Tony G...4th best “receiver” of all time?
 

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I know Tony was a TE, but he was mostly a receiver.

They are talking about it on Dan Patrick and he brought up Tony, his position and the QBs he had to play with.

Tony above Harrison, Hudson, Fitzgerald and CJ?

He makes a case for it. TE he's one for sure. His stats are so much higher than all others it's crazy. His stats to other TE's is what Rice's are to other WR's.

Tony G is the best TE of all time and it is not even close. He could have played two or three more years, but decided not to risk his health. Tony could have been number 2 all time but chose not to take all those hits. He also played in some of the worst offenses and shitty QB's in Chiefs history. He was so dominating- refs refused to call holding against defenses against him.

pfft. it was Bobby Sippio

I agree Tony G is the best TE of all time. If you had to give me one TE for one game, and both are healthy, I'll take Gronk. But the longevity and health and consistency are huge factors in Tony G's favor.

Gronk will always have the Brady argument against him I think. If you look at what Tony did, with who was throwing him the ball etc.

Tony G...4th best “receiver” of all time?
 

If he hadn’t played for the shitty Chiefs he would have been #1.

Cowherd was talking yesterday about how great Tony would have been.

https://youtu.be/Fg8CYtKBqUE

If Tony G played in a league with defense outlawed and Tom Brady throwing him the ball his numbers would have been absurd.

Possibly Rice level stats, though can you imagine what Rice's numbers would look like today?

Gonzo was definitely a great player, one of the best all-time. Played a long time (17 seasons right? that's pretty stellar) and contrary to many of his peers, he had an insanely higher number of targets... mostly due to the talent around him. As many of said, KC used him as the #1 threat for the most part where as others played alongside 1-2 other top WRs, eating up targets. Hell, he has the 2nd most receptions all-time. Witten is 4th, with Gates being the next TE at 20th.

That's not said to take away from his greatness, as with any "best of all time" list, you have so many factors to consider.

I'm not sure how much better they could be quite honestly, that style is why they play the way they do now. We could track someone like OBJ's last few years to those of JR and see.

Rice >>> OBJ

Without question... I just don't believe Rice would have that greater of a stat sheet playing now than when he did. That bar was set so high, maybe nobody surpasses him.

It's a two edge sword. He got a lot of targets but SO MANY of those were garbage balls.

****, I'm pretty sure Hutard was throwing those passes with his eyes closed.

The thing that makes him even that much more great was he caught everything - and virtually none of it was easy.

AJ Green most underrated WR ever