renesauz
IBL Representative
Several of us have been calling the stat flawed for a while now. It's the most subjective stat there is. It's very similar to, and possibly even more subjective than, an error in baseball.If this is how the "official" drop metric is actually calculated, then that stat is extremely flawed. Given the inherently small sample size of drops for each player, the ratios of easy to difficult "drops" won't automatically even out when comparing different players.It's a drop if it hits the players hands. Not all drops are created equal but all players have the same situations come up where they get a "drop" that was really difficult. It's a pretty subjective thing in reality and hence some are using different numbers.I'm not sure why we are talking about these semantics anyway. He had 2 others. It's not like taking that one away changes things a great deal. Does it make you feel that much better to say he dropped 2 passes instead of 3?It's not a drop when the defender has his hands between the WRs body and the ball the entire time. Would have been an amazing catchI don't care what PFT has he most certainly dropped 3....and 2 were bad drops. The one would have been a tough catch but he had both hands on the ball all the way down to the ground.FTR, it was 2 drops.
(Still disappointing though)
There's also a difference between stripping the ball from a WR who had the opportunity to bring the ball into his body and is upright the whole time, and stripping it from a WR who was falling and never had the opportunity to pull it in. Much like the error in baseball, a drop can only be given on a routine play. That was NOT a routine play for any WR.