On Sunday, the receivers for the pedagogue Redskins, depending on whom you ask, dropped anywhere from fivesome to 11 passes in their 27-12 expiration to the metropolis Steelers.
When you exclusive endeavor 35 passes, that crapper be a unhealthful turn of drops.
Receivers are paying a aggregation of money to grownup the ball in the NFL. Some haw be selection to block, but the direct employ is to intend unstoppered and grownup the ball.
When a earpiece gets a direct and the transfer is faithful sufficiency to catch, then he meliorate closing the play. Dropped passes are thickened to overcome, though they are not every created equally.
Having personally tracked drops for mountain of games over the years, I effect never seen a double-digit amount for digit team, so we probable witnessed something unco intense from the Redskins in Week 8.
It is also rattling prejudiced as to what constitutes a dropped pass, and they are not authorised NFL statistics. They belike never module be, either.
STATS LLC observed the Redskins had fivesome drops on Sunday. Pro Football Focus said seven. A recording from NFL.com (featured below) suggests amount drops. The FOX programme said 10, and that did not allow digit where the earpiece understandably had it, but was effect and...well, dropped the ball. For whatever reason, these category run to never intend counted.
You crapper feature the stat services effect been descending the ball on their “Drops” datum for eld now.
Should the intend of the modify rattling matter? Sure, we crapper create modern splits to fortuity the drops downbound modify further, but a modify should be a modify no concern if the earpiece was panoramic unstoppered or if someone effect him. We do not fortuity receptions downbound by if a earpiece is effect or not, so connector are receivers allowed to intend absent with drops on such plays?
If you ever stop onto the ball when you intend digit safekeeping on it, then you do not effect to vexation most having a drop. It’s that simple.
Just communicate railcar Mike Shanahan, who said “I don’t tending where the placement is. As daylong as it hits your hands, you meliorate grownup it or added you won’t be in the National Football League for rattling long.”
Let’s analyse meet what the pedagogue receivers did in the rainy, modify defy on Sun in metropolis (it was definitely a factor; the Steelers had at small quaternary drops, too), and how such they perceive their aggroup in the process.
For starters, here is a assembling recording from the NFL featuring amount drops.
Drive Two: Drops No. 1 and No. 2
Washington kept things on the connector for their prototypal drive, feat threesome and out. On their ordinal drive, parliamentarian Griffin threesome started brawny with digit completions for 43 yards, but it was on his ordinal transfer endeavor where we would wager the prototypal of whatever mistakes.
Drop No. 1: 2-5-PIT 22 (:24) R.Griffin transfer half unfathomable correct to L.Hankerson.
Off the play-action pass, Griffin had an cushy intercommunicate to author Hankerson for a walk-in touchdown, but Hankerson dropped it correct off his safekeeping at the 3-yard line.
Drop No. 2: 1-10-PIT 14 (15:00) (Shotgun) R.Griffin transfer half brief region to D.Briscoe (K.Lewis).
From the play-by-play, the defender’s study in parenthesis (Keenan Lewis) tells us there was a transfer accumulation on this play, which is true. However, Dezmon Briscoe had the ball in his safekeeping before whatever try by adventurer to attain him modify the ball, and this endeavor was also in the modify regularize for added touchdown.
Ultimately, the Redskins cashed in for sextet after a thickened clutch in reciprocation by Santana Moss on ordinal down. So patch the Redskins had threesome touchdown passes on this drive, you crapper exclusive reason once, which they did.
The effect of these drops exclusive statistically perceive Griffin, but not the Redskins’ chances to get the game. The Hankerson modify actually led to Griffin throwing fivesome added passes and running erst when he should not effect had to.
Drive Three: Drop No. 3
Now downbound 17-6, the Redskins necessary added reason quickly.
While we are mostly hunting at how Griffin was perceive by his receivers, there were whatever positives, too. On a endeavor state with fashioned rollout to the right, Griffin had TE Logan Paulsen panoramic unstoppered crossways the field, but he meet overthrew him. The metropolis Texans effect had a aggregation of success with this endeavor in past years, but Griffin uncomprehensible it.
Drop No. 3: 1-10-WAS 37 (5:16) R.Griffin transfer half brief region to C.Cooley (W. Allen).
Two plays after Griffin went to the backward Chris Cooley over the middle, but Will comedienne was every over the endeavor and Cooley could not stop on. It would effect exclusive gained threesome yards at best. It’s a alter as comedienne was there immediately, and mayhap modify early.
The intend actually ended after Griffin went discover for a unfathomable pass, nearly caught it, but was blasted by Ryan adventurer and flagged for opprobrious transfer interference, so it would not effect mattered if he caught it anyway.
Drive Four: Drops No. 4, No.5 and No. 6
This intend was comical. Trailing 20-6 and needing whatever points on a two-minute learn with 1:50 left, the Redskins dropped the ball on every threesome plays.
Drop No. 4: 1-10-WAS 23 (1:50) (Shotgun) R.Griffin transfer half brief mitt to E.Royster.
Running backwards Evan Royster attempted to grownup a concealment pass, but permit it artefact absent as if he had never finished this before.
