By John Turney
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| Bill Groman—20th on the list |
Using Pro Football Reference's "Stathead" device, we made our own list of most receiving yards per game. However, their database goes back to 1950, not to 1940, so we added Don Hutson and Jim Benton's fine seasons. Pre-1950 he may have missed a season that qualified for this list, but we do doubt it. However, if someone finds one let us know.
Here is the list—
Cooper Kupp's season (which we think was the NFL's MVP season) ranks ninth in yards per game, including playoffs. In our view per game is the only way to family measure seasons. Much had been made of Kupp's 2,425 receiving yards but he did it in 21 games. Also, we are not familiar with when playoff yards counted in a season total. We missed that memo.
We get that NFL Network and ESPN need fodder for segments, but let's keep our head. Is exaggeration the way to keep people's interest? Isn't truth and accuracy enough?
Perhaps we've passed that time and need extra stimulation and the bigger numbers based on adding playoff games.
Regardless shout out to Charley Hennigan who tops the list.
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| Charlie Hennigan |
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