03-05-2016, 12:41 AM
(03-04-2016, 10:06 PM)grampahol Wrote: Some of you just don't get the reliability Tate brings to the table in the return game. It ain't sexy or flashy,but he seldom puts the ball on the ground. I just don't see why that seems so unimportant to so many. If the return guy fumbles a lot chances are it's going to happen on the wrong side of the field. Tate seldom fumbles the ball. That is the bottom line.
12 fumbles in 5 years.. that's on 298 returns, 33 catches, and 4 carries (27.91 per fumble)
For a reference point? Jermaine Gresham had 11 fumbles in 5 years on 280 catches (25.45 per fumble), and most of those came on second/third efforts that you don't get from Tate.
Tate fumbles roughly the same rate as Jermaine Gresham with significantly less contact than Gresham. I think you really meant to use a different word than "seldom".
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