Exactly.Just for fun, the 2018 Pats:
* Edelman: 74 / 850
* White 87 / 751
* Gordon 40 / 720
* Gronk 47 / 682
* Hogan 35 / 532
* Dorsett 32 / 290
* Pattersoni 21 / 247
(the flip side would be 2011, when Welker, Gronk, and Sweetleaf combined for 291 / 3806 (or add in Branch for 342 / 4506)
This is kind of a ridiculous conversation. The only reason you see a distribution like this is because of injuries/games played.
Those 2018 Pats:
Edelman: 12 games played
White: 16 games
Gordon: 11 games
Gronk: 11 games
Hogan: 16 games
Dorsett: 16 games
Patterson: 15 games
If Edelman, Gronk and Gordon play 16 games each, everyone else's numbers change.
You don't base "busts" on yards, without factoring in injuries. In 2018, I believe Gronk was the highest paid TE in the NFL. Was he a "bust" because he only played 11 regular season games? I would say no.