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NFC Stats by Position

Over the past two seasons in the NFC, there were a total of four #2WRs who broke the 1,000-yard receiving barrier. Three of those occurred last season - Terry Glenn in Dallas, Isaac Bruce in St. Louis and Mike Furrey in Detroit. With the loosening of the standard to 900 or more yards, only one season is added - last year's 946 yard effort by Arizona WR Larry Fitzgerald. Even at 800+, only three more seasons qualify.

With 64 seasons, there have been 8 efforts over 800 yards by #2WRs by yardage. When I doubt the hype on rookie WR Calvin Johnson, I am considering those figures plus the fact Mike Furrey won't go from 1,086 yard to the total of the #3WR in Detroit - 164 yards! Nevermind the fact the Lions' threw for 4,208 yards. How many more passing yards can the Lions fit into a 60 minute game?

Another tandem I'd like to draw some attention to is the receiving gold of Arizona - Anquan Boldin, Larry Fitzgerald and Bryant Johnson. Last year, the yardage totals heavily favored Boldin 1,203 to 946 to 740 respectively. Given Fitzgerald missed three games due to injury, I see how easy it would be to conclude he will grab yardage from both Boldin and Johnson. A return to his 2005 yardage totals appears to be the cause behind his projected value. However, and you knew there was one coming, the 2005 Cardinals had no running game whatsoever. As a result the team had to pass, and Boldin and Fitzgerald racked up 1,400+ yards a piece. That is not the case this season nor should it be after two off-seasons worth of personnel decisions to make sure it didn't happen again. (FWIW, the 451 yards by the 2005 AR RB1 was the lowest in the sample, and Bryant's 740 yards as the #3WR was the highest.)

Rushing Yd RB1 Passing YD WR1 WR2 WR3 TE1 RB1
DAL
2006 1936 1084 4067 1180 1047 516 754 196
2005 1861 993 3639 1136 839 341 757 218
PHI
2006 1984 1217 4309 816 725 464 611 699
2005 1432 617 3903 763 571 561 682 616
NYG
2006 2156 1662 3244 988 360 253 623 465
2005 2209 1860 3762 1214 684 186 891 530
WAS
2006 2216 1154 3174 790 365 351 734 445
2005 2183 1516 3346 1483 217 194 774 216
Rushing Yd RB1 Passing YD WR1 WR2 WR3 TE1 RB1
CHI
2006 1918 1210 3446 863 775 303 626 162
2005 2099 1335 2201 750 346 246 229 143
DET
2006 1129 689 4208 1310 1086 164 308 520
2005 1471 664 3021 687 417 350 516 284
GB
2006 1663 1059 3947 1295 632 358 232 373
2005 1352 582 3964 1221 549 366 294 347
MIN
2006 1820 1216 3402 651 455 381 386 468
2005 1467 662 3449 604 515 372 568 339
Rushing Yd RB1 Passing YD WR1 WR2 WR3 TE1 RB1
ATL
2006 2939 1140 2682 506 436 430 780 170
2005 2546 1416 2907 611 508 446 877 220
CAR
2006 1659 897 3486 1166 815 357 170 313
2005 1679 879 3485 1563 441 282 202 372
NO
2006 1761 1057 4626 1038 745 679 164 742
2005 1688 659 3604 945 654 489 396 281
TB
2006 1523 798 2994 1057 356 339 250 405
2005 1826 1178 3171 1287 372 282 367 300
Rushing Yd RB1 Passing YD WR1 WR2 WR3 TE1 RB1
AZ
2006 1338 1159 3924 1203 946 740 161 217
2005 1138 451 4723 1409 1402 432 270 255
STL
2006 1805 1528 4328 1188 1098 479 226 806
2005 1535 1046 4351 1331 801 525 129 320
SF
2006 2172 1695 2890 733 686 150 292 485
2005 1689 608 2190 733 363 288 76 241
SEA
2006 1923 896 3369 956 725 610 231 159
2005 2457 1880 3632 778 694 482 554 166