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What was Demaryius Thomas doing before Manning? Being a mediocre WR. Now he's a top 5 WR. There are many WRs in this league that could be doing what he's doing in that offense.

I think it's obvious that any player, Thomas included, will have better numbers with a QB like Manning.

That being said, I think it's obvious just watching him that he's a top 5 WR as well. His skill set jumps out at you.

You mentioned he was mediocre before Manning showed up, but not even talking about the QBs throwing to him, it was his 1st 2 seasons at a position that guys don't usually come in right away and put up monster numbers. Couple that with the QB situation, and I don't think it's fair to give Manning most of the credit for the difference in years 1 and 2 to now.

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Posted by Goldrush25

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Posted on 10/24/14 at 8:15 am to shel311

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You mentioned he was mediocre before Manning showed up, but not even talking about the QBs throwing to him.

Well yeah, that was my entire point. I got the impression that some felt that there wasn't good enough talent in Tennessee for Mett to throw to. I think there is, and we can't conclude that the talent isn't there until they have some decent QB play.

Maybe Justin Hunter is someone that needs the right QB throwing to him, but Kendall Wright has been playing well even with Locker/Whitehurst. The talent is more than sufficient.

I never said that Manning deserves most of the credit for Demaryius Thomas. But there are lots of players that have eye popping talent, but it doesn't mean anything until they get the opportunity to showcase those talents.

This post was edited on 10/24/14 at 8:21 am

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