Tate delivered today.

[Nicomo Cosca]

(11-03-2020, 02:02 AM)Whatever Wrote: Tate just had a 65 yard game and some are saying we should bench AJ Green for him.  Seriously, 65 yards.  That's how low the bar has been set for him.  

AJ has certainly had his share of bad games this year.  Ross has certainly had a lot more bad games than good ones.  However, something people consistently overlook is that Green or Ross at their best are miles better than Tate at his best.

He doesn't make the most of every opportunity.  He had 4 catches on 7 targets for 56 yards going into the Titans game.  Thomas had 54 yards on 3 targets in the 2nd Cleveland game alone.  Seriously, everything the guy does turns into a massive fish tale.  He can be left wide open on a busted coverage and it turns into a one handed fingertip catch over quintuple coverage while simultaneously Van Damme kicking a middle eastern terrorist and still getting the toe tap in bounds.  

The more relevant stat from that game was he went 7/7. He literally caught everything thrown his way. And the fact that some people might want Tate over AJ says more about current AJ than Tate. Tate obviously isn’t a world beater by any means, but he’s making catches AJ simply can not (or isn’t willing to) make anymore. I don’t think they should “bench” AJ, but Tate deserves more targets. The deep balls to AJ have not been there at all, and should probably stop being forced just because he’s AJ Green. Burrow has a much better connection on the longer throws with Tee, anyway.

As far as people exaggerating plays Tate makes, I would say the same the other way around how you tend to downplay almost everything he does with comments like “literally any WR in the league should make that catch” (literally any WR was not making that catch Tate went way up for Sunday).

But this is pointless. You made up your mind on Tate a long time ago, And have dug your heels in no matter how many plays the kid makes.