Sort of invents another

by piyachi, Wednesday, June 15, 2011, 22:13 (5079 days ago) @ Jay

I've always been frustrated that interceptions that bounce off the hands of receivers get counted towards the QB - yes this identifies me as a horrible stat nerd, but no one here should throw stones.

By looking at the percentage of caught balls relative to number of times targeted as a receiver you can really start to tell who is reliable. Considering how much emphasis is placed on a high completion percentage by the QB, it's interesting that it (statistically) isn't demanded of the receiver.

Our receivers from last year in terms of efficiency:
Floyd (79 of 129) 61%
Eifert (27 of 39) 69%
Rudolph (28 of 50) 56%
Riddick (40 of 66) 61%
Jones (23 of 40) 58%
Toma (14 of 18) 78%
Goodman (15 of 26) 58%
Kamara (11 of 14) 79%

Do with it what you will, or nothing at all. The one thing it highlights to me is that losing our top-end TE talent shouldn't hurt us too badly.