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Sammy Watkins

Bills can't afford to let wideout go

Sammy Watkins is entering his fourth season in Buffalo, and it's been an injury-prone career for him thus far. He missed three games in 2015, and eight in 2016. The team is apparently undecided as to whether it will pick up his fifth-year option. Given what he's meant to the offense when healthy, they'd be taking a big risk letting him go.

Back in 2015, in his 13 healthy games, Watkins caught 9 TDs -- nearly 40 percent of the team's 23 on the season. Over the last two years, only six wide receivers have had a season where they accounted for a higher percentage of their team's touchdowns. Buffalo has already let Chris Hogan and Robert Woods walk the last two offseasons. If they don't bring Watkins back a year from now, tough to figure where the touchdown receptions are going to come from.

The table below shows the 50 wideouts who have accounted for at least a quarter of their team's TDs in either of the last two seasons. Watkins would be missed in Buffalo offense.

WRS AT LEAST 25% OF TEAM TDS, 2015-2016
YearPlayerI.TDT.TD%TD
2015Tavon Austin, St.L.51145%
2015Brandon Marshall, NYJ143342%
2016Mike Evans, T.B.122941%
2015Doug Baldwin, Sea.143441%
2015Allen Robinson, Jac.143540%
2015Jeremy Maclin, K.C.82040%
2015Sammy Watkins, Buff.92339%
2016Odell Beckham Jr., NYG102638%
2015Antonio Brown, Pitt.102638%
2015Julio Jones, Atl.82138%
2015DeAndre Hopkins, Hou.112938%
2016Antonio Brown, Pitt.123336%
2015Eric Decker, NYJ123336%
2015Odell Beckham, NYG133636%
2016Kenny Britt, L.A.51436%
2016Jordy Nelson, G.B.144035%
2015Jordan Matthews, Phil.82335%
2016Kelvin Benjamin, Car.72133%
2016Brandon LaFell, Cin.61833%
2016Anquan Boldin, Det.82433%
2016Kenny Stills, Mia.92733%
2015A.J. Green, Cin.103132%
2016Dez Bryant, Dall.82532%
2016Tyreek Hill, K.C.61932%
2015Demaryius Thomas, Den.61932%
2015Emmanuel Sanders, Den.61932%
2015Cole Beasley, Dall.51631%
2016Rishard Matthews, Tenn.92931%
2016Sterling Shepard, NYG82631%
2016Doug Baldwin, Sea.72330%
2016Davante Adams, G.B.124030%
2015Allen Hurns, Jac.103529%
2015Stefon Diggs, Minn.41429%
2015Ted Ginn, Car.103529%
2016Jamison Crowder, Wash.72528%
2016Michael Crabtree, Oak.82928%
2015Calvin Johnson, Det.93327%
2015Kenny Britt, St.L.31127%
2016Terrelle Pryor, Clev.41527%
2016DeAndre Hopkins, Hou.41527%
2015Michael Crabtree, Oak.93426%
2015James Jones, G.B.83126%
2015Larry Fitzgerald, Ariz.93526%
2016Demaryius Thomas, Den.52025%
2016Emmanuel Sanders, Den.52025%
2016Allen Robinson, Jac.62425%
2016Quincy Enunwa, NYJ41625%
2016Adam Thielen, Minn.52025%
2016Steve Smith, Balt.52025%
2015Travis Benjamin, Clev.52025%

--Andy Richardson

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