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Come on. Please show me documentattion that says after 4,6,7,9, etc weeks on the team Jabar Gaffney didn't know the playbook. That is made up, which is my point.
If I remember correctly, he said it. But his production indicated it. The guy had 11 catches for 142 yards and a TD in ten games in the regular season. He had 8 catches for 104 yards Wild card weekend vs. the Jets and 10 catches for 103 yards and a TD in the Division Round vs. the Chargers.
I'm not sure what point you are trying to make. He doesn't play a lot. If he were uncoverable he would be playing a lot. When he does get open he catches the ball.
My point still stands that the percentage of throws resulting in catches are not the metric that would determine he should be thrown to more often. I don't know how you can disagree with that.
If you want to look up snaps played and do some kind of analysis to show he gets open a lot, feel free, but you thinking he does a lot with his reps is simply a guess.
What are his targets per rep, and how does that compare to others.
To state that he is not a primary option is shaky at best also, because you simply do not know. It certainly is possible that there is a 2 TE package specifically designed to make him the target due to a mismatch, and the passes he is catching are because of that, and the reason it is being used in a limited fashion is because it won't work except as a tendency breaker. (See the short yardage TDs) where they CLEARLY use Gronk as a heavily covered decoy to free up Wright.
First I never said he was uncoverable. I said he is getting open based on the # of receptions vs. the number of snaps he plays. For example, he played 21 snaps and caught 7 passes. That is an incredibly high snap to catch ratio.
As for why he doesn't have a lot of snaps, there are plenty of reasons. He is not a great blocker which probably limits a lot of snaps. The Pats only use one TE in a two back set. When the Pats need to max protect Brady like they did vs. the Jets a lot, they take him off the field too. And they did that with Hernandez a lot too.
And I think catches to snaps ratio does mean something. What difference does it make if the play is designed to be thrown to him or not when judging his ability to get open? Is it easier to get open when the play is drawn up to go to him?
Also, whenever Gronk is on the field with Wright, he is going to draw coverage away from Wright no matter the play unless a team is stupid enough to cover Gronk one on one (which the Bears were dumb enough to do a lot on Sunday). Whether Gronk is a decoy or the primary target, he is going to leave favorable match ups for other receivers. Amendola and Edelman have beneftitted from Gronk helping them have more favorable match up the last few weeks and haven't been nearly as productive as Wright minus the Amendola TD pass.