That's not a question I thought I'd be pondering coming into this season. The consensus was the opposite, that Bess and Hartline would make up one of the worst receiving corps in the league after we traded Brandon Marshall. But that hasn't been the case. Let's look at their standard stats. Hartline: 29 catches 514 yards 17.7 yards per catch 1 TD Bess: 22 catches 346 yards 15.7 yards per catch 0 TD Hartline is leading the league in yards and Bess is 19th. Hartline is 8th in YPC and Bess is 18th. They aren't catching many TDs. But they are really racking up the yards, and with a rookie QB throwing them the ball. So by standard stats they are doing very well. The advanced stats show them in even better light. Bess leads all WRs in win probability added . Hartline is 16th. This is significant because win probability is telling us how much a player is helping his team win. Brian Burke explains it here . Long story short, Bess is ranked so high because he catches...
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