good point about the 8-ITB.
Santonio Holmes has not put up numbers that remind us of last season's burst. I cannot tell you why but it's just something I've noticed. Hines Ward is on the downside of his career and really has not been playing as well as he's known for and that. As for Mike Wallace, it's not so much a knock on his ability but rather pointing out his situation. He beat out Limas Sweed ... which from everything I've heard about Limas Sweed, that was apparently not hard to do, and while teams are keying on Ward and Holmes, Mike Wallace stepped up. Those are fantastic numbers for a slot receiver but again, I was just looking at the situation. One piece of info that should help his case is that he's had no running game that frightened defenses. Willie Parker doesn't frighten anyone and Mendenhall only recently burst onto the scene in Parker's abscense. This allowed defenses to play the pass and by focusing on Holmes and Ward, they've opened up the door for the little-known Mike Wallace.
*Speaking of "little-known" Mike Wallace, I had no idea he was even a rookie because for whatever reason, my mind kept mixing his name up with Taco Wallace (no idea why) and I knew he'd been in the league a while.
Going back to Harvin, Sidney Rice and Bernard Berrian were little-known players as well. I mean, everyone knows Randy Moss and Terrell Owens and Larry Fitzgerald and Anquan Boldin and Santonio Holmes, but they most likely couldn't have named a Vikings receiver off the top of their head when prompted before the season started. I only mention Holmes in that group because of his Super Bowl performance and people are very likely to know of him. So in truth, Harvin could have benefitted from the 8-ITB and so could have Rice and Berrian. However, between Rice and Berrian, Rice is the only one stepping up in terms of making catches downfield while Berrian appears to be benefitting from Rice and Harvin, not Harvin benefitting from Rice and Berrian.
