Is Jeffery the best receiver in Bears history? Does Gordon deserve to be mentioned among the most productive receivers in NFL history? Of course not, in either case, at least not yet. Jeffery, meanwhile, now owns the two most productive receiving games in the 94-season history of the Bears/Decatur Staleys. (Calvin Johnson and Don Maynard were the others.) Gordon, in fact, did it in consecutive weeks, setting an NFL record with 498 receiving yards in back-to-back games.

Only two other receivers had previously accomplished that during the Super Bowl era. Gordon and Jeffery, both promising second-year players, have each recorded a pair of 200-yard receiving games this season. There were eight last season and there have been seven in 2013, including the third-ever 300-yard receiving game since 1960. That average of 2.5 per season has tripled in 20, and of course we're not done. It's a notable achievement, to be sure, but in this passing era it's no longer a moment of rewritten history.Ĭonsider that in the 52 seasons from 1960 to 2011, NFL and AFL players produced 130 games of at least 200 receiving yards, according to. The 200-yard receiving game is approaching the pedestrian status of a 100-yard rushing performance. Neither Josh Gordon of the Cleveland Browns nor Alshon Jeffery of the Chicago Bears cracked the coveted Studs and Duds post, much to the chagrin of at least three fans who looked past the fact that neither effort produced a victory for the respective teams.Īnd for good reason. Two players posted 200-yard receiving games on the same day Sunday - FOR THE FIRST TIME IN NFL HISTORY - and I, for one, hardly flinched.

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Most consecutive 200 yard passing games