Why I think Chambers will hava good 07

[BostonDolphan]

I wanna first say that I am a big Chris Chambers fan, but I am a realist. Chambers seems like the type of player who's head is not always in the game. Sometimes he's a great blocker in the run/pass game and at other times he runs lazy routes and misses assignments. I feel he is going to have a big year because he is going to come out feeling as if he has a chip on his shoulder, which is when he plays his best football. After his 1 of his worst years (2002) and after being called "decent" he put up good numbers with mediocre Qb's (which is NOT an excuse for his poor play).


2002MIA15 games 52 rec 734 yds 3 TD
2003MIA16 games 64 rec 963 yds 11 TD

After being called decent by Saban he put up large numbers (sorry too lazy to do the math, but he did put up 8 touchdowns during this period).

I think and hope Chambers will come out with a chip on his shoulder after playing so poorly this season. Maybe he will, maybe he wont but its just another theory on Chambers.

 

[daniel3]

So basically Chris Chambers is the Rex Grossman of WR's ;/?

 

[WISfinfan13]

I think with scott linehan he had alot of plays designed for chambers to excel. This year with Mularkey he didnt really design the same type of plays which chambers excelled in. If you look at the highlights from his big season last year or two years ago how ever you look at it and you will see that he had alot better oppurtunities because of better play calling where he was often time one on one. This year everytime Chambers had a deep ball he had a corner underneath and saftey over the top. Im no expert, so maybe it was the play calling or possibly better QB play.
I think Mularkey didnt play into the strengths of our team as well as linehan did causing alot of the struggles we had this year. And all year i was back and forth on whether to fire Mularkey after this year, because we havent had the same coach or coordinators in place for very long in the past decade, i would have liked to see mularkey given the chance to follow up. But the way things ended up worked out perfect in my book. Keep Mularkey (who now has a good grip on the talent in our offense and should help out Cam making the decisions on who stays and who goes this offseason. And i hope Cam is creative enough to get Chambers the talent around him and the balls thrown to him so he can succeed this coming offseason.

 

[VT Dolphan]

I hope you're right, but I still don't see him becoming the superstar everyone was expecting him to be. He really underperformed last year, so I don't think he'll have much of a problem topping those numbers. I bet he'll finish with stats somewhere in between his 2005 and 2006 numbers.

 

[Jimmy James]

I'm not sure Chambers is going to have a good year, but I think he has shown enough up until and through 2005 to give him a chance to prove that 2006 was a fluke for whatever reason (coaching, QB play, distractions, whatever).

 

[djphinfan]

Chris Chambers will make the probowl next year,i'am not gonna get into details why this will happen,lets just say the guy had the worst performances by quarterbacks for 15 weeks that i have ever seen in the nfl......!!!!

 

[PhinsRock]

Next year is make or break for Chambers, I feel good about him due to Cam being so good at using his offensive talent and forming the offense around the sills of his player's talent. Either way next year Chambers has to turn it around (and I think he will BTW) or he's a goner in 08.

 

[HybridPHIN 23]

when we can have an efficient offense with decent blocking, consistent running, and a solid passer........ CC is easily one of the Better Wrs in the Game..... when we cant run well and the Qb is playing as bad as we've had... CC can become merely a decoy.

It all depends on the rest of the offense IMO....... when we can move the ball.... CC is a gamechanger. When Ricky and Ronnie were churning and we had Gus playing well.... look what happened.. Chambers exploded onto the scene as a premiere WR for a bit there.... then our offense went back into the gutter and all of a sudden he's an average #2 ???? No i don't think so. This is the same guy that looked like Randy Moss in the Pro-Bowl. Perhaps if we can get a respectable offense on the field again the same thing would happen...... I don't see why not.

I liked what i saw from the chemistry between Daunte and CC AT TIMES..... they were off for the most part but man didnt Chambers have like 3 or 4 TDs in the 1st 5 games ? With a healthy Daunte and Ronnie AND Ricky in the offense.... i would have no problem making a garauntee that he puts up ALL-Pro #'s. That's just how i feel.... Let's get him the damn ball.... having below average Qbs throw it to him alot isn't enough...... i always said i'd rather get 5 passes game from a Good Qb then 10 from a bad one... unfortunatley people judge Wrs by how many passes were thrown to them versus how many caught...... not taking into account that Joey Harrington Couldnt hit Chambers to save his life.... Then they'll compare his %'s to a guy of equal talent catching passes from an All-pro QB. How is that fair ?? man if Gus had stuck around things could be very different not only for CC and the WRs but for the whole offense/team. We probably would have been more comfortable resting Daunte as well.

 

[Phanatical]

I wanna first say that I am a big Chris Chambers fan, but I am a realist. Chambers seems like the type of player who's head is not always in the game. Sometimes he's a great blocker in the run/pass game and at other times he runs lazy routes and misses assignments. I feel he is going to have a big year because he is going to come out feeling as if he has a chip on his shoulder, which is when he plays his best football. After his 1 of his worst years (2002) and after being called "decent" he put up good numbers with mediocre Qb's (which is NOT an excuse for his poor play).


2002MIA15 games 52 rec 734 yds 3 TD
2003MIA16 games 64 rec 963 yds 11 TD

After being called decent by Saban he put up large numbers (sorry too lazy to do the math, but he did put up 8 touchdowns during this period).

