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From Peter King:

Justin Jefferson eclipsed Randy Moss for the most receiving yards in a player’s first three years in NFL history Thursday night. Moss had 4,163 yards in 48 games in his first three years, 86.7 yards per game. Jefferson has 4,248 yards in 44 games, 96.5 yards per game. And Jefferson has six games left this season to burnish those numbers, obviously.
The prospect of Jefferson, if he plays without injury the rest of the season, getting close to 5,000 receiving yards in his first three years would show, again, how much this game has changed in the last 40 years. Lynn Swann’s career ended in 1982. In nine seasons, Swann had 5,462 yards receiving, and he made the Pro Football Hall of Fame (obviously in no small part because of his great postseason performances with the Steelers). Jefferson is well on his way to eclipsing Swann’s career numbers in the middle of next year—at the ripe old age of 24.

#1 · Nov 28, 2:59 PM
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Leave it to King to be the master of the obvious. 

#2 · Nov 28, 3:05 PM
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@"StickyBun" said: Leave it to King to be the master of the obvious. 
He is that but I actually enjoy his weekly column.
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@"1VikesFan" said:
@"StickyBun" said: Leave it to King to be the master of the obvious. 
He is that but I actually enjoy his weekly column.
I really used to like him, about 10+ years ago. Now I just find him kind of lazy and obvious. JMO. 
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@"StickyBun" said: Leave it to King to be the master of the obvious. 
Frankly, I thought the Lynn Swann comparison to be interesting.  Swann is held in such high regard by many that you forget he was not statistically dominant.
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@"VikingOracle" said:
@"StickyBun" said: Leave it to King to be the master of the obvious. 
Frankly, I thought the Lynn Swann comparison to be interesting.  Swann is held in such high regard by many that you forget he was not statistically dominant.
He was a big play guy. Never broke 1,000 yards receiving. To King's point, a different set of offensive rules and league back then, for sure. But I find the actual comparison strange. Why compare JJ to Swann at all? Compare any somewhat successful WRer and their stats in the modern offensive NFL rules era to Swann and the same thing would hold up. To me, its almost a backhanded compliment to JJ.
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@"VikingOracle" said:
@"StickyBun" said: Leave it to King to be the master of the obvious. 
Frankly, I thought the Lynn Swann comparison to be interesting.  Swann is held in such high regard by many that you forget he was not statistically dominant.
The Steelers weren't an strong passing offense and Swan bolstered his resume with huge playoff catches.
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