We’ll start by excluding guys like Steve Smith and Larry Fitzgerald(notes), whose aforementioned quarterback situations have destroyed their overall productivity. But speaking of first-round picks that haven’t panned out – yeesh, Mr. Heyward-Bey, When dividing catches by receiver targets, Oakland’s second-year receiver comes up with a totally unacceptable Catch Rate of 38%. Believe it or not, that’s actually an improvement over his rookie year, when he caught just nine of the passes that were thrown to him. And he doesn’t have JaMarcus Russell(notes) to blame anymore. The Seahawks thought so much of Houshmandzadeh to let him off the roster despite owing him more than $6 million on guaranteed salary, and he’s done almost nothing for the Ravens. And as for Monsieur Garcon, we’ll let Nate Dunlevy of the estimable Colts blog 18to88.com explain why Garcon has been the team’s least effective receiver in the Peyton Manning(notes) era.
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