butta54

No...I'm not using stats as an argument....that is you....my whole point is that stats don't tell the whole story and can't be used to discount ability. Doing "nothing" in Buffalo is a stretch. But overall I agree, I've said this many times. Problem is....there are VERY VERY few players that are better than scheme. Most players have skillsets that are better utilized with certain philosophies. That's football. Doesn't discount Woods from being a top 100 player. Otherwise we would just have a top 15 list.

You are trying to confirm an absence of talent because of lower stats and I would say that is a false narrative, incomplete at best. Putting up better numbers with a better supporting cast is not that shocking. It isn't mutually exclusive and it isn't 0 or 100. He can have skill and also be better with talent around him. Like every other player in the NFL. And no...YAC ability has nothing to do with scheme. A scheme doesn't break tackles or run for a player.

Cousins benefited from a top tier defense and a top 3 receiving duo to the point he had a very nice efficient season....and yet in the spotlight he COMPLETELY crumbled. Big difference between putting up numbers and winning. Ask Stafford.

Woods has been one of the best route runners since coming out of college. His YAC ability has nothing to do with scheme. And he makes the catches which aren't all just soft lobs to his chest. He has put up steady numbers with the rotating door of QB in Buffalo. So Julio Jones that has been with Matt Ryan his whole career gets discounted? AB with Big Ben? OBJ playing with Eli? You play in the situation you are in. Yes elite WRs get the ball fed to them and have better stats...usually can make a QBs job easier. No one is saying he is elite...but Woods is very very good.

Robert Woods is a monster!