12-31-2019, 12:43 PM
(12-31-2019, 12:31 PM)Whatever Wrote: GPS measurements on seperation do not translate to "open". If you're running a comeback route and the defender is 1 yard behind you, you're open. If he's one yard in front of you, you're not. It's a tool, but doesn't give anything close to the full picture. As you pointed out later, Boyd's targets are typically closer to the LoS, where there are more defenders and he has less time to generate seperation.
The target distance argument also completely falls apart because of the red zone. Tate caught only 5 of 14 red zone targets for 35 yards and 1 TD. If it was a target distance issue, we would see a trend similar to Ross last year where he had a high catch rate in the red zone, but a poor catch rate between the 20's. With Tate, the opposite is true.
You realize breaking off a comeback and getting a yard of separation is creating it right? If you break off a comeback and he is a yard in front of you then you need to be benched because that is a sight adjustment and it turns into a 9. Luckily I have looked through half the games worth of tracking data on the field and no comebacks were ran so we don't have to worry about that. The reality is most his routes were out rotues, go routes and slants. Separation on a go ball is moot because he is a jump ball receiver he isn't running by guys he is going up, the data shows the ball was not put into play enough for him to do that.
While he had 14 targets inside 20, the question is how many were catchable?
