2018 NFL YAC Leaders

[Jeremy Igo]

 

And yet some still question if he was worth pick 8.

[TheSpecialJuan]

impressive 

[Harbingers]

Should have been 1,000. CMC is the best thing to happen to this team since Luke.

 

[vorbis]

DJ Moore did pretty damn good in this category as well

[Davidson Deac II]

Am I missing something?

According to NFL.com, CMC had 867 yards receiving wise total.  How could he have 871 yards after catch?

[CarolinaSock]

1 minute ago, Davidson Deac II said:

Am I missing something?

According to NFL.com, CMC had 867 yards receiving wise total.  How could he have 871 yards after catch?

Possibly count from where he catches the ball (behind the line) rather than from the line of scrimmage?

[Davidson Deac II]

1 minute ago, CarolinaSock said:

Possibly count from where he catches the ball (behind the line) rather than from the line of scrimmage.

Maybe, but he did catch some deeper passes on occassion.

 

Or could YAC mean yards after contact?  

[ncfan]

Side note

 

Dam

I wanted Kittle so dam bad coming out.

As talented a pass catcher he is.  He was the best blocking TE ive ever seen come out.  

Would trust him blocking at LT over Matt Kalil

[Harbingers]

39 minutes ago, GOOGLE JIM BOB COOTER said:

mccaffrey would have to be incredible to overcome the limited positional value of running backs and to justify the 8th pick. of course drafting a good running back beats drafting a bad tackle or w/e but it's going to be hard for him to ever live up that investment. not his fault of course but some people are too invested in proving a point that just isn't there.

He had over 2,000 yards. If they had let him play he would have broke 1,000/1,000. That’s incredible. How many other people have done either of those two things? 

[Car123]

9 minutes ago, Harbingers said:

He had over 2,000 yards. If they had let him play he would have broke 1,000/1,000. That’s incredible. How many other people have done either of those two things? 

CMC was very good last year but nothing you posted was true.

[JARROD]

but why didn’t we trade picks to jump for Fournette,.. a generational back? 

the same will be said this year when we draft an OT or CB or someone,.. people will lose it over us skipping or not jumping up for some player that is the gem,..

thats why I just say lay out who you want, throw it out there, and people should just respond with what they want.

in the end, no one really knows—even people who get paid the big bucks— I mean they drafted Jamarcus Russell number 1 for Gods sake,.. and they get paid to get it right.

[jfra78]

3 hours ago, GOOGLE JIM BOB COOTER said:

9 running backs caught 50+ passes with 500+ YAC. mccaffrey is dead center in YAC per reception. 2 of the other running backs on the list were selected higher than mccaffrey. there appear to be 2 distinct tiers here:

tier 1:
gordon - 10.74 - 1st round, pick 15
connor - 9.96 - 3rd round, pick 105
gurley - 9.95 - 1st round, pick 10
barkley - 8.44 - 1st round, pick 2

tier 2:
mccaffrey - 7.95 - 1st round, pick 8
kamara - 7.93 - 3rd round, pick 67
white - 7.64 - 4th round, pick 130
elliott - 7.48 - 1st round, pick 4
cohen - 7.32 - 4th round, pick 119

https://www.foxsports.com/nfl/stats?season=2018&week=100&category=RECEIVING&opp=0&sort=5&qualified=1&sortOrder=0&page=1

YAC without context is pretty meaningless. receivers who catch the majority of their passes at or behind the LOS should have high YAC. the only players that matter on the list in that tweet are the tight ends and juju. mccaffrey would have to be incredible to overcome the limited positional value of running backs and to justify the 8th pick. of course drafting a good running back beats drafting a bad tackle or w/e but it's going to be hard for him to ever live up that investment. not his fault of course but some people are too invested in proving a point that just isn't there.

I think it's yards after contact not catch

[Adb6368]

3 hours ago, GOOGLE JIM BOB COOTER said:

9 running backs caught 50+ passes with 500+ YAC. mccaffrey is dead center in YAC per reception. 2 of the other running backs on the list were selected higher than mccaffrey. there appear to be 2 distinct tiers here:

tier 1:
gordon - 10.74 - 1st round, pick 15
connor - 9.96 - 3rd round, pick 105
gurley - 9.95 - 1st round, pick 10
barkley - 8.44 - 1st round, pick 2

tier 2:
mccaffrey - 7.95 - 1st round, pick 8
kamara - 7.93 - 3rd round, pick 67
white - 7.64 - 4th round, pick 130
elliott - 7.48 - 1st round, pick 4
cohen - 7.32 - 4th round, pick 119

Leveon lost himself a lot of money this year. The $14m in franchise tag money looks awfully good considering what his backup did 

[AU-panther]

4 hours ago, ncfan said:

Side note

 

Dam

I wanted Kittle so dam bad coming out.

As talented a pass catcher he is.  He was the best blocking TE ive ever seen come out.  

Would trust him blocking at LT over Matt Kalil

We gave up picks 98 and 115 to move up to 77 to grab Hall.

Kittle went at 146.  Our next pick was 152, which we used on Corn.

Maybe two dimes are better than one quarter

Here is something I wrote at the time to the response to someone saying we navigated that draft flawlessly:

Flawlessly? maybe if we would have got a TE and/or a Safety.

Based on our visit list I think we were interested in both, especially TE.  We drafted one last year, a lot of discussion about how we were close to drafting Henry, there was talk about Shula really wanted one, and we have added several to the roster the past few years.

Moving up for Hall ruined our chances at Butt, Kittle, or Leggett, if we were interested in them

Not even just Lawson.

Instead of Hall at 77 we could have had at 98:

Trey Hendrickson drafted at103

Carl Lawson drafted at 116

Deatrich Wise drafted at 131

 

and then at 115 choices of TEs:

Michael Roberts drafted at 127

Jake Butt drafted at 145

George Kittle drafted a146

Leggett drafted at 150

We could have traded down 15 spots with both our 3rd round pick and fourth round pick and still had

at 113 Lawson or Wise

at 130 Butt, Kittle, or Leggett

Those two trades downs would have get you about 75 points of draft capital which is equal to a early 4th.  That capital could have been used for a safety or maybe move up in the 7th and pick Zane Gonzalez.

Either way I think moving up for Hall was actually a pivotal point in the draft.  I guess in a few years we will find out if it was worth it.