Kenny Britt snapped Rams' staggering drought of 1,000-yard

Kenny Britt snapped Rams' staggering drought of 1,000-yard receivers

Alden Gonzalez

THOUSAND OAKS, Calif. -- John Fassel, the Los Angeles Rams' interim coach, spoke to Kenny Britt over breakfast on Monday morning and was stunned to learn this is the first 1,000-yard season of his career. All those years in the NFL, all those years as a primary target -- Fassel thought Britt would have reached the coveted mark at some point over the last seven seasons. But Britt didn't even reach 800 yards during that time.

It's a circumstance that runs nearly parallel to that of the Rams.

Drafted by the Tennessee Titans in 2009 then signed by the Rams in 2014, Britt is the franchise's first 1,000-yard receiver since Torry Holt in 2007, which is nothing short of amazing. The organization went eight consecutive years without a 1,000-yard receiver, right in the middle of possibly the most passer-friendly era in NFL history.


With 1,002 yards on 68 catches, the Rams' Kenny Britt reached a personal milestone and ended an amazing streak of team futility. Chuck Cook/USA TODAY Sports
To put that into some stunning context:

From 2008-15, the NFL produced 174 1,000-yard receivers, none of whom did it for the Rams. All 31 other teams had at least one 1,000-yard receiver. Twenty-eight of them had at least two. The Broncos and Cardinals each had five different receivers go over 1,000 yards, and nine teams -- the Lions, Falcons, Steelers, Broncos, Patriots, Packers, Cardinals, Cowboys and Colts -- each had at least eight 1,000-yard performances in that eight-year span.

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