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Originally Posted by DenverChief
You are assuming routes run means it's a passing play or supposed to get the ball. Thats why Receptions/Targets makes more sense. But you know that, you are just being argumentative (Damn Lawyers)  . I would prefer JJSS back on a MVS style contract - which I think is all he is going to get. If he wants something in the Hill/Adams stratosphere then yeah let him walk but I don't think that is the case. |
Routes Run represents a proxy (and when used across players, a fair representation for both guys as either JJSS or Player B are likely to see a roughly similar ratio in that regard).
If anything, it would oversample JJSS who's routinely higher on the progression list than someone like Moore. If Moore is a 4th option and only generating 1/3 of a yard less per route than JJSS as the 2nd option, that's a bit of an indictment on JuJu.
Ultimately the routes run stat works because it provides a really large N. Whereas targets don't. Moreover, targets also don't adjust for the fact that some guys just don't get much separation when they run a route and thus get fewer targets directly as a result of their shortcomings.
Using yards/route run is actually a pretty good indicator of overall efficiency for a WR. And the top 25 being populated by dudes you tend to think of as damn good WRs would support that.