is the patriots current wr group the best in NFL history?

[MJS]

2000 Rams - Holt, Bruce

1989 49ers - Rice, Taylor

1998 Vikings - Carter, Moss

2004 Colts - Harrison, Wayne

1991 Bills - Reed, Lofton, Beebe

2007 Patriots - Moss, Welker

2005 Cardinals - Fitzgerald, Boldin

2010 Packers - Jennings, Nelson

 

This year alone I'd take multiple groups over theirs:

 

Falcons: Jones, Ridley, Sanu

Browns: Beckham, Landry

Rams: Cooks, Kupp, Woods

Texans: Hopkins, Fuller, Stills

Vikings: Thielen, Diggs

[Virgil]

If healthy and don’t get suspended, it’s a valid argument.  

[Alphadawg7]

Moss and Welker = Better

 

Bruce and Holt = Better

 

Harrison and Wayne = Better

 

Rice and Taylor = Better

 

Moss and Carter = Better

 

And there are more, but no need to list them all.

 

Antonio Brown is amongst the best ever, and best of his era, but Gordon hasn’t done anything but have one great season like 90 years ago.  Edelman is a great player in their system, but he’s not nearly as good as the WRs in those other great duos. 

 

 

[B-Man]

Multiple teams in history have had two Hall of Fame WR's on it

 

and as MJS pointed out above there are plenty of other candidates past and present.

 

 

If you were after clicks you have succeeded,

 

if you really believe it, you need to calm down and rethink it.

 

 

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[Formerly Allan in MD]

Berry and Orr

[TheFunPolice]

Brady is going to be the problem. He's 42.

 

Last year he was hurt to the point that they started running the ball every play.

 

Now he's going to hold the ball a little more... Take more hits....

 

I don't see it ending well. It will look scary for a bit though.

[RobbRiddicksTDLeap]

27 minutes ago, FrenchConnection said:

Probably, in terms of raw talent because it's three top level guys. But one or both of Gordon and Brown will flame out before the end of the season. History tells us that. Josh Gordon hasn't played a full season since 2013 and Brown has quit on two teams this calendar year. So I would probably take Reggie Wayne and Marvin Harrison or Issac Bruce and Tory Holt. Or for that matter Swan and Stallworth in Pittsburgh or Clayton and Duper in Miami. 

 

Or Reed and Lofton.

[Royale with Cheese]

Season hasn’t even started and both Gordon and AB’s are unknowns for this year.  You don’t know what to expect.

 

Interesting thing Chris Mortensen brought up.

He’s been told that AB had a lot of freelance with Big Ben...sort of like Fitz and Stevie Johnson.  It doesn’t work that way with Brady and the Pats.  You’re supposed to be exactly where you’re supposed to be.

[RobbRiddicksTDLeap]

1 minute ago, Royale with Cheese said:

Season hasn’t even started and both Gordon and AB’s are unknowns for this year.  You don’t know what to expect.

 

Interesting thing Chris Mortensen brought up.

He’s been told that AB had a lot of freelance with Big Ben...sort of like Fitz and Stevie Johnson.  It doesn’t work that way with Brady and the Pats.  You’re supposed to be exactly where you’re supposed to be.

 

Imagine what happens when Brown is where he is supposed to be, open, and the ball goes to Edelman. 

 

Thats going to be glorious. 

[Nextmanup]

What about "The Fun Bunch" ???

 

[OldTimeAFLGuy]

35 minutes ago, Capco said:

I still think the Greatest Show on Turf had a better group.  Although who knows how this season plays out.  Maybe they do eclipse the 2000 Rams.  

 

...THAT was some damn exciting football.....honorable mention to Marino and the Marks Brothers.....kudos to Dan Fouts and Air Coryell......

[Royale with Cheese]

2 minutes ago, RobbRiddicksTDLeap said:

 

Imagine what happens when Brown is where he is supposed to be, open, and the ball goes to Edelman. 

 

Thats going to be glorious. 

I hope it happens a lot.

[RaoulDuke79]

I''m going to wait until they play a game before deciding.

[Formerly Allan in MD]

BB says to Brown "Then play without a helmet."

[dma0034]

AB-Edelman-Gordon

 

Could be amazing; imagine if Gronk comes back healthy and does anything similar to what he did two years ago

[jkeerie]

14 minutes ago, Royale with Cheese said:

Season hasn’t even started and both Gordon and AB’s are unknowns for this year.  You don’t know what to expect.

 

Interesting thing Chris Mortensen brought up.

He’s been told that AB had a lot of freelance with Big Ben...sort of like Fitz and Stevie Johnson.  It doesn’t work that way with Brady and the Pats.  You’re supposed to be exactly where you’re supposed to be.

I've said this for years.  When you watch the Steelers, their wideouts excel when the play breaks down and Ben is extending the play with his legs.  That's why their wideouts that get problematic and leave, e.g. Wallace, don't excel on other teams.  They just become "another receiver."  I'm hoping Brown goes the same way, gets frustrated and causes problems.

[Nextmanup]

18 minutes ago, TheFunPolice said:

Brady is going to be the problem. He's 42.

 

Last year he was hurt to the point that they started running the ball every play.

 

Now he's going to hold the ball a little more... Take more hits....

 

I don't see it ending well. It will look scary for a bit though.

If folks keep saying this every f-ing year, I guess it will be right eventually.

 

 

[H2o]

No. It's basically a duo because I don't see Josh Gordon as really being elite or anything close so it's AB and Edelman. Taylor, Rice. Rice, Tim Brown. Monk, Clark, Sanders. Irvin, Harper. Stallworth, Swann. Harrison, Wayne. Carter, Moss.

Edited September 8, 2019 by H2o

[Cmdjr85]

58 minutes ago, NoSaint said:

It’s got immense potential but also could quickly turn among the worst. It’ll be an entertaining story line almost certainly 

 

Who knows but no Afc east team will stop this offense

[starrymessenger]

Josh Gordon and DT are still good receivers, but they are not nearly the impact players they were at their height. Edelman might be getting long in the tooth as well, not to mention Brady. I don't expect a big change to their basic offensive philosophy.