03-18-2023, 12:36 PM
(03-18-2023, 12:15 PM)bfine32 Wrote: It's all we got, so we're allowed to use it. Even those Tee only missed one game and Ja'Marr missed 4 ja'Marr was still targeted more times than Tee. The fact that JB force-feeds Ja'Mar may have something to do with the stat differential you posted earlier.
Tee Higgins finished 3rd in the NFL in Yards/target last year. How would their stats look if targets were reversed?
Tee did a really good job of catching the deep ball last year. He had the 10th highest catch percentage on passes that traveled 20+ yards in the air and was tied for 5th in TDs caught under that same metric. He became more of the "big-play" guy with Chase transitioning to shorter passes and doing damage with YAC. You can kind of see this transition by looking at Chase's play in the slot where he received 44 of his targets, up 62% from his 2021 numbers.
Chase's average depth per target was 9.8 yards (30th out of 40) whereas Tee's was 12 yards (17th out of 40). It feels like they were just trying to get Chase the ball any way they could and letting him work after the catch. Both were really efficient, just in different ways.
