Who was better in their prime, Chad Johnson or Terrell Owens

[Alvin]

Chad is very underrated, but T.O. is in a whole nother exosphere. Where Chad is a Top 25-30 receiver all-time, Owens is a consensus Top 3 selection.

In basketball terms, that's like comparing Paul Pierce to LeBron.

 

[Alvin]

More value than this.

Weird to hear people talking about Chad Johnson like he was a top receiver.








Chad was a back to back all pro receiver in his prime. While TO undoubtedly has a better career, in the mid 2000's there was very much a conversation over who was a better receiver between the two of them.

and here I thought was talking out of my ass

 

[AlbertPullhoez]

TO was more complete/all around than Moss

Nah

 

[Alvin]

Chads prime years weren't very long.

TO was prime before Chad and prime during Chads prime.

The one season they played together in Cincinnati, TO was past his prime at age 37 and still putting up better numbers than Chad

I’ll bite, both were good in their own right, but if the bengals were better, i think Chad would have had a better legacy, Palmer was so hit or miss, and the one year he seemed to be on fire, was the year his knee got tore up, but as it stands TO was so damn dominating, he also had some damn good QBs

T.O. came to Cincy for one year and took the #1 spot from Ocho, balled out. Ocho had a average year, subpar for his standards. They both were gone after that season.

As someone who doesn't watch sports religiously and only cares about select teams and players, thank you for the response, who would've thought this would elect such a vitriol response.

Also, I'm not going to lie, I made the comparison because of them being on the Bengals and both having similar personalities

 

[broller]

While true, TO had mediocre hands. By far tje worst.hands of any elite wideout.

That's true. He had some surprising drops.

 

[broller]

Nah

Ran more routes and could break more tackles

 

[AlbertPullhoez]

Ran more routes and could break more tackles

That's not true. Moss could run every route and was a better runner after the catch

 

[BaggerofTea]

TO and it ain't even close

 

[AuntAnniesPretzels]

The one season they played together in Cincinnati, TO was past his prime at age 37 and still putting up better numbers than Chad

Yup shame he got blackballed from the league

 

[BucciMane]

Owens was better in his prime, peak, and career. That is not a knock on Ochocinco though as you're talking about being compared to a top 5-7 WR all-time, at worst.

 

[jadillac]

Not true at all Chad prime was 03-07..TO's was 2000-2007.

You just reiterated my point

 

[KnowledgeDropper]

Perfect example of how a long, popular social media presence after your career (Ocho) can inflate how people view your playing days

 

[stepbackj34spud]

Chad is very underrated, but T.O. is in a whole nother exosphere. Where Chad is a Top 25-30 receiver all-time, Owens is a consensus Top 3 selection.

In basketball terms, that's like comparing Paul Pierce to LeBron.

WTF? What a stupid fukking analogy. Chad Johnson wasn’t nearly as good in his sport as Pierce was in his.

I hate when dumb nikkas try to be funny.

 

[stepbackj34spud]

While true, TO had mediocre hands. By far tje worst.hands of any elite wideout.

He caught more balls than a lot of the guys you consider to have good hands tho.

If somebody told me that a player with nearly 1100 recs 16k yds and 150+ receiving TD had bad hands I’d laugh in their face.

How many balls do you have to drop to still dwarf most of the other “elite” players at your position with “good hands” numbers wise?

 

[Captain Crunch]

Hey guys who's better, Megatron or Desean Jackson?