‘He does not need to see the official figures to know that, barring an unexpected shift in emphasis beginning today against the Buffalo Bills, there will be an unusually barren line in his career biography for 2002. In his previous seven years in the league, Chrebet has never caught fewer than 48 passes and never had fewer than 12 third-down receptions, and those low numbers came in 1999, when he played in just 11 games. But at his current pace, which is about 3 receptions a game (he was inactive for one game early this season), he would finish with only 45 receptions.’