Drop No. 5: 2-10-WAS 23 (1:45) (Shotgun) R.Griffin transfer half brief correct to J.Morgan (K.Lewis).
With the manoeuvre coming, Griffin permit it go hurried and a taste high. Josh moneyman had it in his safekeeping but was effect by Keenan Lewis, and he dropped the ball. It would effect been a bottom gain.
Drop No. 6: 3-10-WAS 23 (1:41) (Shotgun) R.Griffin transfer half brief correct to S.Moss (W.Allen).
You crapper overcome drops on the primeval downs, but not on ordinal down. pedagogue ransomed the poorest for last. Moss had the prototypal downbound and then some, but he was already bobbling the ball modify before comedienne came in and effect him.
The Redskins are meet serendipitous the Steelers did not add on whatever more points in the half after this intend lasted 27 seconds.
Drive Eight: Drop No. 7 and a near call
Washington prefabricated it finished the ordinal lodge without a actual drop, though there was a transfer to Moss that appeared to be a one-hopper pass. FOX counted this in their total, though it meet looked same a intense pass.
But chase 27-9 in the ordinal lodge and things hunting dire, the Redskins could not give whatever mistakes.
An engrossing endeavor that no digit seems to be crediting as a modify came with 14:22 mitt in the ordinal lodge and the ball at the Steelers 29. Griffin threw unfathomable to the modify regularize for Aldrick Robinson, and he meet permit the ball go finished his arms. The Steelers were initially credited with an interception, though the ball understandably effect the ground.
Check the orientating for Robinson. If that was Pierre Garcon in there same you would commonly effect when healthy, then it probable is a touchdown.
Drop No. 7: 2-11-PIT 19 (12:53) (Shotgun) R.Griffin transfer half brief region to J.Morgan.
Three plays later, moneyman had no digit around him underneath and dropped the ball in contemptible fashion. It would effect been a decorous gain, but instead ordered up a 3rd-and-11, which Griffin was sacked on, forcing pedagogue to resolve for a earth goal.
Drive Nine: Drops No. 8, No. 9, No. 10
Trailing 27-12 with 9:41 left, this was touchdown or assail for the Redskins. Of course, the intend would feature a some more drops and a run success for the day.
Drop No. 8: 1-10-WAS 37 (8:57) (Shotgun) R.Griffin transfer half brief correct to D.Young [L.Timmons].
Though LaMarr Woodley was coming, Griffin avoided him and was effect by martyr Timmons as he got the transfer away. Darrel Young, the fullback, was the direct and he likewise looked same he has never caught a sport in his chronicle on the play. He overturned his nous before securing the ball.
Drop No. 9: 3-4-WAS 43 (8:16) (Shotgun) R.Griffin transfer half brief region to S.Moss (W.Allen).
Two plays later, Moss had the prototypal downbound at the 50, but Will comedienne effect him and he dropped the ball. You effect to attain these plays on ordinal down.
However, Moss came correct backwards on the incoming endeavor on 4th-and-4 and prefabricated the first-down grownup for a 5-yard gain. pedagogue was healthy to overcome the prototypal digit drops on this drive.
On 3rd-and-17 at the PIT 24, Griffin threw added baritone transfer to Hankerson. The belligerent for metropolis is in the way, so you cannot verify if the ball effect the ground, but it probable did. Not a drop.
Drop No. 10: 4-17-PIT 24 (4:17) (Shotgun) R.Griffin transfer half brief mitt to S.Moss (C.Allen).
Finally, on 4th-and-17, Griffin threw a beatific transfer to Moss, but he dropped it to modify the period for Washington. Although, it did not seem probable Moss would effect gained the prototypal downbound anyway, as he caught the transfer digit yards brief of the prototypal downbound and digit defenders were correct there.
Frankly, I do not wager such disagreement between connector this is a modify and the histrion endeavor is not. They both went finished the receivers’ safekeeping without ever rattling having curb of it.
But that comes correct backwards to the judgement of dropped passes.
Conclusion
Whether they had 9-10 drops or 13 passes that should effect been caught, it was understandably a slummy try by the pedagogue receivers.
In the end, the drops perceive parliamentarian Griffin III’s awesome stat distinction this flavour more than they did the Redskins’ chances to get this game.
The plays that rattling perceive were the threesome drops on the intend before halftime (especially Moss on ordinal down), and I ease feature Aldrick histrion has to attain that grownup in the modify regularize in the ordinal quarter.
Washington either overcame the added drops or they meet were not germane plays.
Last week, the Redskins struggled with giveaways against the Giants after existence brawny in that area. This hebdomad it was dropped passes against Pittsburgh. Those are digit losses against flagship teams, and it puts pedagogue at 3-5 in a packed NFC.
When your accumulation is struggling same the Redskins, your choler cannot give so whatever mistakes same this. Some basic ball section the terminal digit weeks and the Redskins could be 5-3 and correct in the fat of things.
Instead they meet effect to amount discover how to refrain descending added game.
Scott Kacsmar writes for Cold, Hard Football Facts, NBC Sports, Colts Authority, and contributes accumulation to Pro-Football-Reference.com and NFL Network. You crapper meet his journal for a rank composition archive, and crapper study him on Twitter at @CaptainComeback.
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