | 77 | 7.7 | 3.4 | 50.4 | 3 |
28 | Kenny Golladay | 2017 | 2020 | 47 | WR | 24 | 315 | 183 | 58.1% | 3068 | 16.8 | 21 | 75 | 9.7 | 3.9 | 65.3 | 2 |
29 | David Sloan | 1995 | 2001 | 90 | TE | 19 | 308 | 180 | 58.4% | 2024 | 11.2 | 15 | 74 | 6.6 | 2.0 | 22.5 | 0 |
30 | Mike Furrey | 2006 | 2008 | 41 | DB | 16 | 272 | 177 | 65.1% | 1931 | 10.9 | 7 | 49 | 7.1 | 4.3 | 47.1 | 2 |
Michael Thomas and Justin Jefferson are tied at 1st with 196 receptions. St Brown needs 30 receptions in 5 games. My guess is he blows by that and goes well over 200 and sets the record.
After this week, ASB is now #6 with 172 and Waddle is #9 with 163. Going to be a fun ride the last four left.
And side note, he needs 25 over the next four to overtake #1. It will put ASB at 33 games. Justin Jefferson, who is #1, played … … 33 games. So an even box score.
Also to be fair to Michael Thomas, he did it in 31.
With two games to go, ASB has now moved into the #5 spot with 186! Waddle has actually passed him and is tied with OBJ at 187.
Let’s go Sun God, 11 to go for #1!
Jaylen waddle only has 166 catches, just FYI
Excuse me, correction. you’re absolutely correct. Not sure why I saw “McCaffrey” and read “Waddle”.
UPDATE AGAIN!
Update #1: Waddle is basically out of it with one week to go unless he has a pro bowl game and ASB trips and breaks his leg this week.
Update #2!: With today’s game, ASB has moved PASSED 5th all time, which was my original “that’s a tall task”, passing OBJ and McCaffrey. He is now #4 with one week left.
With 5 catches, he will pass Landry for #3. And with 7, he will pass both Jefferson and Michael Thomas for #1 all-time on the “Top receptions in first two years” list.
Just keep finding him, Jared!
He is already our 39th all time yardage WR as well … he can pass TJ and Nate B if he breaks 100 this next game and that will place him at 35th
Wow looked at that same list and it’s crazy to think with two or three more really good years he could already be top 10. In four-five years. Man I hope he stays healthy.
His numbers are even more incredible when you realize he did all that without a QB.
Fox threw to him
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