Quote:I completely appreciate Blackmons rookie year and love him as a player, that being said Shorts proved he was the better play maker of the two.. outside of the houston game Blackmon was average (but pretty good for a rookie) where as Shorts was playing like a top 10 NFL WR all year long and the only thing that kept him down were injuries caused by dirty hits. 

 

I think Shorts benefited from the presence of Blackmon on the field. 

 

Has Shorts played the same as last year for these last 3 games without Blackmon to take defenses focus away? 

 

Blackmon doesn't need to have "that guy" opposite him to produce, he will regardless. I am not sure that Shorts can without that presence on the opposite side. 

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