YoloinOhio Posted August 10, 2015 Share Posted August 10, 2015 (edited) He announced today that he will retire at the end of the season, his 15th. Since his rookie season in 2001, he has the 3rd-most receiving yards in the league (13,262). He has had 8 seasons of over 1000 yds. Signed through 2016... Leaving 3 mill on the table to walk away early. Edited August 10, 2015 by YoloinOhio Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Canadian Bills Fan Posted August 10, 2015 Share Posted August 10, 2015 I think so CBF Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
NoSaint Posted August 10, 2015 Share Posted August 10, 2015 I'd need to see more of how his stats stack up - my gut says there are a lot of great talents in line there and if a fringe guy some of the locker room issues might lean me towards out. His stats might be a little better than I thought though. Great player either way. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Luxy312 Posted August 10, 2015 Share Posted August 10, 2015 I don't think there's any doubt that he's HOF material. Although I do think though it will take him a couple of years to do it, much like it took Andre Reed. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LeGOATski Posted August 10, 2015 Share Posted August 10, 2015 Not sure. It's going to be harder for receivers from this century to get in with passing stats getting so crazy. He has that Super Bowl, but he wasn't even the most dominant receiver in that game. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
YoloinOhio Posted August 10, 2015 Author Share Posted August 10, 2015 @ESPNStatsInfo: Steve Smith currently ranks 14th all-time in receiving yards. He'll need 638 yards in his final season to move into the top 10 all-time. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Canadian Bills Fan Posted August 10, 2015 Share Posted August 10, 2015 @ESPNStatsInfo: Steve Smith currently ranks 14th all-time in receiving yards. He'll need 638 yards in his final season to move into the top 10 all-time. I'm sure he will achieve this CBF Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
YoloinOhio Posted August 10, 2015 Author Share Posted August 10, 2015 As I listened to Tim Brown read off the list of QBs he's played with (not much better than the list of Bills QBs over the last 15 yrs) it made it all the more impressive what he was able to accomplish. I think the same with Smith. One year so far with Flacco, and my opinion on Newton is he is an elite football player, good QB, but not an elite passer. @ChrisWesseling: Steve Smith (2005), Rice (1990) and Sharpe (1992) are the only 3 players to win the WR triple crown (catches, yards, TDs) since the merger. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LeGOATski Posted August 10, 2015 Share Posted August 10, 2015 As I listened to Tim Brown read off the list of QBs he's played with (not much better than the list of Bills QBs over the last 15 yrs) it made it all the more impressive what he was able to accomplish. I think the same with Smith. One year so far with Flacco, and my opinion on Newton is he is an elite football player, good QB, but not an elite passer. That's a good point. His best years were with Jake Delhomme. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BuffaloHokie13 Posted August 10, 2015 Share Posted August 10, 2015 That's a good point. His best years were with Jake Delhomme. I never did see a player with a better knack for throwing an INT at the absolute worst time than Jake Delhomme, but maybe that's because I was living in Charlotte during that era Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Solomon Grundy Posted August 10, 2015 Share Posted August 10, 2015 Not a first timer, but yes! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LeGOATski Posted August 10, 2015 Share Posted August 10, 2015 I never did see a player with a better knack for throwing an INT at the absolute worst time than Jake Delhomme, but maybe that's because I was living in Charlotte during that era He threw some spectacular INTs. Holds the Carolina INT record, I think. I'd love to have Jake Delhomme in his prime playing for the Bills right now, though. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
NoSaint Posted August 10, 2015 Share Posted August 10, 2015 (edited) @ESPNStatsInfo: Steve Smith currently ranks 14th all-time in receiving yards. He'll need 638 yards in his final season to move into the top 10 all-time. whats tough is 14 probably leaves him about 10th out of guys that started their careers in the last 20 years or so? Moss, owens, harrison, wayne, andre johnson, torry holt, id guess larry fitz is pretty close, probably tony gonzlez at TE even..... megatron has to be sneaking up on him fast. and you get into quite the logjam suddenly, despite looking at top 10 cumulative stats. Edited August 10, 2015 by NoSaint Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Buffalo Boy Posted August 10, 2015 Share Posted August 10, 2015 No. Never had a good QB until Cam and was lucky to have played under Chud the first two years with Cam. No super bowl wins. Not a on a consistent contender. Also, just a dick who didn't play well with others. Attacked two teammates with sucker punches. First guy had a broken eye socket in film room. Never helped any of the young receivers that were brought in grow. If it took Reed, Loftin and Brown that long; and in light of the fact that his ranking is going to plummet in upcoming years do to passing becoming the default offensive play... He might make it in 30 years as an old timer. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chuck Wagon Posted August 10, 2015 Share Posted August 10, 2015 It's going to be close. There's a huge log jam of WRs right now and TO, Randy Moss, Marvin Harrison and Isaac Bruce are all in front of him. He'll need 743 yards to crack the top 10- Andre Johnson is just over 300 yards in front of him and looks to crack the top 10 before him. Henry Ellard was 3rd in career receiving yards in 1998 (when he retired) and still sits at 11, there's hardly any push to put him in the hall. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LOVEMESOMEBILLS Posted August 10, 2015 Share Posted August 10, 2015 It might take 3-5 years but he'll make it in. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
justnzane Posted August 10, 2015 Share Posted August 10, 2015 I'd say yes. That said, with a post above mentioning Sterling Sharpe, that man deserves to be in canton Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Charles Romes Posted August 10, 2015 Share Posted August 10, 2015 Last year was more a reflection of Flacco's often overlooked hall of fame level ability than Steve Smith's. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gugny Posted August 10, 2015 Share Posted August 10, 2015 Definitely on the bubble. I don't consider him a no-brainer, but I wouldn't be too surprised if he made it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
KD in CA Posted August 10, 2015 Share Posted August 10, 2015 Maybe, but not anytime soon. There are a ton of WRs in the queue who are more deserving; Moss, TO, Harrison, Wayne, Holt, Bruce, etc. His career stats look good but he has benefited from the rules changes favoring passing. And I think the HOF needs to be careful about just looking at career stats -- between rules changes and improvement in medical care it's a lot easier to play longer these days. OJ is going to fall out of the top 20 all-time rushers this season -- unthinkable a generation ago. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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