Talk:Reggie Bush the Next Antonio Gates/@comment-101836-20060416211709

Sorry if I&quot;m nitpicking, but your statement about no other tight end in history having that kind of across the board production is inaccurate, too. It takes more than a year to impact the game in the way you&quot;re claiming Gates has. I think the impact has much more to do with the likes of Shannon Sharpe and Tony Gonzalez, guys that have been around the game much longer. Sharpe had four seasons with more than 900 yards receiving, three of which were over 1,000. In three of those seasons, he had more than 80 receptions, and he had two 10-TD seasons. Tony Gonzalez had 93 receptions in 2000 and had 102 in 2004, the season you were referring to above. He has two seasons with more than 1,200 yards receiving, and three more with over 900. He also has three seasons with 9 TDs or more. Gates has been a little better than the two men I mentioned when it comes to touchdowns, but he has not revolutionized the game. It takes more than a season or two to do that, and you need look no further than Sharpe and Gonzalez to see why someone like Gates came along.