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Originally Posted by YDFL Commish
I am not in that camp. Reggie's growth was somewhat stunted by the 2002 signing of Qadry Ismail. Reggie was clearly outplaying Ismail but was not getting the playing time. Also I believe he suffered a foot injury in his rookie season that somewhat kept him back.
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Yeah, Reggie had some injuries his rookie year. Think he got a high ankle sprain in training camp and then something else later in the year. And as you pointed out he was sharing reps w/ Ismail his 2nd year (although he had a pretty good year stats-wise). I would consider his '03 season his "breakout" year even though he didn't get to 1,000 yards until '04. But the league was nowhere near as pass happy back then.
I'm probably being too harsh on Pierce. Just saw in the preseason games that he wasn't getting any separation and has had some bad drops, which makes me think he hasn't improved since last year. But it's a small sample size, so hopefully he shows improvement when the games start to count.