Auden Tate-updated

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(12-11-2019, 10:17 AM)R3stangs Wrote: Tate has been a pleasant surprise at WR. Is he the best receiver in the league? No, but he has performed better than anyone expected him to. His catch % is also reflective of the fact that he's had two inconsistent QB's throwing to him. His catch radius has been ridiculous. Could he work on separation, yes, but better offensive scheme would likely help as well.

But by all means lets keep putting down a guy who has played hard, above his expected level and wanted to be on the field versus a lot of our divas who are making a lot more money and can't be bothered to earn it.

The "bad QB" argument has no merit because all our WR's have the same guys throwing to them.

The reality is that a guy like Ross can have a ton of drops  and still have a higher catch % because he can separate and create easier throws for the QB.  Tate has a hard time getting separation which puts a ton of pressure on the QB to have great ball placement and put the ball where only Tate can get it.  That results in a lot of inaccurate throws.
It's also easier for defenders to make a play on the ball due to that lack of separation.

He is what he is, which is a #4-5 WR.  There's nothing wrong with that and I'm not saying he should be cut, but they need to be trying to upgrade over him.