Who is the NFL's top receiving duo?

[VHawk15]

in my opinion there is no question it is Holt and bruce. Bruce is always consistent and Holt is a deep threat they may not be the best wrs in the league but they ARE BOTH top 25

Ward is always consistent and Burress is a deep threat. They may not be the best WR's in the league, but they are also both top 25.

[steelyeri]

i'll take bruce and holt over ward and burress any day. especially burress.

[9er Fan]

Umm... aren't you guys forgetting one? Cedric Wilson and Brandon Lloyd? Seriously though, I think I'd have to go with Moss/Robinson #1 slightly ahead of Harrison/Wayne.

[Canadian Seahawk]

if ya wanna see different answers go Trio instead of Duo

[NittanyLions]

i'll take bruce and holt over ward and burress any day. especially burress.

Aah, and we get another one who seems to forget how good burress was up until this season, plus like vhawk said earlier, bruce is getting older and burress and ward are in their prime. St louis has an explosive offense which tends to make you think everyone is better than anyone on a worser offense, like ward's offense. I think some of you need to think more into it, we are syupposed to think ALL the conditions are the same for each duo. Which means how dynamic each duo is enhances their ability to be on the top, and ward+burress=complete, while bruce+holt=lacking in a couple places

[CC]

I feel the same way on the Burress issue. Everyone seems to forget that he had 1300 yards last year and 1000 the year before. He had no QB this year and hit a slump and everyone thinks that he is terrible. In my opinion these two words sum up how Burress will play next year: CONTRACT YEAR.

[KingGhidra]

I think some of you need to think more into it, we are syupposed to think ALL the conditions are the same for each duo. Which means how dynamic each duo is enhances their ability to be on the top, and ward+burress=complete, while bruce+holt=lacking in a couple places

Lacking what exactly? You want speed? Holt has that. You want fantastic hands? Bruce and Holt have that. You want route running ability? Bruce and Holt have that. You want an over the middle possession receiver? Bruce has that.

I'm not forgetting how good Burress was, Holt is just way above him in all aspects of the game. Burress was only as good as his team was. When Pitt strugged, he struggled, Ward was the only consistent stud WR through thick and thin. Bruce & Holt were studs even during the Rams leaner years.

[CC]

The thing however that Bruce and Holt do not have that Burress and Ward have lots of is size. Anyone who saw Ricky Manning Jr. wrestle the ball out of Torry Holt's hands in the Panthers-Rams playoff game knows that Hines Ward or Plax wouldn't have gotten bulled over for the ball by a rookie CB.

[NittanyLions]

The thing however that Bruce and Holt do not have that Burress and Ward have lots of is size. Anyone who saw Ricky Manning Jr. wrestle the ball out of Torry Holt's hands in the Panthers-Rams playoff game knows that Hines Ward or Plax wouldn't have gotten bulled over for the ball by a rookie CB.

Exactly what I was going to say

[VHawk15]

Bruce & Holt were studs even during the Rams leaner years.

Considering Holt's rookie year was in 1999 when St. Louis won the Super Bowl, I'm assuming that you are referring to 2000 and 2002 as the Rams' leaner years. In these two years, Holt combined for only 10 TD's and not even 2000 yards. In my mind, 5 TD's and 1000 yards receiving in a season isn't stud-like.

Bruce was around before the 1999 St. Louis championship. In the Rams' "leaner years" (the two seasons before the championship), Bruce had a combined 6 TD's and roughly 1200 yards receiving. Once again, I wouldn't consider someone who put up 3 TD's and 600 yards a season a stud.

And while everyone knows how what kind of stats the two duos put up last season, in 2003, I'd like to refresh some people's memory about 2002.

Plaxico Burress- 1325 yards and 7 TD's
Hines Ward- 1329 yards and 12 TD's

Torry Holt- 1302 yards and 4 TD's
Isaac Bruce- 1075 yards and 7 TD's