Comments on: Donald Driver is NOT Greatest Receiver in Packers History, Morons

By: DJ

DJ — Tue, 19 Feb 2013 09:00:56 +0000

mxz600…I too get that you are trying to make your case for Driver. I love the guy too. But the numbers nor the reality back up his being the Pack’s all time best WR. DD had 7 seasons where he avg’d under 42yds per game. 7! Sterling & Lofton, meanwhile, were never under 50yds per game….ever….and both hit the ground producing.
DD didnt get going until his 4th yr.

I also dont see how targets or who they played with matters. The bottom line is did they make plays, move the chains, score, produce, & do so consistently through out the totality of their stay in GB & regardless of other factors working for or against them. 7 seasons of mediocrity suggest otherwise for DD being “the greatest.” He still has the records & a helluva career though & I couldnt be happier for him. It isnt a slap in his face to say Sterling Sharpe & James Lofton or Don Hutson were better. They are all elite all time Packers.

Also saw something about Hutson that gives me pause. His most productive years were the war years, 1941-45, when obviously there might have been a watering down of the talent level with most of the men going off to war. I dont know that to be the case nor am I declaring a cause & effect…but it kinda makes sense if it did.

By: Don Q

Don Q — Mon, 18 Feb 2013 19:10:40 +0000

Sharpe stands out as the best Packer reciever in my lifetime. Although I wasn’t around during the silent movie era where it was o.k. to beat women and smoke everywhere you felt like it.

By: the real russ letlow

the real russ letlow — Sun, 17 Feb 2013 21:14:21 +0000

if you aren’t smart to understand the concept, thats OK. you have some pretty twisted logic.

By: Chris

Chris — Sun, 17 Feb 2013 18:27:14 +0000

Jeff Query was by far the most prolific receiver to ever wear green and gold.
Get it straight!!!

By: mxz600

mxz600 — Sun, 17 Feb 2013 17:58:36 +0000

You just cant discount the fact, that Hutson was the #1 targeted receiver, in his 10 years as a Packer receiver BY FAR….The Packers in Donald Drivers era had MANY more weapons to throw to vs the Hutson era.

By: mxz600

mxz600 — Sun, 17 Feb 2013 17:58:36 +0000

By: mxz600

mxz600 — Sun, 17 Feb 2013 17:51:16 +0000

I get that dj…..But Drivers yards would be higher, but they’ve been phasing him out of the offense the last 3 years. That skewed his average low. The last 3 years, Driver average 37 ypg….25ypg….5,5 ypg…..Sterling Sharp was Favre’s security blanket in the early 90′s….He got the majority of the throw’s. If you wanted to anylize it in a more accurate way, you’d have to look at percentage of throws to a certain receiver…………….btw….The Green Bay offense didnt start flourishing until after Sharpe was gone, that is when Favre really took off.

By: mxz600

mxz600 — Sun, 17 Feb 2013 17:41:43 +0000

Less teams means more talent? So in that theory you are saying there was more talent back then, then their is now? Sounds logical. Back in the 30′s and 40′s the game was more of a hobby than an occupation, these guys had jobs during the week….lol

By: the real russ letlow

the real russ letlow — Sun, 17 Feb 2013 16:39:35 +0000

understand that less teams means more talent on each team. Only the best athletes played in the league when it was smaller. Which makes Hutson’s accomplisments even greater. He was THE MAN in his day.

By: DJ

DJ — Sun, 17 Feb 2013 10:57:49 +0000

Statistically throughout the career….the inclination is to lean towards Driver & Hutson. But if we are talking straight game changing, scheme against them at all costs talent…then its gotta be Sterling then Lofton. We were terrible Lofton’s whole stay & for most of Sterling’s too….they were EVERYTHING. And they still produced. Hutson is an icon and I feel bad pushing him down but the different era argument is legit. He more than held his own though vs these guys. Yards per game I thought is the best criterion since they just about all played the same number of games for us (ballpark) with the obvious exception of Driver.

Sterling: 72.6 112 games
Lofton: 71.0 136 games
Hutson: 68.9 116 games
Driver: 49.4 205 games

Sterling only played 7 seasons. Tack on 5 more yrs with Farve throwing him the ball & at 75% production of his first 7 yrs…..and he’d own every record we have. IMHO….Its gotta be Sterling.