The Perils of Drafting WRs

[Schneed10]

I've been harping on it, and harping on it, and harping on it. Finally, someone came out with an article that said the same thing.

http://sports.espn.go.com/nfl/column...len&id=2032581

Paraphrasing Pastabelly: Rookie WRs RARELY make an impact in their first season. Since 1990, exactly 12 rookie FIRST ROUND WRs went over the 750 yard mark in their rookie season, and only 4 of those players went over 1000 (Anquan Boldin also did it as a 2nd rounder).

Only eight of those 54 first rounders had more than 60 catches.

The averages for the first-round wide receivers from the last 15 draft classes: 7.5 starts, 34.0 catches, 474.4 yards and 3.1 touchdowns.

So, for all those proponents of drafting Mike Williams or other WRs, just realize that you're not likely to get much out of them this year. And that's not my cup of tea when you're paying 9th pick type of money.

PS Too bad that the person who finally agreed with me on this had to be Pastabelly. I hate that MFer.