Backrow,
Most of the time when Manning threw to Wayne, there was more than one guy on him. Even Garcon had more than one man on him a few times. Diva WRs are routinely double covered, let this doesn't stop the QB from force feeding them numerous targets each game. Yet when a team brings extra help to cover a white receiver, the QB basically ignores him. I say it's because the white player will not complain, and the black WRs like Wayne will strongly object to a white guy like Clark stealing their thunder. Imo, this trend will continue- no way will they let a white TE lead the league in receptions.
My contention is that almost any WR can put up good numbers if they are targeted as often as Andre Johnson, Brandon Marshall, Reggie Wayne, Randy Moss, etc. Look at Collie- he has produced twice as much as Garcon, but been given only a fraction of the looks. Why? Why would a great QB like Manning not realize who his best receivers are? The answer is obvious. I love Manning, but he ticked me off royally the way he ignored his supposed "best friend" Brandon Stokely the year after he'd gained 1000 yards and was an integral part of their high flying offense. Stokley's career never recovered from that. Now he has to suffer the insult of playing behind the atrocious Jabar Gaffney in Denver. Dallas Clark is the Colts' best reciever, and Collie obviously should be starting. Imo, Clark will never be as great as he could, because Manning and the team will hold down his numbers so as not to upset Wayne and the other affletes.
Even overhyped, moderally skilled WRs like T.J. Houshmenslowdah can get their QB to force the ball to them. T.J., who is almost as obnoxious as former teammate Ocho Cinco, whined and cried a few weeks back about not getting the ball thrown to him (after a game in which he had numerous targets and failed to catch most of them- another fantastic affletic ability whites don't possess). Dallas Clark, on the other hand, has an unbelieveable success rate on this season (I think it's something like 64 catches on 78 looks). Yet Manning opts instead to force the ball to hands of stone Garcon, who converted THREE of 13 looks. Even with triple coverage, Dallas Clark could do better than that.