nerdmann
8 years ago

That is how my dad explained it when I would throw the football to him. He said it didn't look like it was coming quick and suddenly, boom, it's there. Proof that even in my younger days, I was wizardly. 🤣

Originally Posted by: Zero2Cool 



Yeah, it's weird.

It's all I'm suggesting. Maybe Aaron and Mike don't realize it, but there's just something unusual about the way he delivers the ball. Even Jordy has drops. Hell Greg Jennings even had his share.
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Zero2Cool
8 years ago

Yeah, it's weird.

It's all I'm suggesting. Maybe Aaron and Mike don't realize it, but there's just something unusual about the way he delivers the ball. Even Jordy has drops. Hell Greg Jennings even had his share.

Originally Posted by: nerdmann 



They had drops because they are human beings, not machines and less to do with the ball's trajectory.
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PackerTraxx
8 years ago
If they can't catch Aaron it's probably a good thing they don't have to catch Favre.
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nerdmann
8 years ago

If they can't catch Aaron it's probably a good thing they don't have to catch Favre.

Originally Posted by: PackerTraxx 



Favre never had a consistent throwing motion. Dude was just winging it out there. Wasn't big on mechanics.
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DoddPower
8 years ago

Yeah, it's weird.

It's all I'm suggesting. Maybe Aaron and Mike don't realize it, but there's just something unusual about the way he delivers the ball. Even Jordy has drops. Hell Greg Jennings even had his share.

Originally Posted by: nerdmann 



All sounds like a bunch of poor excuses to me. They are paid a lot of money to figure it out, no matter what. I'm not buying any of this.
Cheesey
8 years ago
If there are drops, to me, that's on the receiver. If it hits the guy in the hands, as a professional, he should catch it.
Rodgers' throws are FAST. That's for sure. But that's one of the things that makes him one of the best. I think that's one of the reasons for the drops. The ball gets there so quick that some guys just aren't used to that.
And as was said already, players are HUMAN, not perfect. So there will be drops by ALL receivers. You see that on all NFL teams.
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sschind
8 years ago

Another problem with saying who is to blame is not knowing the route. Maybe the receiver ran the route too shallow or too deep and that's what made the pass look horrible.

Originally Posted by: Zero2Cool 



But we can't really call that a drop either. Great another stat, bad routes.

sschind
8 years ago
One of the reasons why the "drop" statistic varies depending on who you listen to is because everyone has a different definition of what is a drop (In that respect I guess its not unlike a catch) Some people say if he gets two hands on it he should catch it and if he doesn't its a drop but I disagree. IMO a "probably should have caught it" does not automatically mean a drop. If the ball is way over his head and he fully extends and barely gets to it with both hands I don't consider it a drop. If the ball is way out in front and low and the receiver has to reach way down and can't make the catch even though he may get both hands on it I don't think that's a drop. Likewise if the ball is behind him and he has to twist his body and reach back while traveling in the opposite direction I don't think that is a drop.

These all may be cases where they maybe should have caught it but I can forgive them if they don't. Who is to say why these passes were where they were. Maybe the throw was off. Maybe, as zero suggested, the WR ran the wrong route. Maybe the defender did his job and got in the way. Regardless of why the passes were where they were I don't think these are on the WR (the not catching the ball part not the wrong route part, that is all on him)

Passes that I do consider to be drops however are by definition on the WR. How can a WR be charged with a drop if the pass from the QB was off? On the other hand if the pass is on target and the WR just whiffs it how can that be on the QB?

That said I don't think that the rash of drops last year were on Aaron Rodgers BUT I do think Aaron Rodgers was off on a lot more of his passes than he as in the past. That made for more incompletions but not more drops.
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