Hank Baskett vs. Billy McMullen [Final Analysis]

[BIGPHILLY]

Hank Baskett
Rec: 22
Yards: 464
TD: 2

Billy McMullen
Rec: 23
Yards: 307
TD: 2

* Interesting. Kind of a wash. I'd still take Baskett.

[2nd and Arch]

Baskett clearly picked up THIS offense in THIS city faster in basically the same "#4 but can play their way into #3 or even #2 if injuries happen" situation. And is he younger to boot?

[Eaglebreath]

First off, Basket has shown a lot more in one season here than Wilbur showed in his entire time. Baskett looks like he can play in this league, and I never saw that from McMullen. Although McMullen did make a few plays last season, Baskett has shown big play ability that McMullen didn't show.

I think we should have been wearing a mask on this deal.

[FRESH]

How come we didn't post this thread a week ago?

[MDFAN]

I think Billy Mac was just a late bloomer and not a real bright guy, took awhile. But I always liked his "potential"... but I like Hank also so I'm just as happy.

And Fresh makes a 'rare' good point.

[FRESH]

F U!!!!!!

The obvious answer to my question is, NOW is the end of the season. But Hank DID get 1/2 of his stats last week. He got to be the #1 receiver target and cleaned up! Good for him. If he got to be a regular starter and teams got a book on him, would he be nearly as successful? I doubt it. But I agree that Hank has already shown us more than McMullen ever did. I'm happy with the swap.

[MDFAN]

"The obvious answer to my question is, NOW is the end of the season."

But the real answer is that up till a week ago Billy Mac had better numbers than Hank did.

Change a scenery, sometimes, does help...

[taz]

Good for both players. I think if you would pole every GM in the NFL 80% of them would take Baskett due to his upside at this point.

[stevemc]

I don't think it's fair to compare McMullen's stats with Minnesota vs. Hank's in Philly. Here's the real comparison gauging their play in THIS offense:

Baskett '06 stats - 22-464, 2 TDs
McMullen's entire 3 year career in Philly - 22-294, 1 TD

nuff said

[Eaglebreath]

I'd also like to add that McMullen had every opportunity in the world to step in and make some impact, given Minn's WR situation, whereas Baskett is a rookie behind an established group.

I don't think there's any comparison based on what I've seen out of the two of them. Childress needed someone on the roster that knew the WCO, and I think that's why he made the deal in the first place. Baskett looks like a much better prospect than McMullen ever did. Time will tell, but I really think we got the much better end of the deal.

[jmuCJ]

For what it's worth I think one of Billy Mac's TD's was a fumble recovery in the end zone.

[YourPalChrisMal]

For what it's worth I think one of Billy Mac's TD's was a fumble recovery in the end zone.

Actually, I was going to say that I think McMullen actually had THREE TD's, but I could be wrong. I don't think the 2 TD's listed under his receiving stats include the fumble recovery.

[SwingOnThis]

Baskett's game-changing, long TD catch in the first Dallas game trumps anything Billy McMullen ever did in Philly and anything he'll do for the rest of his career.

[BIGPHILLY]

How come we didn't post this thread a week ago?

Because the season wasn't over yet.