Auden Tate building on from last year

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(08-27-2020, 01:23 PM)impactplaya Wrote: Everyones catch % will improve this year.
If Tyler Boyd only caught 60%  of the passes throw his way
Thats more indictive of the QBs shortcomings than Boyds.
Let's not forget Tate missed the last 3 games.
The QB play was better in that last month of the season

Boyd's catch % is actually not bad compared to players with similar target volume.  For example, he's better than Jarvis Landry, OBJ, Sammy Watkins, Mike Evans, DK Metcalf, Michael Gallup, Robbie Anderson, Mike Williams, etc.  I mean, Julio Jones is at 63%.

Tate has the worst catch % of the Top 100 pass catchers in both Catches and Targets.  Trying to blame that on the QB doesn't work because he has had the second worst catch % on the Bengals each of the last two years.  His catch % is bad, no matter whether you're comparing him to his teammates or the rest of the league.

I expect he will show improvement because Burrow displayed exceptional ball placement in college, which is what guys who struggle to get open need to help compensate.