12-31-2019, 11:49 AM
(12-31-2019, 11:45 AM)Sled21 Wrote: Tate gets a lot of extremely high balls for the simple fact that when the QB is struggling to find an open receiver, he knows he can throw a high ball to Tate and he will either get it, or it will be incomplete, not intercepted.
Right, which then gets him credited a target but they aren't actually viewed as catchable balls. What is interesting is in 2018 AJ Green only got 2 inches more separation than Tate had this season but had a 15% higher catchable target rating and a full 4 point higher target quality score. Basically, he wasn't getting anymore separation but was being thrown better quality balls. My theory here is Dalton's chemistry with AJ had him putting the ball in more catchable areas versus the "go get it or it sails out of bounds" throws he was giving Tate this year. I think a QB with better ball placement can make Tate a star in this league.
