reed is STILL 5th all time in receptions & 8th in yds despite having the prime of his career come before "the YEAR of the receiver" when even terence mathis caught 100 passes.
now you could argue that reed is somewhat a product of "the system," but tim brown, cris carter, harrison bruce, even the jaguar tandem have benefited from a pass happy NFL since reed's peak days. and you can't tell me the system didnt help out Bruce & Harrison (even carter in the cunningham chuck & pray days of minnie)