(08-13-2018, 12:52 AM)JaguarKick Wrote:

(08-12-2018, 06:25 PM)TurndownforWatt Wrote: Have you even looked at their numbers.. and I compared playing style.

Wake me up when Chark leads the NFL in TD receptions..with crappy QB play, then we'll have this discussion. There's a difference between being a homer and straight hating..and I'm sorry, but you're hating with this post.

BTW, if you actually took the time to pull up their numbers before submitting this stupid post, you'd realize that Hopkins has over 1,500 more receiving yards than Irvin, 9 more TDs than Irvin, and has 164 more receptions without playing with a HOF QB or even a legit starting NFL QB during the same point in their career, (and Hopkins is a year younger) So you're right, I shouldn't compare the two. Hopkins has been better by a wide margin.

Couple things:

1) You do recognize sarcasm when you see it, right?  I wasn't seriously suggesting Chark was Rice, just like you shouldn't be seriously suggesting Hopkins is close to Irvin.

2) Hopkins cannot hold Irvin's jock, my man.  The two eras of football are completely different.  You could actually mug receivers in Irvin's day.  DeAndre "Push Off" Hopkins literally shoves every defender who guards him every play with only about 1/3 of them ever getting called.  If DBs had free reign to tee off on Hopkins, he'd be a nobody.

I'm seriously starting to doubt that you ever even watched Michael Irvin play at all in the NFL. Irvin did what you just described his entire freaking career.. Hence the comparison.

And Hopkins could've played in any NFL era..Like Irvin Hopkins is a physical player, doesn't have top end break away speed, and has to make contested catches on the regular.. He makes up for it with his exceptional route running/foot work on the sidelines and arguably the best hands in the NFL, where he snags one handed catches on almost a weekly basis with his unnatural 10" meat hooks for hands.

Also again, NFL eras or not..Hopkins has grossly out produced Irvin with journey man/busts at QBs.. imagine if he had a HOF QB his entire career. Hopefully Watson finally brings stability to that position. Hell even Andre Johnson had Matt Schaub for some good years.

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