Player Spotlight: Alge Crumpler (1 Viewer)

[Jason Wood]

[SIZE=14pt]2006 Player Spotlight Series[/SIZE]

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[SIZE=14pt]Thread Topic: Alge Crumpler, TE, Atlanta Falcons[/SIZE]

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[Keys Myaths]

Crumpler gets no love?

Dude's a top 7 TE, year in and year out.

Problem is, he had a pretty big year last year, and that's going to be hard to duplicate. I don't see him matching the production of last year, and I think many owners are going to expect that.

52 receptions, 750 yards, 5 TD.

He'll fall, but not that far.

 

[jurb26]

This guy has become a rather consistent top tier TE.

60 rec, 800 yds, 6 TDs

 

[Big Score]

Alge Crumpler

                +-------------------------+

                |        Receiving        |

+----------+-----+-------------------------+

| Year  TM |  G |  Rec  Yards  Y/R  TD |

+----------+-----+-------------------------+

| 2001 atl |  16 |    25    330  13.2    3 |

| 2002 atl |  16 |    36    455  12.6    5 |

| 2003 atl |  16 |    44    552  12.5    3 |

| 2004 atl |  14 |    48    774  16.1    6 |

| 2005 atl |  16 |    65    877  13.5    5 |

+----------+-----+-------------------------+

|  TOTAL  |  78 |  218  2988  13.7  22 |

+----------+-----+-------------------------+

I expect Crump's ypc to be around 13.His receptions to be around 60

His TD's to be 6

So - 60 receptions for 780 yards & 6 TD's.

 

[Workhorse]

Everything I've been hearing down here in Atlanta seems to indicate that Vick will be given the opportunity to freelance MORE and be restrained LESS by the west coast offense. If that's the case, I'm going to predict a slight downturn in production for Alge Crumpler, since it really seems that he has benefited from Vick being forced to stay in the pocket. When you watch the Falcons, Vick forces the ball to Crumpler more than any other receiver, based on his extreme confidence in Alge's abilities.

With Vick back to the scrambling, running style that made him more effective, I'd expect his reliance on Crumpler as a security blanket to decrease somewhat.

48 catches, 610 yards, 5 TDs.