Ahhh. Yes. Now show me how many in that fast group match Christian Watson’s Official 1.45 10 Yard Split?
my post was outside the first round - sorry noticed I didn't put that but I excluded first round guys as we were talking about how it isn't as hard to get them these days.
True. He had 11 WR score above his athletic profile across 37 Combines
I could not see anyone whining about targets in the BB and Brady era in New England. If you did they would expand your employment opportunities.
Let's not forget that when Love went down in Brazil, the playbook and mindset of the offense got changed. For 2 games, the offense was being run by Malik Willis, a guy that had barely been in Green Bay for 2 weeks. I also think that Doubs is probably getting covered by the other teams #1 or #2 DB, depending on where Reed lines up. So yeah, I can understand that he might be frustrated with his lack of opportunities, but not showing up for 2 practices isn't going to fix that.
When 1964 Olympic Star Bob Hayes was drafted by the Cowboys the league was not so certain his body was made for pro football but college would be OK. He was called the world's Fastest Human at the time. Despite his speed the handful of times the Packers played him he was not a major impact although he did impact the game plan. There were fast receivers then but no one quite that fast.
Good points. The market value of top WRs has taken a significant leap in the last 4 years, give or take. It started around the time Adams got paid $30 mil/year by the Raiders (with the Packers willing to match). He may not have been the first WR to get that kind of money, but he was close. And now with Jefferson and Lamb, that needle is around $35 mil/year.
That's a good point. The denominator in this case should really be dropped balls that were catchable. Problem is that "catchable" is too subjective to use as a quantitative measure. Two people can easily disagree on "he shoulda caught that pass."
What that percentage doesn't include is that Doubs has been our 3rd down "go to guy," who ends up with contested catches. It's not like hitting someone in the open field. His percentage won't be at the top of the list, but the percentage of times he moves the chains on critical downs will be what makes the difference.
Yes. He forced teams to play the Cowboys for the long pass, because if he got a step, it could end up being six. Every team needs a player or two who can stretch the field, because it forces defenses to play against it. Yet, in today's game, you don't need a world class sprinter, you need someone who fits in that upper 5% to 10% range in speed. With safeties like McKinney, you eliminate a lot of that threat, because he's a ball hawk, and often plays like a center fielder, who is free to go to the ball.
True. It has already been proven how hard he is to replace. Unfortunately, he has proven it by needing to be replaced way too much.
Yes. I don’t pretend to know what their formula is to qualify as a “drop”. Yet i can deduce that they don’t hand out drops liberally. It shows he has 5 drops and I recall Romo saying he had 2 the previous week 4. Plus I remember talking about it pre game that he already had 4 drops. So that infers the contested longer catch we were discussing (that went through both hands) was not counted a drop.
I jus watched too. Don't want to speculate or armchair diagnose but I've worked in mental health for quite some time and yeah, he does not seem to be doing too well yet. I know for some people it is beneficial to just get back into the swing of things but I can't help wonder if some additional time off wouldn't perhaps be helpful too. Hope the team has some folks taking good care of him.
Good points by you and Ty. It's fair to say that all of us have had our work disrupted (and affected) at some point by matters completely outside of work. It's even harder on a very young person like Doubs who is still maturing, physically and emotionally. If things are serious (and the reasons could be many), maybe he does need time off.
That's a puzzle. Doubs doesn't seem like the kind of guy who would lie, and he was pretty specific that the incident last week was personal, and his part was in not communicating with the team. Sounds right to me.
