Branch was the reverse Brandon Marshall, he didn’t create problems, was more of a straight line downfield threat, and was money in the postseason. My guess is Branch has been overshadowed, since those Steelers teams were better than the Raiders in the 70s, and his peak was over by the 80s. I do support Branch for the HOF, he kept his speed longer than most, and was very productive when others had retired.

So Stallworth and Swann out did Branch in 2 categories Tds and Avg per catch. But Branch out did them in all the rest of the categories catches, yards, Lng, rec/gm, yds/gm. Why is there a cutoff. Branch’s playoff body of work is better than both Swann’s and Stallworth’s, yet he isn’t on this list, Just like Branch’s regular season stats absolutely destroys Swann’s, but he is in the HOF and Branch isn’t.