Tate delivered today.

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(11-03-2020, 02:25 AM)Nicomo Cosca Wrote: 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.

Both stats are relevant.  If a guy catches 7 of 7 targets and gets you 15 yards, he didn't do a whole lot to help your team win.  Conversely, if a guy catches one of three targets, but that one catch is a 75 yard TD, he helped a lot.  7 of 7 is impressive, especially considering some of the catch difficulties.  However, what's better for your team, 65 yards on 7 targets or 54 yards on 3?  Don't see a lot of Mike Thomas threads, though.

The thing with AJ is that while his individual production has been disappointing, he is still drawing some double teams, which opens up the other guys.  He will also probably continue to see deep shots because we are severely lacking deep threats and we can't just become one dimensional and throw them all to Tee.  

I haven't downplayed any of Tate's catches from this past game.  He had several difficult grabs and made some great effort plays to get first downs.  However, the fact that people gushed about a 19;yard grab he made on a busted coverage is a joke.  That's like some serious pee wee football bench warmer dad stuff there.  Literally every other WR on the team has made tougher grabs than that with nowhere near the fanfare.

Seriously, I can play the "entrenched in your beliefs" card against Tate's fans just as easily, if not more so.  I didn't create upteenth million threads to tear him down like his fans have done to try and build him up.  I said he was a good #4/5 WR.  I didn't call him a high end #2 or compare him to greats like Rice and Boldin.  Of course, 8 weeks into the season with him looking exactly like what I said he was guys want to backtrack and say "Well, nobody said he was that great", but we were all in those off-season threads.