So who is the rookie receiver with the most receptions this season? Jarvis Landry. Jeremy Hill has the most rushing yards of any rookie running back.
He would have 85 catches coming into today's game (projected out to 13 games). That would put him tied for 6th in the NFL and 22 catches ahead of Landry.
Landry is exactly what I though he would be, a safety blanket, and a chain mover. He doesn't have deep catches most of it is short passing plays, but he doesn't drop balls, and he moves chains.
already a great returner it seems although i dont know if the stats back it. landry makes big game catches as well. when its late and they need someone.
What Dolphins need are more Jarvis Landrys Dolphins edge 271-102 in total yds, 197-82 in passing yards, 20 mins to 10 mins in time of possession. And led. They have Pats attention. Miami Dolphins reporters Omar Kelly and Chris Perkins discuss the upcoming game against New England. So much has gone wrong for the Dolphins. Jarvis Landry is something that's gone very right. Jarvis Landry lead the Dolphins in catches, yards after catch and is third in the NFL in kickoff returns Here's something that went right this Dolphins season: Jarvis Landry. He plays receiver like the middle linebacker he was in high school. He chases down passes like he did Tre Mason in knocking out the Auburn kick returner (and current St. Louis Ram) in college. "They had to carry him off,'' Landry said. He then leveled Mason's replacement that game, Onterio McCalebb, with a five-star kickoff tackle still on YouTube. "Same guy! Landry! And he's a receiver!" the Louisiana State announcer said that afternoon. Miami Dolphins head coach Joe Philbin answers questions about Jared Odrick yelling at him and whether he still has faith in the team. This is what the Dolphins need: More Landrys. More with his toughness. More with his mindset. And work ethic? What made General Manager Dennis Hickey sweat Landry would be available in the second round, why he leads the team with 63 catches, can be understood by the Jugs Machine Story . This is from LSU. It carries over to the Dolphins. It involves the passing machine receivers practice with and goes simply like this: "He used it so much he broke it,'' LSU receivers coach Adam Henry said. "I broke two machines, actually,'' Landry says. There are two general misrepresentations about pro athletes that get lost amid the daily rush to judge results and behavior, and Landry encompasses both: 1) they work harder than you imagine, and 2) they're smarter than you think. Landry and LSU teammate Odell Beckham Jr., now with the New York Giants, created a daily regiment to improve themselves. They were both from Louisiana, both dreamed of the pros, Landry saying as much as he loved his hometown of Metairie, he was, "running from the poverty, running from what I'd probably be there." Miami Dolphins defensive coordinator addresses the team's run defense. The daily regimen of Landry and Beckham Jr. involved catching tennis balls, placing two footballs under each arm while catching passes and using the jugs machine each day to catch passes in various forms of contortion. "Before practices, after practices, on Friday nights when others are going out, Jarvis is there catching balls off the jugs machine,'' Henry said. "One day the handle just fell off when he was using it." Another day, the tire wheel stopped working. And so it went. And so it still goes. That can be seen before games going through his doing the same, rigid workout involving contorted body positions and one-handed catches Beckham made to national acclaim in a game for the Giants. "That was nothing I haven't seen — nothing I haven't done,'' Landry said of Beckham Jr.'s catch. They both are 5-11, both about 200 pounds and both blessed with hands that need special-ordered 4X-sized gloves and are the key to rare catches. Dolphins defensive back Brent Grimes said Landry makes one-handed catches regularly in practice. "He'll even catch kickoffs with one hand,'' Grimes said. "I put together a tape of their practice catches like that one (by Beckham) and called it the, 'Freaks of Nature Tape,' '' Henry said. "It's not one or two watches. It's like eight or nine minutes long. We had a saying — 'Be famous or be forgotten' — and Jarvis, he wants to be great." Landry's lack of a breakaway gear – 4.58 was his best 40 time in pre-draft workouts — dropped him into the second round. One NFL scout said Landry's game replicates the game of veteran receiver Anquan Boldin. Landry drops two words to describe his game: "Big plays." At LSU, he had 35 catches on third down his senior year. Thirty-three were for first down. With the Dolphins, 36 of his 63 catches are first downs. He's tied for second with four touchdowns, and his physicality shows by leading the team with 331 yards after catch. He's third in the league with a 29.8-yard kickoff return average. "He didn't even return kicks [at LSU],'' Henry said. "But I told him to get ready, he was going to do it in the pros." The other day at Dolphins camp, fellow rookie Ju'Wuan James waited for Landry to leave. There's plenty that has gone wrong for the Dolphins this year. These two went right. Someone mentioned the rookie brigade was leaving. Landry chuckled. "I don't feel like a rookie anymore." It's December in another fading Dolphins season. There aren't rookies now. There's just the wish there were more Landrys.
And another TD by Beckham. Of course this is against a collegiate level defense, so it doesn't technically count towards any future success. Good chance Odell will amount to absolutely nothing in the long run. The kid is a loser.
