In this clip, the guys share some quick thoughts on the impressive rookie season for BTJ in Jacksonville.
Whether it's the biggest stars in the league or new rookies bursting on the scene, you won't get better wideout information anywhere else. Along the way, they'll break down the biggest stories in the NFL and offer up a few big-picture fantasy football thoughts.
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Okay. Well, there's a couple things that work here. Number one, there is no question, and I'm saying this and this takes away nothing from Brian Thomas Jr. But there is no question that from a volume perspective, he is benefiting from the fact that Christian Kirk is on IR, Gabe Davis is on IR, and Kevin Ingram is on IR. There is a 0% chance Brian Thomas Jr. as a 34% target share, the last sense of teams by week, which he does, which by the way, puts him third in the NFL behind Pookanakua and AJ Brown. Amazing. Which is incredible. There is a 0% chance he has that target load if those veterans are out on the field. And like, that's why at times, I've sort of flirted with like, you know, the targets are earned. I do think when you're getting targets, targets are earned. But I think the problem is in when it's in the inverse, like, oh, this guy isn't earning target. That's where I think it's a little bit of BS. And maybe people think that's stupid of me, like, I'm trying to have it both ways here. But typically, when you're getting the football, there's a reason you're getting the football, and it's because you're good at the game. The inverse, though, is not true when you're not getting the ball. That does not mean that you're not good at the game. There's just other factors. There's other factors at play here. And the fact that the fact of the matter is, Brian Thomas Jr., before going to the team's buy, he was a sub 20% target share player. That wasn't because like, Oh, Brian Thomas Jr, there's a problem with him. No, it's just other guys on the team that I mean, I think those players are mid, but they did commit, they did commit resources to get those guys, you know, like, you can't, it does, it's not, it's not a spreadsheet, right? It's a real team trying to do real stuff, sort of Jacksonville, whatever. But anyways, I'm saying that to say that, yes, that's, that's a big part of why he has volume numbers similar to an AJ Brown or something like that. You know, his 52.3% air yard share is also third in the NFL. He's just got these like obnoxious volume stats right now, which is way overdue, but he's a baller, man. He's sad. And I think, I think he is, he has done exactly what he did in college in his prospect profile, which is consistently get better. You know, in his prospect profile, pointed this out where the September routes were not as good as the December routes, you know, in his, in his interest in college, I thought he got consistently better over the course of his final collegiate season, which for me was enough to sort of wave away any of the like, one year wonder concerns, but based on like the box score scouting and stuff like that, I thought there was enough to like say goodbye to that, that stuff. But I think you've seen the same thing in the NFL where at the beginning of the year, you go back and look, I mean, this isn't even just the beginning of years is more than just the beginning of the year. But his, his, we did a video on YouTube about this. This is documented on the in season rookie report that's on the site. He was a guy that struggled a little bit in zone coverage, but was awesome against press man. I think you've seen now some, some do to just route catering, but also just him getting better from a timing perspective, being where he's supposed to be, knowing when to throttle down, working back to the quarterback. He's gotten a lot, I think his year end zone coverage numbers will be a lot better than what it was in the rookie report, which is good to see because I think if him to for him to be a true number one receiver, you know, he's got to be a little bit higher than where he was from the in season rookie report, which is like a 70% success rate versus zone player. You're great versus press man, but you're not good against zone. Then you're like Jerry Judy, you know, or something like that. And I think Brian Thomas Jr is significantly better than a guy like Jerry Judy at any point in his career. No disrespect to what he's doing right now. So I think he is a, I think he is already like a superstar player. I've seen enough to put him in that tier based on his rookie season. What's better than watching your team win, winning money while you do it. I'm Jim Costa and I cash the ticket. Mike Veletti and I give you the edge to make every game playable at college football NFL. 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In this clip, the guys share some quick thoughts on the impressive rookie season for BTJ in Jacksonville.
Whether it's the biggest stars in the league or new rookies bursting on the scene, you won't get better wideout information anywhere else. Along the way, they'll break down the biggest stories in the NFL and offer up a few big-picture fantasy football thoughts.
Follow the guys on Twitter @JamesDKoh and @MattHarmon_BYB. Follow Reception Perception @RecepPerception. Download and Subscribe to the Reception Perception Show anywhere you get your podcasts.
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