Our "old, washed up" receiver

[Eli]

Not washed up by any stretch of the imagination. But certainly on the downslope of his career. Like almost all NFL receivers over 30, his best days are most likely behind him.

[Mothman]

Not washed up by any stretch of the imagination. But certainly on the downslope of his career. Like almost all NFL receivers over 30, his best days are most likely behind him.

He may be on the downslope of his career but it's far from a given that his best days are behind him. The idea that a receiver is necessarily fading that much at 30 just doesn't hold up under scrutiny. A receiver at 30 is in his prime.

Randy Moss had 98 catches for 1493 yards when he hit 30. He followed that with a 100 yard season and a 1200 yard season. He caught 47 TDs in those 3 years

At ages 30 and 31, over 2 seasons, Wes Welker caught 250 passes for over 2900 yards and 15 TDs.

Marvin Harrison turned 30 in 2002. He had 1722 yards in receptions that year and scored 11 TDs. He continued to pile up over 1100 yards receiving and double digit TDs in each of the next 4 seasons.

Cris Carter turned 30 midway through the 1995 season. He caught 122 passes for over 1300 yards and 17 TDs that season and caught 122 passes again the next year, at 31.

I apologize if that's belaboring the point and I'm not saying Jennings will equal any of the achievements above in the Vikings offense but top notch receivers can not only be productive at his age, they can achieve career highs. In terms of overall quality of play, his best days could actually be ahead of him.

[Eli]

All of those receivers were better in their younger years. It's just the way it works.

[Mothman]

All of those receivers were better in their younger years. It's just the way it works.

Based on what? They certainly weren't better statistically in their younger years so just what measuring stick are you using to make that determination if not production?

CC's two most productive seasons were at age 30 and 31.

Welker's most productive season was at age 30.

Harrison's most productive season was also at age 30.

Moss had one season more productive (in terms of yardage) than he did at age 30. That was in 2003 (1632 yards, 17 TDs). At age 30 he had 1493 yards and 23 TDs... 6 more TDs and just 139 fewer yards.

I didn't even go searching for receivers that had their peak seasons at age 30. These were the first 4 WRs I chose to look up and conveniently, it worked out that way.

Terrell Owens was very productive into his 30s. Reggie Wayne has been too and Jerry Rice had his most productive season when he was well into his 30s. Brandon Marshall will be 30 this year and he's certainly showing no indication that he's slowing down. He just had his most productive season so far...