WRs drop percentage

[Urrymonster]

http://www.profootballfocus.com/blog/2011/05/23/drop-percentage/

Take a look at who is second from bottom...

[jramsey4]

He has seemed to drop more passes the last couple of years.

[rayzor]

really odd seeing branndon lloyd and esp. braylon edwards at the top.

btw...both lance moore and braylon edwards are FAs this year. i doubt either guy gets signed by their team.

[JawnyBlaze]

I'll still take either of the bottom two on that list over the top three any day...

[Neylus]

Steve L. Smith, lol. Something fishy about all those 2010 drops.

[SevenSixes]

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.

[rayzor]

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.

[chknwing]

trade him for a washing machine

[jherald]

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.

[jtm]

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.

[Udogg]

I think 7 of Steve Smith drops can be attributed to surprise that the ball actually got to him.

[Hairless Cat]

I wonder if the 2 arm breaks messed him up both physically and mentally

[rayzor]

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.

[mav1234]

ehh... Smitty always has quite a few drops, but I don't think his percent dropped is usually anywhere near this high, but not sure.