Number of Drops for our Receivers in '08 Regular Season

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  • RuthlessBurgher
    Legend
    • May 2008
    • 33208
    #1

    Number of Drops for our Receivers in '08 Regular Season

    From James Walker's AFC North Blog on ESPN.com.

    Who had the dropsies in Pittsburgh?
    Player Position Drops
    Hines Ward WR 7
    Nate Washington WR 7
    Santonio Holmes WR 5
    Heath Miller TE 3
    Mewelde Moore RB 3
    Matt Spaeth TE 3
    Willie Parker RB 2
    Carey Davis FB 1
    Dallas Baker WR 1
    Source: Elias Sports Bureau

    Limas Sweed did not have any drops during the regular season last year.
    Steeler teams featuring stat-driven, me-first, fantasy-football-darling diva types such as Antonio Brown & Le'Veon Bell won no championships.

    Super Bowl winning Steeler teams were built around a dynamic, in-your-face defense plus blue-collar, hard-hitting, no-nonsense football players on offense such as Hines Ward & Jerome Bettis.

    We don't want Juju & Conner to replace what we lost in Brown & Bell.

    We are counting on Juju & Conner to return us to the glory we once had with Hines & The Bus.
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    • Oviedo
      Legend
      • May 2008
      • 23824
      #2
      Re: Number of Drops for our Receivers in '08 Regular Season

      Good to see that Nate was up there battling for first place. The Titans got a steal
      "My team, may they always be right, but right or wrong...MY TEAM!"

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        • LasVegasGuy
          #3
          Re: Number of Drops for our Receivers in '08 Regular Season

          Originally posted by Oviedo
          Good to see that Nate was up there battling for first place. The Titans got a steal
          He wasn't battling for first place he was in first place if you consider how many times he was thrown too. Hines probably easily doubled "passes thrown too" then Nate. So percentage wise he probably crushed Hines.

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            • Jom112
              Pro Bowler
              • Jun 2008
              • 1496
              #4
              Re: Number of Drops for our Receivers in '08 Regular Season

              The Washington Post shows those stats as well, but has different numbers. Not sure which one I believe: [url="http://stats.washingtonpost.com/fb/leaders.asp?type=Receiving&range=NFL&rank=232"]http://stats.washingtonpost.com/fb/lead ... L&rank=232[/url]

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                • BradshawsHairdresser
                  Legend
                  • Dec 2008
                  • 7056
                  #5
                  Re: Number of Drops for our Receivers in '08 Regular Season

                  Originally posted by RuthlessBurgher
                  From James Walker's AFC North Blog on ESPN.com.

                  Who had the dropsies in Pittsburgh?
                  Player Position Drops
                  Hines Ward WR 7
                  Nate Washington WR 7
                  Santonio Holmes WR 5
                  Heath Miller TE 3
                  Mewelde Moore RB 3
                  Matt Spaeth TE 3
                  Willie Parker RB 2
                  Carey Davis FB 1
                  Dallas Baker WR 1
                  Source: Elias Sports Bureau

                  Limas Sweed did not have any drops during the regular season last year.
                  Well, Limas also didn't net much playing time during the regular season. By all accounts, he was whiffing a-plenty in practice.

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                    • BradshawsHairdresser
                      Legend
                      • Dec 2008
                      • 7056
                      #6
                      Re: Number of Drops for our Receivers in '08 Regular Season

                      Originally posted by Jom112
                      The Washington Post shows those stats as well, but has different numbers. Not sure which one I believe: [url="http://stats.washingtonpost.com/fb/leaders.asp?type=Receiving&range=NFL&rank=232"]http://stats.washingtonpost.com/fb/lead ... L&rank=232[/url]
                      Interesting. According to the Post list, Washington was somewhere under six drops, while Holmes had six and Hines had seven.

                      The totals for our receivers seem to be a little low to me. There were several GAMES when it seemed as though the team suffered 6 or 7 drops.

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                        • Jom112
                          Pro Bowler
                          • Jun 2008
                          • 1496
                          #7
                          Re: Number of Drops for our Receivers in '08 Regular Season

                          Originally posted by BradshawsHairdresser
                          Originally posted by Jom112
                          The Washington Post shows those stats as well, but has different numbers. Not sure which one I believe: [url="http://stats.washingtonpost.com/fb/leaders.asp?type=Receiving&range=NFL&rank=232"]http://stats.washingtonpost.com/fb/lead ... L&rank=232[/url]
                          Interesting. According to the Post list, Washington was somewhere under six drops, while Holmes had six and Hines had seven.

                          The totals for our receivers seem to be a little low to me. There were several GAMES when it seemed as though the team suffered 6 or 7 drops.
                          It comes down to what the official "stats" people count as a drop vs. a pass that just wasn't caught.

                          The Washington Post also has a list of "Passes not caught": [url="http://stats.washingtonpost.com/fb/leaders.asp?range=AFC&type=Receiving&rank=107&year ="]http://stats.washingtonpost.com/fb/lead ... =107&year=[/url]

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                            • BradshawsHairdresser
                              Legend
                              • Dec 2008
                              • 7056
                              #8
                              Re: Number of Drops for our Receivers in '08 Regular Season

                              Originally posted by Jom112
                              Originally posted by BradshawsHairdresser
                              Originally posted by Jom112
                              The Washington Post shows those stats as well, but has different numbers. Not sure which one I believe: [url="http://stats.washingtonpost.com/fb/leaders.asp?type=Receiving&range=NFL&rank=232"]http://stats.washingtonpost.com/fb/lead ... L&rank=232[/url]
                              Interesting. According to the Post list, Washington was somewhere under six drops, while Holmes had six and Hines had seven.

                              The totals for our receivers seem to be a little low to me. There were several GAMES when it seemed as though the team suffered 6 or 7 drops.
                              It comes down to what the official "stats" people count as a drop vs. a pass that just wasn't caught.

                              The Washington Post also has a list of "Passes not caught": [url="http://stats.washingtonpost.com/fb/leaders.asp?range=AFC&type=Receiving&rank=107&year ="]http://stats.washingtonpost.com/fb/lead ... =107&year=[/url]
                              Again, interesting. Of course, those stats don't tell how many of the passes not caught were due to inaccurate throws, receivers' drops, poor route running, poor timing on a jump, etc. But it's still interesting...59 passes to Holmes that didn't pan out? Seems like kind of a high number. Then again, for part of the season, Holmes might have been kind of a "high" receiver...

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