LeSean McCoy is apparently trying to recruit free agent Jeremy Maclin to sign with Buffalo. It's a pairing that makes sense, with Buffalo very thin at wide receiver behind oft-injured Sammy Watkins. But although there's opportunity for Maclin in Buffalo, don't automatically assume he'll put up good numbers.
Perhaps because of the depth chart, or perhaps because of the offense itself, Buffalo wide receivers were the league's least-productive group in several respects a year ago. No team's wide receivers caught fewer passes, and only four had fewer yards per game. Only five caught fewer touchdowns.
Best that can be said for Buffalo is that Kansas City was similarly bad in many of those categories. And maybe the Bills just needed a guy like Maclin. Still, it's not necessarily a great spot for him.
TEAM WIDE RECEIVER PRODUCTION, 2016 | ||||
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Team | YPG | No | Yards | TD |
New Orleans | 223 | 275 | 3562 | 24 |
Green Bay | 199 | 259 | 3191 | 34 |
Minnesota | 165 | 237 | 2637 | 11 |
Arizona | 179 | 236 | 2860 | 21 |
Detroit | 180 | 232 | 2872 | 17 |
Oakland | 170 | 226 | 2713 | 21 |
Denver | 174 | 225 | 2777 | 15 |
Atlanta | 202 | 223 | 3226 | 22 |
Washington | 194 | 222 | 3109 | 14 |
Chicago | 185 | 220 | 2956 | 12 |
Cincinnati | 175 | 220 | 2806 | 11 |
NY Giants | 175 | 215 | 2796 | 22 |
Tampa Bay | 175 | 211 | 2792 | 17 |
Baltimore | 168 | 211 | 2689 | 13 |
Pittsburgh | 173 | 208 | 2765 | 23 |
Jacksonville | 164 | 207 | 2618 | 15 |
Seattle | 166 | 206 | 2663 | 12 |
NY Jets | 175 | 202 | 2794 | 13 |
Miami | 165 | 195 | 2635 | 18 |
New England | 155 | 195 | 2472 | 16 |
Los Angeles | 141 | 188 | 2261 | 11 |
Dallas | 156 | 188 | 2490 | 20 |
Kansas City | 123 | 187 | 1973 | 10 |
San Diego | 165 | 184 | 2642 | 15 |
Indianapolis | 163 | 177 | 2612 | 15 |
Carolina | 149 | 171 | 2376 | 16 |
Philadelphia | 115 | 170 | 1839 | 8 |
Cleveland | 127 | 168 | 2029 | 10 |
Houston | 123 | 168 | 1963 | 7 |
San Francisco | 111 | 160 | 1777 | 8 |
Tennessee | 136 | 159 | 2178 | 16 |
Buffalo | 126 | 146 | 2017 | 11 |
--Andy Richardson