11-04-2021, 09:57 AM
(11-04-2021, 09:38 AM)TheLeonardLeap Wrote: Browns are 14-15 with Beckham, 7-4 without Beckham.
I'm not sure having Beckham makes them better because when he is in the game, he is a distraction, doubly so if he doesn't get what he deems his fair share of targets. Even if he's not open. So it leads to them forcing it to him, even if the run game is killing it.
He is only catching 53.5%/50.0% of his targets the last two years, and he's only getting 2.0 YAC/2.8 YAC over that time span, too. In comparison, Landry has been at 71.3%/66.7% completion and 4.7 YAC/6.4 YAC over that same time span.
I am not a huge OBJ fan but these stats about him are inaccurately interpreted. They as a team played better after OBJ just due to more time together. Baker started playing better last year as the season went on and he had a pretty obvious upward trend. OBJ's lower catch rate is due to his role in being the vertical threat on the offense. He usually runs the corner/go/post route off playaction while Landry plays more underneath.
