Unless the pass is placed right in his belly (which negates his height advantage) and/or he is uncontested,
the chances are less than 50/50 that he will make the catch. That is to me a clear sign that he does not subconsciously want it badly enough. Compare him to somebody like Edelman, who plays as if he would rather die than cause an incompletion.
Despite his great 40-yard dash, including a 1.52 10-yard split, and his OK short-shuttle & 3-cone times,
he appears slower on the field for whatever reason. He couldn't really put enough daylight between him
and grizzled vet Peanut Tillman to prevent Tillman from having a chance to break up the pass, a chance
he should not have had anyway if Dobson & his 9" hands had secured the ball upon contact.
Dobson to me is failing the physical test, the emotional test, the psychological test and the field awareness test. He doesn't appear to know how to take fullest advantage of his natural skills, he appears more sad than angry after an INC or INT, he shows hesitation in his game that allows DBs to hang with him earlier and longer than they should, and frankly football doesn't seem as important to him as it needs to be.
That last critique might be considered purely conjectural (and it is, of course), but I've seen a lot of guys
come and go both in NE and the league, and IMO Dropson simply does not have what it takes to play a
significant role in this offense on this team.
There is a saying in business that goes: I don't blame you, I blame the one that hired you. I suppose that had he been drafted in Boyce's spot where his talent suggested and Bill had drafted Keenan Allen like he should have, I would cut him more slack because at least we would have one young WR with a future here, and Dropson could attempt to make a go of it more in the shadows than he is currently doing.
