eriadoc
Texan-American
Torry Holt is the better comparison, IMO. His best seasons trump AJ's best seasons, but his career numbers are very similar. He had two seasons of 1600+ yards and six straight seasons of 1300+ yards, followed by a couple that were 1188 and 1189. He averaged 14.5 per catch over his career, with one year averaging 19.9 per catch on 82 catches. AJ averaged 13.4 with his best season being 15.5. Holt had 74 career TDs, reaching double digits three times, while AJ ended up with 68 TDs. AJ has played 12 years and has 14100 yards, while Holt had 13382 in 11 years. The stat that a lot of people pointed to at the height of AJ's career was yards per game. He ended up averaging 76.2 yards per game. Holt averaged 77.4 yards per game over his career. AJ's best year in that category was 99.9 Y/G, while Holt's was 106.0 Y/G. AJ has 1053 receptions to Holt's 920 receptions, which explains the differential in averages. You can look at that two ways, obviously. Holt was a 7-time Pro Bowler, coming in 1st Team All Pro once and 2nd team once. Then there's the playoff factor, which has propelled undeserving WRs into the HoF before, IMO. Holt has 47 catches in the playoffs for 630 yards and 4 TDs.
So I see two players that are similar enough to consider against each other. You can argue one over the other, of course, but it starts to devolve into intangibles once you fail to reconcile statistical greatness of one over the other. So who thinks Holt should be in the HoF? If you're honest with yourself, you might surprise yourself.
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