That's a great point against a thing I didn't say but if you want talk about my actual premise feel free, just be careful not to get straw everywhere.
Moore did those numbers LAST YEAR. Not 5 years ago, not 6, and its not sone random blio, he did it last year. That is a key distinction.
Its a very simple system for me. Most recent set of NFL games means more then most recent set of preseason which means more then college tape.
He could be Julio Jones or Perriman and because he has no NFL tape, you can't be sure which is true. Game tape shows Moore as above average. It probably will for Hollywood but why play Russian Roulette when you are already ahead?
No no no, don’t try to backtrack, your exact thinking is that Chris Moore has shown something in the nfl and marquise brown hasn’t, therefore brown shouldn’t get a heavy snap count.
Mark Clayton produced numbers just ONE YEAR before Julio’s rookie year, more yards than Julio had ever produced at that point. Roy Williams produced numbers just ONE YEAR before Calvin Johnson’s rookie year. It’s literally the EXACT thing you’re saying, there is no difference in our comparisons.
You can’t not play rookies just because they’ve never produced, if that was how coaches thought then the nfl would’ve lasted about 3 years.
And if you want to be factual, Chris Moore has never shown to be above average as anything but a special teamer. Sure he’s got a high catch rating, on an extremely small sample size though, a sample size btw which is small because he has shown to be unreliable throughout his career with a number of drops on easy passes. On a franchise with the worst wr corps in the nfl since 2013, he’s been here 3 seasons, and he’s struggled to see any kind of meaningful snap count or target share and it’s because he has in fact shown a lack of dependability, that’s not above average, that’s pretty bad and overachieving when put in advantageous positions, which is what Chris Moore has done his whole time here.
And don’t get me wrong, I like Chris Moore, quite a bit actually and I am expecting quite a leap from him this year, he looks different when playing, more refined and savvy and confident. But I’m willing to bet that marquise brown may legitimately top Chris Moore’s entire career statline in just this season. 44 catches for 490 yards in 3 years is not above average, and it should be a pretty damn easy number for brown to top.
Sorry, but your argument is ridiculous from top to bottom, your entire argument is that you can’t play rookies because they’ve never produced in the nfl.