mdonnelly21 Posted November 12, 2021 Share Posted November 12, 2021 Better WR: Larry Fitzgerald or Antonio Brown For all intent purposes lets just say during prime. Not including overall career. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
iknowcool Posted November 12, 2021 Share Posted November 12, 2021 (edited) This is tough, but my gut tells me AB. He was just so incredible and I think he was the best WR in the game at his peak. But you could argue both sides, for sure. Fitzgerald's 2008 postseason is still and will always be legendary. However, I feel like during Fitzgerald's peak, it was Andre Johnson who was considered the best WR, not Fitz. But Andre was a boss, so not a slight at Fitz. Then in either 2010 or 2011 is when people started talking about Megatron as the king. Shame we didn't see Fitz with more consistent QB play throughout his career. Edited November 12, 2021 by iknowcool 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tyler735 Posted November 12, 2021 Share Posted November 12, 2021 I'll take Fitzgerald. Was generally on less talented teams than Brown. Put up elite numbers, wasn't a head case, has as good of hands as anyone to ever play WR. It seemed he turned it up to another level during the playoffs as well. He played in 9 career playoff games and had 942 receiving yards and 10 touchdowns in those games. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sammymvpknight Posted November 12, 2021 Share Posted November 12, 2021 Fitzgerald is one of my favorite players of all time. Just a fantastic pro...amazing players. But AB was and continues to be pretty insane. You just can't ignore AB's production. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mox Posted November 12, 2021 Share Posted November 12, 2021 Antonio Brown is a better player than Larry Fitzgerald. Larry was awesome, and had to work with some bad QB play but he was 3x All Pro (1st team one time) in his career, and was the consensus best WR for maybe one season. Brown was 1st team 4 years in a row, the best WR in the NFL for longer than Larry, and he simply peaked higher. AB was straight up better at getting open, and that's why he was essentially unstoppable for a number of years there. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MikeT14 Posted November 12, 2021 Share Posted November 12, 2021 9 hours ago, mdonnelly21 said: Better WR: Larry Fitzgerald or Antonio Brown For all intent purposes lets just say during prime. Not including overall career. That does change the dynamic some. Larry was pretty much the solid 8 to 9 for his whole career. Just a beauty forever. AB was a 10 smokeshow at one point. The peak was shorter, but it existed. 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
OkeyDoke21 Posted November 12, 2021 Share Posted November 12, 2021 AB better, Larry greater. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Duluther Posted November 12, 2021 Share Posted November 12, 2021 Larry's 2010(?) playoff prime was something else. It was greater than AB's prime. But I'll otherwise easily take AB. His legacy is already fairly tarnished and it's a shame because his routes are amazing and he could catch rainbow passes with ease. I mean, he was just great at almost everything that is relevant to a route-running based WR. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Blackstar12 Posted November 12, 2021 Share Posted November 12, 2021 AB was the better WR. Larry Fitzgerald was the better teammate and person. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ET80 Posted November 12, 2021 Share Posted November 12, 2021 2 hours ago, MikeT14 said: That does change the dynamic some. Larry was pretty much the solid 8 to 9 for his whole career. Just a beauty forever. AB was a 10 smokeshow at one point. The peak was shorter, but it existed. I buy this. At their absolute best, AB. If you're looking for consistency over a long period of time, Fitzgerald. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MikeT14 Posted November 12, 2021 Share Posted November 12, 2021 Just now, ET80 said: I buy this. At their absolute best, AB. If you're looking for consistency over a long period of time, Fitzgerald. Larry Fitzgerald: Cameron Diaz from My Best Friend's Wedding to Knight and Day Antonio Brown: Cameron Diaz in the Mask. 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ET80 Posted November 12, 2021 Share Posted November 12, 2021 12 minutes ago, MikeT14 said: Larry Fitzgerald: Cameron Diaz from My Best Friend's Wedding to Knight and Day Antonio Brown: Cameron Diaz in the Mask. *Shrug* Not much of a Cameron Diaz fan. Basic, IMO. Give me Lucy Liu, please and thanks. 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jonnguy2015 Posted November 12, 2021 Share Posted November 12, 2021 AB was better in his prime, Fitz had the better career Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ozzy Posted November 12, 2021 Share Posted November 12, 2021 Not including overall career? How can one not include the overall career considering Brown flushed 3 years of his "prime" down the toilet, but sure cherry picked a Super Bowl out of the deal last year. Also had ridiculous consistency at Pittsburgh with the same QB throughout and tons of talent around him. Larry out in Arizona was surrounded by a bunch of random guys and got no real consistency at all. Kurt Warner Carson Palmer Josh McCown John Skelton Matt Leinart Kevin Kolb Derek Anderson Drew Stanton Blaine Gabbert etc. While Antonio Brown had Ben Roethlisberger the entire freaking time basically.... how is that not an advantage? Either way comparing the two is a joke, one is clearly better than the other in almost every way on and off the field. Sure Brown is better after the catch and for a time was a bit more explosive but it is not even a comparison looking at the entire picture. Physically they are two opposite athletes as well. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
iknowcool Posted November 12, 2021 Share Posted November 12, 2021 8 minutes ago, Ozzy said: Either way comparing the two is a joke, one is clearly better than the other in almost every way on and off the field. Sure Brown is better after the catch and for a time was a bit more explosive but it is not even a comparison looking at the entire picture. Physically they are two opposite athletes as well. Brown was also a better route-runner and better at getting separation, pretty important WR traits. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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