With his game yesterday, Brain Hartline moved into 19th place all time in Fins history in receptions, with 192, passing Ronnie Brown (184). If he stays healthy, he's also going to move up that list quickly. Ahead of him on the list now are;
18. Marty Booker (194)
17. Ricky Williams (197)
16. Irving Fryar (199)
15. Tony Martin (202)
14. Howard Twilley (212)
13. Jim Kiick (221)
12. Oronde Gadsden (227)
11. Jim Jensen (229)
10. Bruce Hardy (256)
09. Duriel Harris (269)
I think that its very possible that he passes all of them to move into the top ten in Fins history. He could also pass most of those same guys to move into as high as 8th place in yardage as well, with a much better YPC average than most of them. Not bad for a guy some people thought might make the squad his rookie year. I liked him a lot at Ohio St., and Im really glad that he's made his nitch with the team.
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I really am starting to develop a man crush on Hartline. I like his game. All he does is show up to every game, makes plays, runs great routes, catches everything and never stops trying. I'm glad we signed him to a contract extension. This is the type of player you want on your team.
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Lol he is just going to fall down the list anyway lol
(It is funny because Hartline falls down did you see what I did there lol)Drowning, unifiedtheory, evz and 4 others like this. -
agreed. Hartline is in the optimal spot as our #2. he can excel there all season IMO.
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Not worth the moneyyyy......
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Actually, just objectively Miami has not been a team who produced "all time" type offensive players who dominate for a decade, even looking back at the SB teams, those guys are not really up the list of "all time NFL" offensive players aside from Marino. -
On most of his catches, he reminds me of one of those wind up rubber band toys... A flurry of motion, then a sudden stop, or in his case, a fall to the ground.
That TD catch yesterday matched his season total from last season... and 2011... and 2010... the only time he has had more than 1 TD was his rookie season, in which he caught 3 TDs.
Hopefully, he and Gibson will have at least 5 or 6 this season and Wallace twice that.MikeHoncho and Fin D like this. -
Probably the smartest receiver I have ever seen. The way he manipulates defenders is amazing.
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I love Hartline, man. Yeah, I would love to see him score more touchdowns like yesterday, but the man is about as reliable as a receiver as you can find. He catches everything thrown to him and he works the sidelines to perfection. Not to mention, Tannehill and him have tremendous chemistry.
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IMO he is a good #2 WR. I defended his resigning based on that evaluation and his rapport with RT. I like his chances against most DBs one on one. He's simply a guy who's pretty good at almost everything. He doesn't have that one physical characteristic that makes him able to dominate, but he is great at running very consistent routes and catching the ball consistently.
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Jim Jensen #11? Holy crap, wd never have guessed that. I do love Hartline's workmanlike approach and effort.
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Marty Booker is susprising. Also surprised to not see Chambers there.
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Hartline has certainly exceeded expectations since he has been here. In fact, compared to all the other flops that we have drafted, tracing back to the JJ regime, one could argue that Hartline has been the most reliable and consistent WR that this team has drafted in 15 years.
Pretty shocking and sad when you think of the WR's we have passed over. Not a knock on Hartline, who I love, but the bar was set really low.
And before anyone chimes in, yes, I think Hartline is better than Chambers and will have a longer and more productive career than Chambers did here. -
EDIT: Youtube Marvin Harrison's highlights. His route running are off the charts. Just amazing to watch. Weird thing is he never said a word in his career, then we find out he's a freaking gangster.rafael likes this. -
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FYI
8. Randy McMichael (283)
7. Davone Bess (321)
6. Tony Nathan (383)
5. Chris Chambers (405)
4. OJ. McDuffie (415)
3. Nat Moore (510)
2. Mark Duper (511)
1. Mark Clayton (550)Unlucky 13 likes this. -
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I don't like the #1/#2 distinction to begin with, but I definitely don't think it fits Hartline. It's an arbitrary assessment of talent(or in a lot of cases, hype), rather than a measure of targets or snap count or something tangible. Brian Hartline is going to get more targets than Mike Wallace. Brian Hartline isn't going to get a whole lot less targets than anyone you put next to him in this offense outside of a couple guys in this league.
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So far I've seen the words "smart, good route runner and "workman like".
I haven't seen "gritty" "tough" or "deceptive speed" yet.
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