@PDXChris i think Brit’s assertion is that Kyler is the “best” QB not to throw his #1 WR over 1000 yards.
Justin Fields might be the next guy. 1300+ yards for DJ Moore was real though.
Maybe I misunderstood then. My bad. Either way, Mahomes would the best” QB not to throw his #1 WR over 1000 yards.
Just to be clear, what I meant was that in 6 seasons Kyler has only had 1 WR break 1000 yards and that is the worst among all QB's during that same 6 year period.
ie every other QB would have had more than 1 WR over 1000 yards during that period, or at least 1 in a shorter time frame if not played all 6 seasons.
The QB's still playing last year that were starters in 2019 are Jameis, Russ, Dak, Goff, Carr, Mahomes, Rodgers, Watson, Mayfield, Cousins, Lamar, Allen, Jones, Darnold and Stafford.
Lamar Jackson is next worse with 2 receivers over 1000 yards, but he has the excuse of throwing 400 fewer attempts and running 2400 yards more during the same period.
I think it's actually the worst among all starting QB's excluding last years rookie class. All post 2019 starters such as Geno, Stroud, Tua, Herbert, etc all have way more than 1. Even Bryce Young has 1 in 2 seasons.
There comes a time when you just have to accept a player has shown you what they are. It seems naive to think that Kyler is suddenly going to become Stafford or peak Matt Ryan. Or even Carson Palmer.
I believe Mike Wilson is a 1000 yard receiver. Kyler thinks that too. I doubt he breaks 750. If we had one of the QB's I named above we would have something like,
Harrison Jr - 1400 yards
Trey McBride - 1150 yards
Mike Wilson - 1050 yards
And another 1000 yards from a mixed group that would give us about 4600 yards total. That's what I think this offense is capable of.
Instead I think we get 1250 from Trey, 1050 from Marv, 750 from Mike and 800 or so from the rest for a total of around 3800.