Factoid
Terrell Owens is playing against Buffalo this week, while Roy Williams is playing against the Lions. That begs the question: Do players actually perform better in games against their former teams, or do we just notice it more when that kind of game occurs.
Below is a list of all (or most, anway -- a couple may have slipped through the cracks) current starting wide receivers who have started games against former teams. It shows how they did in that first meeting against the team they used to play for.
PAYBACK WIDE RECEIVERS
How current starting NFL receivers fared in the first game they started against their previous team.
No Yds TD Year
4 59 0 2010 Braylon Edwards (at Clev.)
7 169 1 2010 Brandon Lloyd (vs. S.F.)
1 8 0 2010 Randy Moss (at N.E.)
7 70 1 2009 Chris Chambers (at S.D.)
4 88 2 2009 Deion Branch (vs. N.E.)
6 61 0 2009 Jabar Gaffney (vs. N.E.)
6 100 0 2009 Nate Burleson (at Minn.)
3 30 1 2008 Chris Chambers (at Mia.)
5 67 2 2008 Randy Moss (at Oak.)
9 138 2 2007 Wes Welker (at Mia.)
4 49 0 2007 Santana Moss (at NYJ)
8 60 1 2005 Derrick Mason (at Tenn.)
3 45 0 2006 Terrell Owens (at Phil.)
5 143 2 2005 Terrell Owens (vs. S.F.)
5 70 2 2008 Kevin Walter (vs. Cin.)
6 81 1 2008 Bernard Berrian (at Chi.)
1 6 1 2006 Jabar Gaffney (vs. Hou.)
—Ian Allan
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Posted by MICHAEL MAROHN | Nov. 18 at 08:22 AM
Interesting numbers---of the 17 players listed, 13 had at least 60 yards receiving, a td or both...avg of about 5 catches, 73 yards and .94 Tds a game...If in a pinch and need to choose between two guys, rolling with the guy playing for the first time against his old team seems like a decent risk...