Pratt Gone

[THE PISTONS]

(06-12-2025, 07:47 PM)TheLeonardLeap Wrote: Because 2022 was the last year he was used as the 2-down LB he is. He got 57.5% more targets in 2023 and 77.5% more targets in 2024 than he did in 2022 because he wasn't on the field as much in 2022. If you take a player off the field for the majority of the plays he's weakest at, he'll be better overall. It's less opportunity for him to screw up or get exposed.

250-350 extra snaps per year (~17-18 more snaps per game) of the down he's weakest at makes a large difference. Even more so when he's 250lbs and his weakness are the plays where he has to run the most distance.

Yep. And the interior of the DLine declined when Reader got hurt and then left.

But, Pratt did look slow at times, but it was somewhat usage as he was getting exposed.

I do think he developed some bad habits. He went for the strip a lot instead of just wrapping up and tackling.