by Chase Stuart
on July 27, 2013
Why did I have to play with Matt Moore?
While reading the always excellent
Football Outsiders Almanac, I was reminded that
Brandon Marshall has had 1,000-yard seasons playing with
Jay Cutler,
Kyle Orton,
Chad Henne, and
Matt Moore (and, of course, Cutler again in Chicago). That’s pretty impressive for a player in his twenties, although regular readers
know that I’m a
big fan of Marshall.
Two other active players have gained 1,000 yards with four different quarterbacks. For the remainder of this post, I’ll be defining a receiver’s “quarterback” as the quarterback on his team each season who threw for the most passing yards. One of them is pretty obvious: the annually great Tony Gonzalez hit the 1,000-yard mark with Elvis Grbac, Trent Green, Damon Huard, and Tyler Thigpen (but not Matt Ryan). The third player might be a bit more difficult to guess:
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