Maclin's 2014 season would have been all-time Chiefs best
 

Just read that in an article...

"85 catches, 1,318 yards and 10 touchdowns he had last season would have been the best all-around receiving year in Chiefs history."

http://bleacherreport.com/articles/2...as-city-chiefs

Derrick Alexander does not agree

If we're basing it solely off of statistics, I'd rather have 72 catches for 1,162 yards and 15 TDs.

Not if he is going to point to his name on the back of his jersey.

I would take Otis Taylor's 58 catches for 1,297 yards and 8 TDs in a 14-game season in 1966.

Not to mention Alex has never come close to feeding a single WR at that level.

Eagles had like 30 percent more passing plays than the Chiefs or something absurd.

Yep. Still not sure how he didn't make the pro bowl that year (2000?). Too many other "name" guys, probably.

Otis Taylor averaged over 22 yards per reception in 1966. Think about that. He AVERAGED 22 yards per reception. That's insane.

Not really. The Eagles ran the fastest pace in the league. They had qbs who weren't terrified of a forward pass.

Well..at least KC has a legit #1 WR for a WC offense now. I really think it's going to have a significant impact on the offense as a whole.

It's a number's game and Bowe didn't require two defenders to account for him. The way Reid designs plays...someone is going to be open. If I played FF..I would draft Kelce. I think he is going to be an immediate beneficiary of having Maclin on the team.

Another reason Maclin won't get 1300 yards here.

The biggest reason wears number 11

LMAO

He will never hit those numbers here

Maybe if he was a tight end he coul get a couple touchdowns at least

I'm guessing 70 catches, 900 yards, 6 TDs for Maclin this year. He'll help balance things out some as he is better than Bowe, but we aren't going to see a transformation.

Yes... because Bowe's single and solitary problem was his pointing to the back of his jersey. People's annoyance with him was first and foremost his pointing... THEN his drops, his lazy routes, his general unwillingness to go up for balls he didn't feel like making an effort for, or his importing bitches.

Nope.

Just the jersey pointing.

Do you think a WR in the style of Dez would have a bigger impact in a WC? Rice was a pretty small, average speed WR...he just knew where to be and had great hands...which is pretty much everything Bowe wasn't....minus the slow.

Troll.

So is Tony Gonzalez the one lone player in franchise history to have 100 plus catches in a single season?

Multiple players have caught vd 100+ times in a season.

They were too wored out on game day to catch the ball.

Carlos Carson, Stephon Paige, Andre Rison and Dwayne Bowe might have a case too.

He also ran the best routes of any receiver ever.

And folks bitch that Andy throws too much.

And used stickem.

I've only been a fan since 98 but DA was by far the biggest threat at WR since then.

He not only made Girlbac look good he was actually open and reliable when the game was on the line...

We do...

Grbac threw a game winning TD to DA at the goal line in Pile High......I was five rows up ..happened right in front of me.

Rick Dennison gave me the tickets.

98? You missed the Best years. :)

Does anyone think that Maclin has a chance to be this franchises third most productive receiver behind Bowe and Taylor?

Vernon Davis had 78, 56, and 67 receptions his last 3 years playing primarily under Alex Smith. Crabtree had 72 in Smith's last year there.

Crabtree missed 6 games 2009-2011

Still got 302 targets still. Only 24th most of all WR but 49ers were 29th in total pass attempts.

Vernon Davis is not a well rounded weapon in the pass game you can't feed him targets like Tony G getting 150 a year.

Crabtree had the hype and when he slipped a bit to 10th pick as a guy some hyped as the best prospect in the draft.

When he was on the field he was given chances. 23% of passes went towards him.

He lacked 'it'. He is not a top flight athlete at WR. And missing all the time holding out and foot or something stopped him from getting any preseason action in 2010 or 2011.
He was not good #1 WR.

He caught 58% of passes to him for 13 yards a catch

Josh Morgan caught 62% for 13 yards a catch

They tried to move him off typical #1 WR playing outside position in 2011 with Braylon Edwards being signed. They were able to do it in 2012 and Crabtree was able to reach his potential in 2012 with some dominating numbers in the slot with Smith. The run with Kaepernick forcing him passes was not something that could be sustained.

All the times I checked, Vernon played TE.

Alex started 9 games that year. Kaepernick started 7. Look up Crabtree's splits. He had significantly more yards per game under kaepernick.

They're going to counter that Vernon Davis' numbers took a dip at the same time

Which doesn't matter because the 49ers PPG went up and they went to the ****ing Super Bowl.

I think Maclin has the chance to be the best receiver on this team since Stephone Paige.

It helps.

It doesn't matter where the receiver lined up if he is moving the chains.

Maclin's 2014 season would have been all-time Chiefs best
 

Everyone's numbers went down except for Crabtree. 50% of Kaeps passes went to Crabtree. Ironically, if kaepernick had just looked at Vernon Davis on fourth down instead of forcing it to Crabtree they win the super bowl.


But yes crabtree's numbers sky rocketed.

Unless the point of discossion is whether we think Maclin has much of a chance of matching his production from last year.