re: Marshall was Burrow's favorite target, before injury

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Marshall will no doubt be a huge player, but I think Burrow spread it out pretty evenly.

Marshall got injured Week 4 vs Vanderbilt; Chase did not play vs NW State on Week 3, thru Week 3:

Jefferson 19 Rec, 374 yards, 4 TD (3 Games)
Chase 10 Rec, 168 yards, 2 TD (2 Games)
Marshall 16 Rec, 229 yards, 4 TD (3 Games)

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Here are the targets through the Vandy game (Marshall played almost entire game IIRC):

Jefferson - 25 targets
Chase - 25 targets (missed 1 out first 4 games though)
Marshall - 26 targets

Which was my point that Burrow wasn't favoring Marshall before his injury, he was really spreading the ball around quite well between them.

From the Auburn game to end of season though (they all played in every game):
Jefferson - 80 targets
Chase - 73 targets
MArshall - 40 targets

Marshall significantly dropped off, which was to be expected with how comfortable Burrow got with Chase/Jefferson and Marshall clearly wasn't 100% when he did come back either. He didnt break 50 yards receiving in any game till UGA. He was a redzone monster at the end of the season though with 5 TD in the final 3 games, similar to his start of 6 TD the first 3 games of season.