Final WR's

[BengalChris]

(06-09-2019, 01:11 AM)NATI BENGALS Wrote: Nice post.

Longer pass plays have lower percentages. What did Ross' numbers look like as far as air yards?

A lot of room for improvement. Ross is a hell of a lot better than that 8.47 targets to get a 1st down stat. That is guaranteed to get better. 

There is a stat called Average Targeted Air Yards (TAY).

Here's the highest TAY along with their Catch % from the highest down to John Ross.

Robert Foster (BUF) 20.6 TAY 60.47 catch %
DeSean Jackson (TB) 19.1 TAY 55.41%
Robby Anderson (NYJ) 16.5 TAY 53.19%
Kenny Stills (MIA) 16.4 TAY 57.81%
David Moore (SEA) 16.4 TAY 49.06%
John Brown (BAL) 16.4 TAY 43.3%
Kelvin Benjamin (KC) 15.9 TAY 37.31%
Mike Evans (TB) 15.7 TAY 62.32%
Marvin Jones (DET) 15.2 TAY 56.45%
Mike Williams (LAC) 15.2 TAY 65.15%
Tyreek Hill (KC) 14.8 TAY 63.5%
Will Fuller (HOU) 14.6 TAY 71.11%
Courtland Sutton (DEN) 14.4 TAY 50.0%
Josh Doctson (WAS) 14.3 TAY 56.41%
Marquise Goodwin (SF) 14.2 TAY 52.27%
Julio Jones (ATL) 14 TAY 66.47%
Josh Gordon (NE) 14 TAY 57.75%
Michael Gallop (DAL) 14 TAY 48.53%
John Ross (CIN) 14 TAY 36.21%

Here's TAY for the Bengals receivers
John Ross 14 TAY 36.21%
AJ Green 12.7 TAY 59.74%
Alex Erickson 10.2 TAY 69.0%
Tyler Boyd 9.4 TAY 70.37%

There's not all that much of a difference between 12.7 yards and 14 yards.

Improvements in Ross' route running will help his catch % and we'll get more out of him between the 20s.