Why was Marques Colston better at scoring TD’s than Michael Thomas?

Injuries and colston had drew prime

Colston had 22 TDs from 20+ yards out. People forgot how well he could stretch the field and run after the catch

Thomas has 5 such TDs.
Majority of his TDs were near the EZ

Because colston in the seam was money. Dude was bigger than an average wr and faster than an average te.

Complete mismatch vs any linebacker, safety, or nickel

Dude had Velcro hands.

Payton was washed up in his last few seasons

Was this supposed to be a difficult question?

He was thrown to more often. Did drop quite a few if defender touched him.

He had Drew as his QB and he wasn't constantly doubled like MT13 is most snaps and oh 2 yrs of injuries will hurt production

In addition to what other posters said, our running game had been stupid good during Mike's all pro seasons. Kamara and Ingram/Murray with Taysom.

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He was thrown to more often.

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Not really. Colston had 1099 targets and a 64.7% catch percentage compared to MT's 741 and 76.1%. Based on how MT is utilized in the offense, there is no guarantee he would have an extra 36 TDs with an extra 350+ targets

There is also a reason MT was often referred to as slant boy. If played into his greatest strength (hands & body placement), as well as Brees' (accuracy). There were times that MT running a slant seemed to be damn near unstoppable.