TheMarathonContinues
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so the receiver gets a "drop" even though he made a great play to get a hand on it to begin with? I'm being serious, not trying to have an argument.
If that is the criteria, then everyone should understand how misleading the stat is.
For my money, if the pass was off target the receiver shouldn't incur a drop. If he catches it, he should get a stat that reflects he made a "great" catch not just "a catch".
So based on the link that starfan1 posted, this would seem to be inaccurate. It is not, "Hits you in the hands". It is more a stat that is based on if you can get a hand on it, or even a finger tip. This really is not a good indicator of accuracy by a QB IMO. This does not chart how many balls WRs needed to adjust to, in order to make the catch. This just tracks how many balls were not caught when a Cowboy receiver was able to get a hand on it.
For the record, I do agree that a WR should catch the ball if they can get a hand on it, that's the way we were all taught. It's not fair, but that is the way it is coached from as far back as you can go in organized football. However, that doesn't mean that a QB is accurate. You can have a lot of drops and still have an inaccurate passer as well. In fact, they go hand in hand more often then not IMO.
According to this site 77% of Dak's throws are on target. Better than Mahomes, Watson, Aaron Rodgers, Wentz, Brady, Russ, Goff..........
https://www.pro-football-reference.com/years/2019/passing_advanced.htm