No matter how you want to explain it. The results are what matters.
In the NFL in 2018, 23 WRs caught passes for over 1000 yards.
Checking 7 of my leagues that have completed a full season under version 4.5
and the most Ive seen is 6 WRs reaching that plateau in 1 league
5 WRs X2, 4 WRs X2 , 3 WRs and 0 WRs in the other 6 leagues.
This is statistical data compiled from 7 seperate leagues with vastly different ownership bases from full leagues with highly successful owners (Rivals, NFL League) to generic leagues (MFN-8).
When you couple that with the fact that QBs are completing passes in the high 60 to low 70 percentile then it becomes clear that the WR position has been targeted in the new code to elimate fast strike offense.
What would be truly fascinating would to calculate how much yardage the WRs that did reach that 1000 yard plateau did so while playing at RB in game.
The bottom line is that an over correction has been put in place in 4.5 for the WR and my only hope is that we will see measures taken in 4.6 to counter that over correction