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WRs drop percentage

Urrymonster

By Urrymonster,
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When you break out a position by a single stat you can get some wildly inaccurate stats. I'm certainly surprised that there's 10 "catchable" balls that he dropped. What that stat doesn't speak to is the amount of double teams and coverage rolls Steve gets any given Sunday. Steve Smith's speed and route running ability forces defensive coordinators to change their protections just to try to shut him down. That opens up opportunities elsewhere on the field. To just take the "drops" stat and say that Smitty has fallen off, is a long stretch in my book.

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meh....smith sucked last year. wasn't all on the QBs throwing to him. his attitude sucked. he was making poor decisions. he was hurt part of the year. he just wasn't anywhere near his level normal play.

You could tell by watching that he wasn't running the correct routes either. The timing was way off quite a few times.

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Any article that doesn't have Roddy White in the top 5 and has Braylon Edwards in the top 10 has no credibility. I would like to see what he categorizes as a drop. Roddy White dropped his first pass of the year in week 15 or 16.

There is no arguing that Steve Smith dropped a lot of passes last year. There is also no arguing that Steve Smith has great hands - last year was an outlier.

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Any article that doesn't have Roddy White in the top 5 and has Braylon Edwards in the top 10 has no credibility. I would like to see what he categorizes as a drop. Roddy White dropped his first pass of the year in week 15 or 16.

There is no arguing that Steve Smith dropped a lot of passes last year. There is also no arguing that Steve Smith has great hands - last year was an outlier.

so the stats were lying? :lol:

it was a look at drops...thats all. a look at what receivers were able to make the most catches when the ball got to their hands. it isn't a gauge of who puts out the best fantasy numbers or TDs or yardage or targets...just who had the highest and lowest percentage of drops.

everything that profootball focus does is credible. you may not agree with conclusions or like the results, but they are the most accurate place to get stats and numbers there is.

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