Gonna have to asterisk that.

Having watched the combine and listened to the announcers.

They were talking him up because of his working with Houshmandzadeh ... but also mentioned injury issues and his age. He may have been off plenty of boards.

When we drafted him, I was like ... well, let's hope he can stay on the field.

And it is his style of play. It's not like he's going to have a super healthy career.

All that said, I don't know how anyone beats him out for OROY unless Stroud gets the Texans to the 1 seed. And he's definitely in the pro bowl.

As a note ... He's a top 5 fantasy WR. He may actually be higher ... he has 500 yards, which is second to only Jefferson ... and 39 receptions which leads by 5 over Keenan Allen.

He's pacing 2100 yards and 155 receptions. What he's had is actually a decent rookie season. In 4 games.

No one saw that.

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