The sun has set: Robby Anderson Appreciation Thread

[Derek Smalls]

Until late 2018, Breshad Perriman was basically Stephen Hill 2.0.

[insanity]

Until late last 2018, Breshad Perriman was basically Stephen Hill 2.0.

And just look at him now.  Hes our #1 reciever

[Italian Seafood]

*Johnny Lam Jones 0.5

Haha. We took him very high, I think top 5 overall, in 1980. So he was definitely a disappointment in that regard, but he hung around a few years and started opposite Wesley Walker until we drafted Al Toon in 1985.

[Heismanberg]

Until late 2018, Breshad Perriman was basically Stephen Hill 2.0.

Perriman has been more like Darrius Heyward-Bey than Stephen Hill

[Libero_2]

I'll never forget his game ending 4th down drop inside the redzone against New England. It's amazing how shitty Tannenbaum's picks were once Mangini was run out of town.

I just don’t understand how he could have such a great debut against the Bills in his career opener, and then basically barely replicated the rest of those numbers for the rest of his career. It was bananas

[Derek Smalls]

https://twitter.com/chosen1ra/status/1252680261239701506

I miss him

[Andrew Ryan]

I don't give a freak about him

[Miamipuck]

I don't give a freak about him

This

[SixFeetDeep]

https://twitter.com/chosen1ra/status/1279103425926529025?s=21

[Andrew Ryan]

Who's Robby Anderson?

[Badger]

https://twitter.com/chosen1ra/status/1283080348285440001?s=19

[Heismanberg]

https://twitter.com/chosen1ra/status/1283080348285440001?s=19

lmao

[SixFeetDeep]

https://fivethirtyeight.com/features/our-new-metric-shows-how-good-nfl-receivers-are-at-creating-separation/amp/?__twitter_impression=true

Scroll down to deep passes, click to expand leaderboard

[Derek Smalls]

https://fivethirtyeight.com/features/our-new-metric-shows-how-good-nfl-receivers-are-at-creating-separation/amp/?__twitter_impression=true

Scroll down to deep passes, click to expand leaderboard

That's fascinating.

I don't think there's much of a difference between Perriman and Anderson. I actually think Perriman has more upside. I preferred Robby, just because he has been here for a few years, and without much of an offseason, I was hoping we would have a lot of continuity around Sam. Instead, we have a ton of moving parts.

However, this helps hammer home the idea that getting rid of Robby wasn't a bad idea. Getting open deep is literally what Robby is supposed to be good at, and according to this, he's one of the worst in the league.

[Heismanberg]

Anderson had a lot of fun, splash plays but he also disappeared a lot. 

Corners would body him all over the field and he couldn't show up.  Elite straight line speed and defenses had to honor that, but he wasn't a huge loss.