Trivia: St. Louis Rams and Receiver Turnover

by Chase Stuart on March 8, 2015

From 2000 to 2008, Torry Holt led the Rams in receiving yards in every season. But since then, St. Louis has gone to the other extreme: in 2009, the leading receiver was Donnie Avery, followed by Danny Amendola in ’10, Brandon Lloyd in ’11, Chris Givens in ’12, Jared Cook in ’13, and, believe it or not, Kenny Britt in 2014. That’s seven different leading receivers for St. Louis over the last seven years. If that continues in 2015, the Rams will become just the 4th team since 1950 to have eight different leading receivers in eight seasons.

Now, no team has ever done it in nine straight years. So, today’s trivia question: Can you guess any of the three teams to run this streak for eight seasons?

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One team had this stretch from 2006 to 2013, with the streak ending just last year. This team also won a Super Bowl during that period.

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A second team did it from 1993 to 2000. And had one of the worst passing attacks in the NFL during those years, despite being a pretty good team.

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The third team’s streak ran from ’84 to ’91. In 1992, the team finished in the top four in both pass attempts and passing yards.

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The Seahawks, Bucs, and Falcons, respectively. Let’s run through the list. Here were the leading receivers each year from ’05 to ’14 for Seattle: Bobby Engram, Darrell Jackson, Engram, John Carlson, T.J. Houshmandzadeh, Mike Williams, Doug Baldwin, Sidney Rice, Golden Tate, Baldwin. And Tampa Bay from ’92 to ’01: Lawrence Dawsey, Courtney Hawkins, Dawsey, Jackie Harris, Mike Alstott, Karl Williams, Reidel Anthony, Jacquez Green, Keyshawn Johnson, Johnson. Finally, from ’83 to ’92 for Atlanta: Stacey Bailey, Bailey, Billy Johnson, Charlie Brown, Floyd Dixon, John Settle, Shawn Collins, Andre Rison, Michael Haynes, Rison.

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