hawknation2014":3adzkz7b said:
One dropped screen pass in practice is supposed to support your argument? LOL.
His 57.9% catch rate last year was better than or equal to Calvin Johnson, Josh Gordon, Alshon Jeffrey, Michael Floyd, Dez Bryant, Riley Cooper, A.J. Green, etc.
By your own account, Kearse had a 95% chance to make the team before training camp. That is about as much of a "lock" as you can get.
That one dropped screen pass is a great example of Kearse's bad hands. There are many other examples if you wanna re-watch the games from 2013.
Those other receivers you listed on other teams don't have Russell Wilson throwing to them. Russell throws probably the most catchable ball in the entire league. If there's a QB with better touch and such perfect accuracy let me know I don't know who that is.
I could be drinking my 10th beer and holding that beer in my left hand and still catch +80% from Wilson one handed from like 40 yards if Wilson's goal was to throw catchable balls. My point is that a 57.9% catch rate is pretty horrible when Wilson is your QB, Baldwin stated his goal is to catch at least 70+% this season.
Fricken' Luke Willson's catch rate last year was way better than Kearse's and we saw how bad Willson's hands can be against Chicago... Kearse was statistically much worst with his catch rate:
Luke Willson 20/28 71.4% for 272 yards
But like I said Kearse had a 95% chance to make the team, you could attribute about 10-20% of that rate just to the coaches giving him the benefit of the doubt, similar how to they give Turbin so many plays when his career average yards/attempt is not even close to impressive.
Players who had better catch rate than Kearse last season (minimum 5 catches):
Tate, Baldwin, Miller, Lynch, Willson, Lockette, Coleman, Turbin
Literally EVERYONE except Sidney Rice...