So I made this to help calm my nerves and verify what I thought. As well as shed som light on the 2 WRs the Lions currently have. DPJ and Smith.
And I know a lot of people wanted Chark back. And were worried about WR3 no Reynolds is gone.
Well heres a stat comparison of all 4 from the last 2 seasons. (smith and DPJ is 2 years prior to last)
And all 4 are pretty close across the board. Key things to point out.
Chark has a Lower Catch%
(Has a fair amount of Drops)
Chark and DPJ have a lower success rate.
(Could be that they Had bad QBs)
Smith didnt get a lot of play time thus his yards are lower.
But for the most part their stats are very similar. Hence why I dont feel the need to go out and get another WR.
We have St Brown and Williams.
Add 3 of the fallowing which will split time at WR3.
Reynolds, DPJ, Green, Smith, I Williams and I think they will be just fine.
I actually think DPJ should be our 9 route guy. Jared tends to underthrow them and going up and getting it is what DPJ
does best. I would imagine with his build up speed separation metrics are better on longer developing routes.
But regardless separation is clearly not his game. That’s what I think he and Raymond could be a nice tandem.
I knew he wasn’t an elite separator or anything, but I figured he’d be about the same as Josh. It’s somewhat alarming given that Jared doesn’t usually throw to unopen guys. Even those underthrown 9 routes are usually thrown to open guys, he just doesn’t get it out there far enough. We’ll see, some combo of he and Raymond is probably where we’re headed. I really hope ARSB and Jamo stay healthy.
2023 is tough to judge DPJ.
At CLE he had Injured Watson, PJ walker, DTR, throwing to him.
2022 you had Brissett.
Where in 2020&2021 he had baker. With a 56% success rate and 65% catch rate. And a massive 85% 1st down/ td per catch rate.
Yes kalif is special but a completely different skill set than DPJ.
Dpj will be the 3rd down/ redzone out side man.
Kalif will be the 1/2nd down and speed guy.
I do love kalif. But WR3 will be done by committee
Kalif only played 30 percent of the snaps last year. He will have a role but it’ll be limited. He’s also turning 30 this season…where WR’s often start to fade.
