12punch said:
Shutout said:
Wayne has been underrated and overlooked for the past 4 years. The truth in that scenario though is he now has a legit health issue where he never did before. He literally had not missed a game since his rookie year before the ACL. But other than that, he hasn't been a speed guy in forever. He isn't dependent on a system to flourish. He has terrific hands, has the trust of Luck, and knows exactly what to do on the field. I think he catches something like 85-105/1000-ish/8. He is such a chain mover and the trusted guy, that its almost a foregone conclusion (to me, anyway) that he will pile up catches.
the guy's 35 coming off acl surgery and hasn't hit 8+ td in 5 yrs.
That's a little cherry picking isn't it? Pointing out a stat like that and ignoring the others. Ok, as recently as 2009 he had 10. He's had 9 or 10 a few other times. In the last 3-4 recent years if you count last year when he was hurt, he's logged 5 or 6 a year. Ok. But look at what the guy's done (and keep in mind that year between Manning and Luck and that luck is just now starting to scrape the surface of what he will be). In the past previous eight (8) years, his FLOOR was 82 catches. He was hitting 86, 100, 102, 111. His yards FLOOR was 1000 yards. That's a heck of an accomplishment for a guy that isn't dominating games like a Dex or Calvin does. He just goes out there and is part of the plan week in and week out, catching 5 here, 8 there, and at the end of the year, its an amazing year.
Yeah, he's older. He was injured. He could fall off and be done. But for where you can get him, I'm buying him all day long because if he is on the field, he is a LEGITIMATE threat for 4-5/70-80 every single week.