Johnnie Lee Higgins: Where For Art Thou?

June 1, 2010   ·   Keilyn Ellis   ·   Jump to comments

Statistically speaking, Johnnie Lee Higgins is the Best receiver on the Oakland Raider roster today. We all remember at the end of the 2008 season how the media would sarcastically poke fun at the Raiders' leading receiver for the year with a meager 22 receptions.
What the media forgets to point out is that JLH only started three games for the Oakland Raiders in 2008 and only five in 2009. Higgins runs the best routes on the team and always seems to be open, regardless of the Quarterback as you can see here: http://www.nfl.com/players/johnnieleehiggins/profile?id=HIG233023
Johnnie Lee has a knack for getting open and seems to always be in position to make a play, whether it be on special teams or at receiver. Unfortunately, much like with Michael Bush, Raider politics get in the way of this being a Pro bowl caliber player. Many would argue that if had been on a better team that he would have made the Pro Bowl in 2008 with three game altering punt TD's to go along with hi...

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