oh yeah and about josh gordon
if anything playing on a shitty team helps him put up the numbers he did
you probably need this concept explained to you, so here ya go buddy:
STOP EVALUATING PLAYERS BASED ON THEIR STATS AND HIGHLIGHTS
well i'm really not pleading for anyone to stop doing their thing , i'm just airing out my frustrations with the logic behind most sport's fans 'best of' lists
isaac bruce has always been my favorite athlete and what i'm about to share gave me confirmation on why i love him so much and has nothing to do with his excellent playing career
4 years ago i heard an interview with him and he was asked who he thought were the top 5 WRs in the league
i don't remember his entire list, but i do remember his list causing me to scratch my head(he had maybe 1 person on the list that was a no brainer) and remember him crowning derek mason as the best WR in the NFL, a guy who was at the end of his career and nowhere near top ten in any of the fantasy football stats
honestly don't remember bruce's reason, i know it had to do with blocking, special teams, and things we don't notice because the camera/box score doesn't show us
isaac bruce is a future HoF, a born leader and 'gets it' way more than any fan or persons in the media
what i got out of it was that statistics are the ignorant and lazy man's way of evaluating talent, fans don't have the slightest idea of who the most talented players are in the league - they shouldn't be expected to and i totally understand why they believe talent is a simple concept to gauge
i will always respect any fan's perspective equally, more so than any talking head behind a camera/mic - because like my self, non of us know shit and i can respect anyone willing to share their opinions - they're fun to listen to
and i can already see it - any response to this post will be negative, and no chance in hell anybody gives me props, because 'hey, cool, i never thought of that'---i'm not trying to tell anyone how to think nor believe that what i believe in is anything close to the truth - i'm simply offering an independent ,slightly educated, alternative perspective