Jaydubb wrote:Mamba42 wrote:Mr B wrote:What were Travis’ numbers during his 3 game stretch?
CeeDee Lamb in the last three games: 34 receptions, 500 yards, 3 touchdowns
To compare with 3 games for Fulgham it would be: 21 receptions, 300 yards, 2 touchdowns.
I think Lamb's 3 game stretch more favorably compares with AJ Brown, Justin Jefferon and Tyreek Hill this year.
Best 3 weeks for Brown: 24 receptions, 433 yards, 2 touchdowns. Brown had an amazing 6 game stretch though where he went over 125 yards each game.
Jefferson's first three weeks this year: 27 receptions, 458 yards and 1 touchdown. Lamb's is better.
Hill's best 3 weeks: 25 receptions, 432 yards, 3 TDs. Lamb's is better.
So Lamb has had the best 3 weeks of anyone this year for sure, but of all time? That seems unlikely. Just quickly looking at 3 HoF WRs Jerry Rice, Randy Moss and Calvin Johnson we see better or comparable 3 week runs.
Jerry Rice 1995 best 3 weeks: 32 receptions, 563 yards and 3 touchdowns. Each game he went over 100 yards but it includes a massive 289 yard game with 3 touchdowns. So I guess Lamb's stretch is debatable with Rice's here as it's more evenly spread out.
Randy Moss 2007: 22 receptions, 403 yards and 5 touchdowns. Moss has fewer receptions and yards, but has 2 more TDs than Lamb.
Calvin Johnson 2011: 24 receptions, 560 yards 4 touchdowns. This is better than Lamb's and probably better than Rice's too.
Calvin Johnson 2012: 25 receptions, 490 yards and 3 TDs. Same as Lamb this year.
Calvin Johnson 2013: 29 receptions, 567 yards and 5 touchdowns. This is better than Lambs and better than Rice's 3 game stretch too.
I thought that might be the greatest 3 game stretch of all time until I saw this:
Wes Chandler 1982: 21 receptions, 500 yards and 7 touchdowns. CJ has the yards and catches, but 7 touchdowns is wild.
I thought that might be the greatest 3 game stretch until I saw this:
Josh Gordon 2013: 21 receptions, 649 yards and 4 touchdowns. That's insane. I'm going to call this the best 3 game stretch.
I looked at several others too. Julio Jones also had a really good stretch is 2015, but not as good as the ones noted here. Terrell Owens, Larry Fitzgerald, Cooper Kupp and Antonio Brown had good stretches but in that group only Brown had a stretch where he went over 400 yards in 3 games. Isaac Bruce, Marvin Harrison and Torry Holt also don't quite get to the levels mentioned above.
TL;DR: Lamb's 3 game stretch is the best this year but not the best all time. It compares favorably to some others but he is outshined by Jerry Rice in 1995, Calvin Johnson in 2011 and 2013, Wes Chandler in 1982 and Josh Gordon in 2013 who had probably the best 3 game stretch of all time.
QB_Eagles was joking. Fulgham had a decent 4-5 game stretch in 2020 when alshon Jeffery was injured. A lot of people were overhyping that stretch, I think he was one of the top fantasy WRs after week 4 or 5 if I remember correctly. When alshon came back, fulgham went back to the bench. That stretch of games made up for like 90% of the production Fulgham had in his entire career..lol
Obviously he was joking about Fulgham lol. But since it was part of the original posts I included him. He was a fun flash in the pan for about 5 weeks in 2020. The broader question was interesting though so I did some digging and figured I'd share