I think and hope Chambers will come out with a chip on his shoulder after playing so poorly this season. Maybe he will, maybe he wont but its just another theory on Chambers.

Unfortunately, Chambers "GOOD" years amount to only 900 yards and 7 TD's. The Phins need more than that to be a playoff team. Hopefully the Phins get Hagan and another draft pick into the mix. Chambers has had six years to be the #1 guy and still hasn't even one 1,000 yard season to his name. Pathetic.

 

[DUB]

I think with scott linehan he had alot of plays designed for chambers to excel. This year with Mularkey he didnt really design the same type of plays which chambers excelled in. If you look at the highlights from his big season last year or two years ago how ever you look at it and you will see that he had alot better oppurtunities because of better play calling where he was often time one on one. This year everytime Chambers had a deep ball he had a corner underneath and saftey over the top. Im no expert, so maybe it was the play calling or possibly better QB play.
I think Mularkey didnt play into the strengths of our team as well as linehan did causing alot of the struggles we had this year. And all year i was back and forth on whether to fire Mularkey after this year, because we havent had the same coach or coordinators in place for very long in the past decade, i would have liked to see mularkey given the chance to follow up. But the way things ended up worked out perfect in my book. Keep Mularkey (who now has a good grip on the talent in our offense and should help out Cam making the decisions on who stays and who goes this offseason. And i hope Cam is creative enough to get Chambers the talent around him and the balls thrown to him so he can succeed this coming offseason.

You nailed it. Linehan is great. Look what he did for bulger and jackson.

 

[hellsapoppin]

Chris Chambers Stinks, Hes had his shot several times he has had 1 decent year and thats it. The really good recievers not the (Great) recievers put up decent stats every season. Chambers has had his chance. I wish he could of been better but he isn't and i don't see any change a-comming. And I don't buy the stinko-o quarterback theory.

 

[Lab3003]

Statistically, Chambers is the worst WR in the league, 82nd out of 82.

 

[Dolfan984]

Unfortunately, Chambers "GOOD" years amount to only 900 yards and 7 TD's. The Phins need more than that to be a playoff team. Hopefully the Phins get Hagan and another draft pick into the mix. Chambers has had six years to be the #1 guy and still hasn't even one 1,000 yard season to his name. Pathetic.

He has 1. He's still one of the highest TD scoring WRs year after year after year (other than 02 and 06) but he had a lousy 06. I think he deserves one more chance.

 

[SuperMarksBros.]

chambers is the michael vick of wrs. makes spectacular plays, shows flashes of greatness and the ability to take over games, and is also known to disappear in crunchtime...

he isnt consistent enough to be a star, or bad enough to cut your losses.

frankly, the guy is a headache. this team needs a #1 wr, amongst other things

 

[ADDiKT]

I was wondering when the next Chambers thread was going to pop up...

Bottom line for me, Everyone says the lack of performance for Chambers is the bad QB play. Lee Evans with Losman, Andre Johnson with Carr, Braylon Edwards with the combination of Frye and Anderson, Muhsin Muhammad and Bernard Berrian with Rex Grossman, Roy Williams and Mike Furrey with Jon Kitna, Joey Galloway with the combination of Gradkowski/Rattay and Simms, Anquan Boldin and Larry Fitzgerald with the combination of Warner and Leinart (Rookie) all played with subpar QBs and managed to put up better numbers than Chambers. When do the excuses stop for Chris?

Production > Potential​

Lee Evans. 82 Rec. / 1,292 Yards / 15.8 Avg / 8 TDs
Andre Johnson. 103 Rec. / 1,147 Yards / 11.1 Avg / 5 TDs
Braylon Edwards. 61 Rec. / 884 Yards / 14.5 Avg / 6 TDs
Muhsin Muhammad. 60 Rec. / 863 Yards / 14.4 Avg. / 5 TDs
Bernard Berrian. 51 Rec. / 775 Yards / 15.2 Avg. / 6 TDs
Roy Williams. 82 Rec. / 1,310 Yards / 16.0 Avg. / 7 TDs
Mike Furrey. 98 Rec. / 1,086 Yards / 11.1 Avg. / 6 TDs
Joey Galloway. 62 Rec. / 1,057 Yards / 17.0 Avg. / 7 TDs
Anquan Boldin. 83 Rec. / 1,203 Yards / 14.5 Avg. / 4 TDs
Larry Fitzgerald. 69 Rec. / 946 Yards / 13.7 Avg. / 6 TDs​

Chris Chambers. 59. Rec. / 667 Yards / 11.5 Avg. / 4 TDs :tantrum:​

Basically Chambers (who many of you call "ELITE" and "GAME CHANGING") put up numbers like Arnaz Battle in San Fransisco. I don't think battle is regarded as a top notch Wideout and he also didn't have world class QuarterBack play...

Arnaz Battle 59 Rec. / 686 Yards / 11.6 Avg. / 3 TDs​

6 Years of inconsistency - 7 Mil + for 2007 :rolleyes2

I think the biggest fear the Chambers supporters have is that Miami trades Chambers and then he changes from the player that shows flashes of brilliance into a consistant producer and great wide receiver. I understand that, I hate to see former Dolphins succeed in other places, but we can't afford to pay 7 Mil + and hope he turns it around. The guy has been in the league for 6 years, HOW MUCH LONGER SHOULD WE WAIT?