Auden Tate: Where to play him

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(12-31-2019, 11:07 AM)TJHoushmandzadeh Wrote: Didn't he catch just under 50% of the balls thrown his way? That's slightly below Ross and last among Bengals eligible WRs/TEs.

There's clearly a role for him on a NFL roster but those aren't spectacular numbers (although they were spectacular catches).
The thing I want to understand is why all his catches were spectacular - where were the mundane catches that he didn't have to dive for? The QB play may be a factor here but it didn't effect the likes of Boyd and Eifert.

All targets aren't created equal. His catchable target rate was only 65% good for 98th in the league. Basically the balls were thrown in his direction but a lot of them had no chance to be conceivably caught. His 2.5% drop rate is a little higher than you want, but on his limited catchable targets that's only two balls.