I think Ryan O is just trying to temper expectations. As has been chronicled before, the most successful return for a WR (or just about any player for that matter) after missing as long as Blackmon has is Plaxico Burress...and all he was was a decent end zone target nothing more.

 

Obviously Blackmon is much younger than Plax when their respective absences happened, and if Blackmon does come back with total commitment and effort he should be more productive than Plaxico was...but still don't expect a legit #1 WR to emerge from the ashes. If he can just become a bit of an upgrade on Shorts that will be a miraculous comeback story IMO.

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