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Quick Reads: WRs on the rise
Larry Fitzgerald and Steve Smith are having much better seasons this year. Why?
Originally Published: September 19, 2011
By Vince Verhei | Football Outsiders
It's the chicken-or-egg question of football statistics: Do a wide receiver's numbers tell us how good that receiver is, or do they tell us more about the quality of that receiver's quarterback?
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