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Green Bay Packers

Nelson, Adams formed league's highest-scoring WR duo

The Packers had the high-scoring wide receiver duo last year, with both Jordy Nelson and Davante Adams catching at least 12 touchdowns. That’s unusual; the league went to the 16-game schedule back in 1978, and on only 18 other occasions have teams had two wide receivers catching double-digit touchdowns.

Such success is also hard to duplicate. Of previous 18 instances, only three times have said receivers come back and both caught double-digit touchdowns again. (I”ve got those guys in bold.) With only one team did the two receivers catch even more combined touchdowns in the following season.

Packers have been here before. In 2014, Nelson and Randall Cobb each caught 12-plus touchdowns. The following year, Nelson tore his ACL in a preseason game at Pittsburgh and Cobb sputtered his way through a lackluster season, catching 79 passes for 829 yards and 7 TDs.

HIGH-SCORING WIDE RECEIVER TANDEMS
YearPlayerRec-Yds-TDNext Year
1984Daryl Turner, Sea.35-715-1034-670-13
1984Steve Largent, Sea.74-1164-1279-1287-6
1984John Stallworth, Pitt.80-1395-1175-937-5
1984Louis Lipps, Pitt.45-860-1159-1134-15
1986Mark Clayton, Mia.60-1150-1046-776-7
1986Mark Duper, Mia.67-1313-1133-597-8
1989John Taylor, S.F.60-1077-1049-748-7
1989Jerry Rice, S.F.82-1483-17100-1502-13
1991Michael Haynes, Atl.50-1122-1148-808-10
1991Andre Rison, Atl.81-976-1293-1121-11
1992Michael Haynes, Atl.48-808-1072-778-4
1992Andre Rison, Atl.93-1121-1186-1242-15
1998Cris Carter, Minn.78-1011-1290-1241-13
1998Randy Moss, Minn.68-1313-1780-1413-12
1999Randy Moss, Minn.80-1413-1277-1437-15
1999Cris Carter, Minn.90-1241-1396-1274-9
2004Nate Burleson, Minn.68-1006-1025-282-2
2004Randy Moss, Minn.49-767-1362-1136-8
2004Brandon Stokley, Ind.68-1077-1034-489-2
2004Reggie Wayne, Ind.77-1210-1270-1023-6
2004Marvin Harrison, Ind.86-1113-1582-1146-12
2008Anquan Boldin, Ariz.89-1038-1184-1024-5
2008Larry Fitzgerald, Ariz.96-1431-1297-1092-13
2012Demaryius Thomas, Den.94-1434-1092-1430-14
2012Eric Decker, Den.85-1064-1387-1288-11
2013Wes Welker, Den.73-778-1049-464-2
2013Eric Decker, Den.87-1288-1174-962-5
2013Demaryius Thomas, Den.92-1430-14111-1619-11
2013Marvin Jones, Cin.51-712-100-0-0
2013A.J. Green, Cin.98-1426-1169-1041-6
2014Randall Cobb, G.B.91-1287-1279-829-7
2014Jordy Nelson, G.B.98-1519-130-0-0
2015Eric Decker, NYJ80-1027-129-194-2
2015Brandon Marshall, NYJ109-1502-1459-788-3
2015Allen Hurns, Jac.64-1031-1035-477-3
2015Allen Robinson, Jac.80-1400-1473-883-6
2016Davante Adams, G.B.75-997-12?-?-?
2016Jordy Nelson, G.B.97-1257-14?-?-?

—Ian Allan

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