Someone is tearing up the senior bowl

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(01-26-2019, 04:34 PM)BengalChris Wrote: Catch percentage is catch percentage CTCH%. Targets is TAR. Receptions or catches is REC. The guy either did or did not catch the ball thrown to him. Drops are an arbitrary stat somebody makes up based on their opinion and doesn't take into account the receiver running the wrong route, giving up on the route, being out fought for the ball.

We can compare to other Bengals receivers to see if QB accuracy was a problem.

AJ Green had a catch percentage of 59.7%. 

Boyd was at 70.4%.

Uzomah was at 67.2%.

No other Bengals receivers had enough targets to qualify for the list.

So there you have it, 36% catch percentage. It leaves a lot for him to work on. He was dead last in the league. Not second to last or in the bottom 20%, but absolutely the last.

This really doesn't give a great picture if you're trying to use it to determine how good a receiver is.  If every route had the same chance of success, teams would just run go routes every play.  Part of the reason Boyd has a higher % than AJ is that he was used primarily in the slot running short routes that result in high % throws.  Ross was primarily sent on deep routes to clear things out for guys like Boyd underneath.  It's like saying one basketball player is better than another because he has a higher FG % when he's mostly shooting lay ups and the other guy is mostly shooting 3 pointers.

Nobody is saying Ross doesn't need to improve, but I don't see how anyone can be totally down on a guy with 7 TD catches, either.