Where is Ross?

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(06-05-2019, 05:41 PM)Shake n Blake Wrote: Well yeah, there's that too. I'm talking about 21 catches on 58 targets though. That means Dalton threw to him 58 times, and it was only completed 21 times (36.0%). That's more of a route running problem or an effort problem. The drops do play into that as well, but even if you count the drops as catches, he'd still be at 48% which is still bad. 

For comparison, Boyd caught 76 of 108 targets (70.4%) and Green caught 46 of 77 (59.7%).

I'm sure that there are instances where route running and/or effort was poor, but I do recall a couple specific instances (at least) where Dalton was wildly off target. I don't know if I'd put all the blame on Ross. I think Dalton and Ross need to spend more time together in practice just themselves to get into rhythm.

Also, the further down field the throws are, the lower the completion percentage ends up being. Given most of Ross' targets were more downfield, it's expected that he will have a lower percentage of receptions per target.
For example:
Tyler Boyd's average target distance = 9.9 yards
AJ Green's average target distance = 13.6 yards
John Ross' average target distance = 14.6 yards