[Mile High Mania]

Originally Posted by kccrow

Here's a comparison of the first 7 years of stats for like-time-period HOF WRs Michael Irvin, Jerry Rice, Tim Brown, Cris Carter, and Andre Reed:

rec/yards/td, all pro, pro bowl

Sharpe: 595/8134/65, 3 AP-1, 5 PB
Irvin: 416/6935/40, 1 AP-1, 2 AP-2, 4 PB
Rice: 526/9072/93, 5 AP-1, 6 PB
Brown: 316/4734/36, 1 AP OROY, 4 PB
Carter: 327/4577/42, 1 PB
Reed: 469/6466/49, 2 AP-2, 4 PB

Sterling absolutely belongs. He quit because he medically had to. We shouldn't hold it against his greatness.

It’s interesting when you apply the same comparison to RBs in their first 4 seasons.