WR contested receptions stat

[JR4]

Is there such a stat? I bet Ernie Adams has one.

Of course the best WR Tommy likes is the open receiver but with top
pass defenses it is not easy to find an open receiver.

In the NFL, receivers with an ability to get open often because of speed,
quickness, smarts or a combination of these do not grow on trees.

So if you can't find this type of receiver, wouldn't the next best type of
receiver be one that has a high percentage of contested catches Add to
this stat an interceptions on contested catches stat then
armed with these two stats you could find very valuable receivers for todays NFL.

What led me to start thinking this way was the videos of the two new
WRs the PATS signed. So many of their catches in those videos were
contest catches. I wonder if PATS are hunting for this type of receiver.
PATs already have a TE that is like this.

Does any one know of such a stat(s)?

 

[jmt57]

The only place that I can think of that might keep a statistic such as that is Pro Football Focus, and from past experience their stats are erratic at best and somewhat unreliable - primarily because there is so much subjectivity in that type of a stat, and also because those employed making those grades are not professionally trained scouts or coaches.



I would say that it does appear to me that the Patriots did make an effort this offseason to shift away somewhat from the smaller, shifty, quick receivers that they have relied on in the past to some more bigger receivers who can go up and more effectively battle a defender for the ball when in close quarters. While you still want a guy like that in the slot (Amendola), the Pats have five wide receivers in training camp that are 6'2" or taller:

• Michael Jenkins: 6'4", 215
• Mark Harrison: 6'3", 230
• Quentin Sims: 6'3, 202
• Aaron Dobson: 6'3", 200
• Kamar Aiken: 6'2", 215

 

[RayClay]

No matter what size, I'm guessing TB loves guys who fight for the ball.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Uu9TKEKia9s