Realistic Expectations for Kelvin Benjamin This Season

[Mr. Scot]

i want to see him make plays in crunch time.

 

i dont care about numbers.

 

Pretty much.

 

We've needed a red zone threat other than Olsen.  If we now have that, I'm happy.

 

[Lemory]

750 yards 6 TD's. Between him and Tolbert, the opposing defense should be on their heels in the redzone.

[OnlyPantherFaninMaine]

750 yards 6 TD's. Between him and Tolbert, the opposing defense should be on their heels in the redzone.

 

Play-action, defense bites on Tolbert up the gut, leaving Kelvin in a 1v1 jump ball situation in the corner of the endzone. 

[Rules&Regulations]

He's gonna have to catch tds in the red zone, lord knows we ain't pounding it in behind our scrub OL.

[pantherclaw]

50 catches

15 TDs

[Arroz con Panther]

Agree with the 600-800 yard range.  6-9 touchdowns.  At least 2 top-ten nominees on sportscenter (one handed catches).

[EightyNine]

He just needs to help us get back to the playoffs.

[EMSMedic79]

Super Bowl

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[shelbypanther]

I hope to be choking down a plate of Benjamin-laced crow in December.  However, let us not overlook the huge albatross he or any other WR brought in has to overcome to begin with, named Mike Shula.

[CRA]

350 yards. 3 TDs.

Comes on late.

[Peppers90 NC]

move chains, bust heads, score

[gettlemanjack]

All I expect is hard work and to see him progress throughout the season. If I see improvement, then I don't care a lot about his year 1 stats, I'm excited for this guys future.

this. KB is a pretty raw prospect. The scouting report comparing KB to Plaxico Burress (6-5/226) was posted on here. Plaxico only had 273 yds and zero TD as a rookie (and he was 23 years old as a rookie and was selected #8 overall after having back-to-back 1,000 yd seasons for Nick Saban's Michigan State teams).

Those 273 yds Plaxico had were #3 on the Steelers that year behind Hines Ward (672) and WR Bobby Shaw (also 672).

The first game of his rookie season was Plaxico's best: 77 yds on 4 catches vs the 2000 Ravens D. Plaxico had at least 1 catch in each of the first 10 games of his rookie season, then no catches after that (played 12 games total, must have been injured the other 4 games)

The engine that drove that Steelers offense that year was Jerome Bettis (1,341 yds) and their QB was Kordell Stewart. Being that we have much much greater QB (Kordell only completed 52.2% of his passes with a 73.6 QB rating that year while Cam last year completed 61.7% with a 88.8 QB rating), a reasonable expectation for KB would be 500-600 yds (heck Saints WR Kenny Stills had 641 yrs as a rookie last season, #3 on their team...and he was a 5th Round pick)

It is year two and year three we should expect 900-1000 yds from KB. In year two, Plaxico had 1,008 yds. In year three, Plaxico had 1,325...and that was with Kordell Stewart as his QB in year 2 and Tommy Maddox as his QB in year 3

[TN05]

Regardless of how well he plays he's going to get plenty of time given our current WR situation. I'd be shocked if he had less than 500 yards and 4 TDs.

[TN05]

750 yards 6 TD's. Between him and Tolbert, the opposing defense should be on their heels in the redzone.

Don't forget Cam and Cotchery (10 TDs last season).