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.
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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.
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(in Batman voice)
You’re gonna love me…
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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.
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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.
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Career stats
| Year | Team | REC | YDS | AVG | LNG | TD | ATT | YDS | AVG |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 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 |
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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.
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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.
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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!
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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!
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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
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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.
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His numbers are even more incredible when you realize he did all that without a QB.
Fox threw to him
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