SouthSoundHawk":2oj0jxd8 said:
This thread is embarrassing.
Not only is it FULL of misleading information, but it's nothing but posters bashing a guy that's been hurt all season and grinding to get back to full health.
Also, Cordarrelle Patterson has sucked all year long...those wishing we had him, instead of Percy, are in fact grasping for straws and/or are complete morons. He had ONE good game as a WR, and his impact on special teams was two scores. If you think his performance this year gives him more upside than Harvin will when that hip is fixed, get your head checked. You might need meds. ALL season long on twitter and on the Vikes site (left over fandom from living in the Midwest with nothing to watch), they've been talking about how raw he is from a receiving standpoint. They had trouble getting him on the field and getting the ball in his hands, because he wasn't quite NFL ready. Pair this with a terrible QB situation and you have the 2013 Vikings. If he was really a game changer ala Harvin, he would have had more than 430 yards receiving. Buy into the hype machine though, it'll net you a 100 yard game.
After reading this thread and seeing the impatience fans have had with Harvin, it's safe to say everyone here would HATE him.
Point being, this thread is a joke and people bashing a dude that is hurt...well that's a pretty webzone move if you ask me. Too many people here spending time on SC forums, picking up shitty habits.
What a Blatant lie. Ya Patterson has sucked all year yet he leads the league in return avg and return TDs and teams have started completely kicking it short or away from him so he cant return it. The return game is part of football or did the rules change? You dont think starting at the 35 or so yardline on avg is good? Especially with THIS defense. Its a lot better than Turbin thats for sure.
He ALSO hardly played the first entire half of the season. I dont buy into this "not nfl ready" crap about him. First of all Frazier is an idiot. He is on par with Childress as a coach and hopefully will be fired along with Musgrave and his stupid 3x5 offensive playcard. I dont see how hard it would be to throw him a screen pass or mix in a few plays that Harvin ran but NO, thats too hard evidently. Just because he didnt play doesnt mean he wasnt ready. I think he would of been just fine getting Harvins plays that they ran the first half of last year, which were mainly screens and VERY short passes.
Musgrave couldnt design a creative playbook if his life depended on it. Patterson IS pretty much the same player Harvin is but taller with slightly worse hands yet they refused to play him and put him #5 behind joe freaking webb? You kiddin me!! The whole first half of the season I thought they would use him just like we had talked about using Harvin. Bring him in as a RB for passing plays or just a change of pace and do WR screens and short passes. They FINALLY started using him as HB several plays the last half of this season and he has 8 carries for 102 yards and 2 TD. He is a playmaker and they refused to put him onto the field or were too stupid to even make up a few plays to at least get him involved once in a while.
Lets not even talk about the joke of QBs that have started this year. Ponder has been terrible and Cassell has had very few good games as well. Jennings did almost nothing with Ponder.
I love Harvin as much as the next guy, considering I am also a vikings fan and was thrilled about the trade for both teams, but to pretend Harvin is leaps and bounds better than Patterson is crazy. He allready has a better rookie year than Harvin as a returner. As a WR for the whole year compared to Harvin he will obv not match the stats because Harvin was the #2 WR for the most part across from a Prime Rice who was healthy and had his best year as a pro. He also had a healthy, younger, more explosive AP and Brett Favre throwing the ball. For the last half of Harvins 09 season and the last half of Pattersons season this year it is pretty close though. Oh sidenote Bevell was the O-Coordinator that year and even though I dont think hes the greatest ever, he is leaps and bounds better than Musgrave.
Patterson was #4 or #5 for at least the first half of the year. Even with that he could still finish with close to 500 receiving yards, 100 something rushing yards, 1350+ return yards, and AT LEAST 7 total TDs.
I think Pattersons potential is through the roof and can match Harvins. He is just as physical as Harvin is. He is def as fast and can cut on a dime without losing much speed at all.
For this season, yes Patterson would of done more than Harvin. You know why? Because he would of actually BEEN PLAYING. Even if he JUST was returning the ball, having a 33.5 avg is a whole 11 more yards avg than Kearse or Turbin who ALSO have not scored a TD either while Patterson has 2. I think we could also find ways to get him onto the field unlike the Vikings for the first part of the season.
I hope Harvin can return and stay healthy because he is quite amazing when he can play but im starting to wonder how serious this injury has been and if he will ever be quite the same. They havent IRed him yet so I assume he might play in the playoffs? I can only hope as he would add that needed dimension we have been missing.
