Core looking great!

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(06-01-2017, 03:06 PM)Whatever Wrote: Not sure where you're where you're getting this from, but Core dressed in 8 games, and made 4 starts.

http://www.nfl.com/player/codycore/2555331/gamelogs

He averaged 2.13 catches for 25 yards in the games he dressed for.  He averaged 3.75 catches for 37 yards in the 4 games he started.  Those are not good #'s at all.  He had a good game against Baltimore, but he was held to under 40 yards in his other three starts and under 15 yards in two of those.  

I'm also not sure how a guy who was credited with only one assisted tackle while playing 49% of the team's ST snaps "looked pretty damned good."

And this is my issue with the bubble WR debate.  People are vastly overratting Core's contributions and keying on the isolated instances where he was effective and overlooking the fact that there were numerous times he was totally ineffective.

Averaging out his performances in games he "dressed" is incredibly misleading.  He lined up at WR and got some snaps in three games.  He didn't start at WR for 4 games, it was two:  Houston and Baltimore.  The Houston game, he was a late addition as Green was unable to go.  He was critiqued as not "coming back to the ball" a few times, but James Urban had a lot of positives to say about how he took to coaching and improved the following week when he got more snaps in practice, knowing he would be starting.  The games he dressed was predominately for special teams, not WR.  So, averaging out the total yards by the number of games he dressed isn't representative of his real impact at WR at all.  

He had 4 receptions for 82 yards against the Ravens in his second start and looked very good in doing it.  

82 yards in his second start, without AJ Green or Tyler Eifert drawing coverage away from him.

82 yards is something that Tyler Eifert, Marvin Jones, and Tyler Boyd never accomplished in their rookie season despite a significantly greater number of opportunities.