09-25-2021, 11:53 AM
(09-25-2021, 01:19 AM)Whatever Wrote: Throws 20+ yards down field are hard enough to complete without expecting the QB to throw the receiver open. It's on the receiver to get some separation so the QB has an easier throw. That throw to Tee was as good as anyone can reasonably expect the QB to make.
Don't know if the shoulder has been the issue, but Tee is only 1 of 6 on contested catches this year, including 0 for 4 against the Bears. Chase is 0 for 1 and Boyd is 2 for 2, by comparison. The other concern is 6 of Tee's 15 targets have been contested compared to 2 of 13 for Boyd and 1 of 11 for Chase. Tee is struggling to get open and struggling to make contested catches. It would probably be a good idea to dial back his target share some when he gets healthy.
I have no idea how they define "contested catches", but the QB is responsible for the pass. So maybe the throws have not been as good on Tate's 6 "contested" targets. Or maybe the target would not even be "contested" if it was not over or under thrown. And if a defender can get a hand on the ball and knock it away yiu can't blame that on the receiver.
I like advanced statistics, but some of them don't really measure what people think they measure. For example there was a lot of discussion about "separation" in the off season, but when you look at the numbers there was no real correlation between "separation" and production in WRs. Some scrub WRs had big separation numbers while many of the best had poor separation.
