WR's Dropped passes the last 4 years

[superdave1984]

Coaches will tell you, if it hits you in the hands then that’s a catchable ball. The only exception made sometimes is when a guy is laying out full extension, which creates a more difficult catch. Most experts will tell you dropped passes are primarily on the receiver. Even if you say roughly 30% of the drops can be attributed to the QB, Nico still had a worse receiving corps to work with than most contending teams. 30% of 15.8% = 4.74%, so if it’s a 30/70 split in blame then Nico still had to deal with an 11% drop rate.

My coach would tell us if ya get one hand on it, you could have caught it. 2 hands, you should have caught it.

All jokes aside, the OP states "on target passes" which would indicate the ball was where it was supposed to be and the WR just did not bring it in. It would also mean it was not the QB doing it wrong. A dropped pass is 99%of the tine on the WR because it means he had his hands on the dang ball.

 

[Other_Guy]

But hey lets blame the QB and whatever his money amount is

He had wet paper bags at both tackles early in the year too.

 

[barney]

Which would suggest he was at least average. What does that say if Squirrel Bru Thorton etc don't make a roster ?

Thornton will be a late round pick and make a roster. Not so sure about Bru and Squirrel.

It's disturbing that the room is regressing even as they get more experienced.

 

[EasternVol]

Lol facts don't lie. Our WR's were not good and neither is the teacher....

How do we know how good the teacher is?

 

[Hairy Vols]

Please don’t ever bring up your backyard football credentials again. I promise that catching a 30 mph meatball from your buddy in 7th grade isn’t the same as college football.

All I know is that 3 of his 4 receivers all played much better with a different quarterback before Nico. That’s gotta mean something.

It means nothing.

Drops, when placed in the proper box, will always be on the WR when dropped. I've never heard ANY scout say otherwise. Except you.. a Vol Nation member who posts nothing but negative and daunting posts. So as I've said before.. user name checks out yet again.

 

[Hairy Vols]

Thornton will be a late round pick and make a roster. Not so sure about Bru and Squirrel.

It's disturbing that the room is regressing even as they get more experienced.

they are regressing as they are given more responsibility. I'm going to just come out and say it. Squirrel was the biggest bust on our offense this past year. Can't create separation, poor hands, and his only redeeming quality was his speed and "cool" nickname.

 

[Hairy Vols]

Coaches will tell you, if it hits you in the hands then that’s a catchable ball. The only exception made sometimes is when a guy is laying out full extension, which creates a more difficult catch. Most experts will tell you dropped passes are primarily on the receiver. Even if you say roughly 30% of the drops can be attributed to the QB, Nico still had a worse receiving corps to work with than most contending teams. 30% of 15.8% = 4.74%, so if it’s a 30/70 split in blame then Nico still had to deal with an 11% drop rate.

Squirrel’s issue is he never catches the ball with his hands. Always catches it with his arms, which reduces his already small catching radius. Maybe the shoulder injury prevented him from doing that but I recall him doing that his entire career and was never really a great receiving option. Bru was never the same after the injury. Always a step too slow and couldn’t create separation. Thornton was the best receiver on the team but was always nicked up. The receivers just weren’t good enough, plain and simple. A complete change in that room is what was needed, just like the secondary last offseason.

best two posts in this thread.

@LegionnaireOfTheMiserable take notes of how to make a well articulated post with valid points.

 

[SockeyeVol]

One thing that hasn't been brought up is unnecessary velocity that can make a pass harder to catch, such as short passes over the middle in traffic. Milton had this problem. So did Elway early in his career. Many other big arms probably did too.

I was also surprised to see the drop rates be equal for Hooker and Milton. This not match my recollection from when Milton took over.

 

[VolPack22]

My coach would tell us if ya get one hand on it, you could have caught it. 2 hands, you should have caught it.

All jokes aside, the OP states "on target passes" which would indicate the ball was where it was supposed to be and the WR just did not bring it in. It would also mean it was not the QB doing it wrong. A dropped pass is 99%of the tine on the WR because it means he had his hands on the dang ball.

Yes I understand “on target” but as some have stated you have to take into account inappropriate velocity changes from a young QB. I was just using 30% as an arbitrary number. I think the vast majority of people put almost all the blame on the receiver though, with minimal blame on the QB. The WR job is to catch the ball, the QB job is to get it there. It’s not really the QB fault if they make an accurate throw but the WR can’t catch it.