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Corey Davis

Inauspicious debut as Jets No. 1

The Jets signed Corey Davis in free agency, and I had some interest in him. New York had an opening for a No. 1 wideout, and they've seemed to be a team heading in a good direction, building up their offensive line and selecting one of the draft's top quarterbacks. Maybe Davis would finally live up to once being a top-5 overall pick.

But Davis apparently landed hard on his shoulder at OTAs yesterday, and is dealing with a shoulder strain. It's not even June yet so no reason to get too concerned, but it's one of those little things that will come to mind when making choices between similar wideouts.

Davis, to be frank, needs to have a good preseason to prove he's ready to be a No. 1 wideout. He didn't do it in Tennessee, never having a 1,000-yard season in his four years there, even when the team got its passing game in gear the last couple of years. (While A.J. Brown, of course, was an immediate superstar.)

One of the area's Davis has been lacking is as a scorer. In four seasons, mostly as a starter, he's caught 0, 4, 2 and 5 touchdowns. That total of 11 over the past four seasons is one of the worst among all wideouts with at least 300 targets. (Search tools at pro-football-reference.com used for this table.) The only guys with fewer touchdowns over that timeframe are Danny Amendola (a notoriously awful scorer) and DJ Moore (that one is more surprising).

WIDE RECEIVER TDS, 2017-2020 (300+ TARGETS)
PlayerTgtRecYdsTD
Davante Adams562383464246
Tyreek Hill466307479841
DeAndre Hopkins647430552237
Mike Evans501294468834
Adam Thielen451308399233
Marvin Jones375234336632
Stefon Diggs504356453531
Tyler Lockett383284363130
Antonio Brown401254336929
Amari Cooper452294398827
Keenan Allen591403478026
Calvin Ridley328217306126
JuJu Smith-Schuster443308372626
Chris Godwin355244354024
Cooper Kupp407288357024
Nelson Agholor343213276323
Michael Thomas536418481323
Jarvis Landry549348397722
Robby Anderson440260356821
Kenny Golladay315183306821
Brandin Cooks422268401920
T.Y. Hilton390234349920
Julio Jones543351528620
Robert Woods483322407019
Tyler Boyd398267314018
Cole Beasley363250273117
John Brown319168253217
Jamison Crowder363232270917
Larry Fitzgerald454307310317
Allen Robinson400256316817
Golden Tate370250286217
Odell Beckham Jr.341199270816
A.J. Green324168229516
Emmanuel Sanders369245301816
DeVante Parker374216297415
Julian Edelman300195228212
Mohamed Sanu303209224812
Sterling Shepard364248283512
Corey Davis338207285111
D.J. Moore335208315610
Danny Amendola33122825144

Again, it's a little early to be too concerned about a shoulder strain. Most likely Davis will be fine for training camp, and he looks like the best bet as the team's No. 1 wideout. The other candidates are Denzel Mims, Jamison Crowder and Elijah Moore, and Crowder might be a cap casualty at some point.

But it also takes a leap of faith to think Davis, in year 5, is suddenly going to zoom up to 1,000-plus yards and 8-10 touchdowns. Not while working with a rookie quarterback, and not with his own history.

--Andy Richardson

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