Quote:I have been reading more and more people talk about how Blackmon is an elite talent, how he may be better than Julio Jones or AJ Green, how he has the ability to be a top 5 WR in the NFL, etc etc.

 

 

Is that really the case?

 

Let's look at it objectively:  I will look at which games he got more 70 yards (which would put him over 1000 yards for the year for instance) as his "good games"

 

14 for 236

7 for 79

7 for 79

6 for 93

 

in year 1

 

9 for 136

14 for 190

 

in year 2..

 

So a total of 6 good games (the case could be made for 3 really good games and pretty good games) in 20 appearances.

 

Lets look at his "bad games".... I can define those as games where he got less than 50 yards receiving:

 

I count 10/20 of his games as "bad" - where he got less than 50 yards receiving.  

 

That leaves 4 games where he was "OK to decent" 

 

4 for 67

6 for 62

6 for 57

6 for 58

 

 

6 TDs in 20 games

 

He was "very good to elite" I would say in 3 games in his entire career here.

 

He was a nonfactor/bad in 8/20 games in his career here.  In FORTY % of the games he played in, he was a non-factor completely, oftentimes despite getting a good number of targets.

 

At best, Justin Blackmon showed that he has the POTENTIAL to be a pro-bowl caliber WR, if he became consistent.

 

The reality is that Justin was a good, not great, and inconsistent WR for the Jaguars.  Yes, he is missed.  Yes, it would be great to have him back and 100% focused.  But let's not get it twisted, and let's not feel too bad about ourselves.  

 

And let' stop with the downright embarrassing comparisons of Blackmon to Julio Jones, AJ Green, and the other elite receivers in this league.