01-22-2014, 09:34 PM
Quote:He's not good enough to do it on his own? He was a starter for only 8 games in 2012 and had 960 yards.I never said he couldn't hit 1k, just that he needed a decent QB to do it. By himself with bad QB's, as a starter he was not able to this year, and I don't think the extra two games would have seen him get there.
He missed 4-5 games this year and still had 760+
His career high of 141 yards came against Richard Sherman before Blackmon came back. While about 50 of those yards were in "garbage time" that's still impressive against the best CB in the league.
With a real QB, Shorts breaks 1k without trying.
Edit: And I would add that it is much more apropo to use this year to compare because he was a starter the whole season, and yet fell well short (pun maybe intended) of hitting 1k with bad QB play. Going back to last year were he was a part time starter is less useful than looking at this year, were every team planned for him. He was shut down a lot of time in a lot of games, especially when Blackmon went out. I know someone will bring up Haden biting on the double move, but really Shorts had some games were he disappeared.
Also why is Blackmon suddenly a slot receiver? Because he is good at going over the middle? He is an outside guy, just look at his height. Shorts is more suited to slot, and I think Ace Sanders is even more suited to playing slot. Short shifty receivers are who you want there. You want the tall guys on the outside jumping above their defenders.