Denali Posted July 20, 2014 Report Share Posted July 20, 2014 Who was the best wide receiver of the Oilers run and shoot era? Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
OILERMAN Posted July 20, 2014 Report Share Posted July 20, 2014 It was Drew Hill but Slaughter was the best short term minus the blown out knee in 93. Duncan was terrible and a product of the system Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
abenjami Posted July 20, 2014 Report Share Posted July 20, 2014 Drew Hill overall but maybe Jeffries if we are talking about a short time period. I always loved Tony Jones and wished they tried to use him more. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Btowner Posted July 20, 2014 Report Share Posted July 20, 2014 I think it's close between Ernest Givins and Drew Hill. But, I give the slight edge to Hill. Hill had over 1000 yards 5 out of 7 years with the Oilers and Givens had only one 1000 yard season, but had years with 933, 976, 979, 996 yards. I just recall Hill making bigger plays down field. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
OILERMAN Posted July 20, 2014 Report Share Posted July 20, 2014 Earlier in his Oiler career Hill was a downfield beast Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tim Posted July 20, 2014 Report Share Posted July 20, 2014 Hill was the best and one of my top 5 oilers ever. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
oldschool Posted July 21, 2014 Report Share Posted July 21, 2014 Hill hands down Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Face Posted July 21, 2014 Report Share Posted July 21, 2014 Hill was before my time, I started following football in '91, but he was clearly the best of the above batch & it really wasn't even close. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Oiler FANatic Posted July 21, 2014 Report Share Posted July 21, 2014 (edited) Hill hands down I wouldn't say that at all. Givins is still the team's all-time leading receiver and Hill only played 2 years in the Run N Shoot, just '90 and '91, before Slaughter replaced him in '92. Hill had better career numbers because he played for 14 years, but with Houston he had 480 catches for 7477 yards and 47 TD's while Givins had 542 catches for 7935 yards and 46 TD's. Drew Hill overall but maybe Jeffries if we are talking about a short time period. If we're talking strictly between 1990 and 1994 (pre-Fisher) during the RNS era, then it has to be either Jeffires or Givins, mostly because Hill and Slaughter weren't there the whole time. Here's the stats when Jack Pardee was the coach and they were using the Run N Shoot: Haywood Jeffires: 384-4502-35 Ernest Givins: 305-4105-29 Curtis Duncan: 244-2783-9 Drew Hill: 164-2128-9 Webster Slaughter: 159-1902-10 Edited July 21, 2014 by Oiler FANatic Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Oiler FANatic Posted July 21, 2014 Report Share Posted July 21, 2014 I just recall Hill making bigger plays down field. That's true he did, but Givins was absolutely fearless making catches over the middle in traffic. When they needed the tough yards, Givins was just as good as a top receiving TE. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Oiler FANatic Posted July 21, 2014 Report Share Posted July 21, 2014 Check out his TD catch at 2:05 and tell me he wasn't the best: Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
OILERMAN Posted July 21, 2014 Report Share Posted July 21, 2014 The problem is the outside guys and the slot guys play such different roles. Hard to compare them.... Also the run and shoot didn't last that long and some of the guys didn't play in it the entire time. The Oilers really lacked playmakers outside during the run and shoot. As stated before, Duncan was flat out terrible and even Haywood Jeffires was totally overrated. He had 90 catches one season and barely cracked 900 yards, he was more of a possession guy and dropped way too many passes. The Oilers needed a speedster like Atlanta had in Michael Hayes when they ran the run and shoot. I could go with Givins or Slaughter if you only say during the run and shoot era but there is no way in hell Jeffiries is close. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
oldschool Posted July 21, 2014 Report Share Posted July 21, 2014 I missed the part where anyone said Givens wasn't a good WR. He and Hill were definitely the best of the bunch. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Posted July 21, 2014 Report Share Posted July 21, 2014 Slaughter and Jeffires could have played in any other system and been productive. The other guys were cut out to be run and shoot smurfs and wouldn't have been top 2 guys in a lot of other offences. My favourite was Ernie though. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Omar Posted July 21, 2014 Report Share Posted July 21, 2014 I liked Givens a lot, he was one of my favs...but Hill was the best imo. It hurt the team for two years after Hill left... Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
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