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Originally Posted by staylor26
He's been their leading receivier the last 2 years, so no matter how many times you say this, it's not remotely true.
There's not a single WR1 on any team that is their "fourth option".
It is embarrassing that you would try to argue that he's behind Kittle too. That's just ****ing reeruned.
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Ok, well, when you’re a DC in the NFL and you’re game planning for the 9ers, you can prioritize Aiyuk over Deebo and Kittle and see how well that works out for you.
I don’t think many teams would bother doing that. It’ll be CMC first, Deebo second, then Kittle, then Aiyuk because CMC, Deebo and Kittle have all demonstrated the ability to be game changers. Aiyuk can’t say the same.
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Originally Posted by mr. tegu
Besides that being a huge outlier season for him, that’s literally exactly what they were. Over 50% of his 1400 receiving yards, 768, were YAC that season. His average depth of catch, 8.3, was LESS than his average YAC, 10.
In that same offense this past season Aiyuk had 1342 yards but only 382 YAC. His depth of catch was 12.8. A Quick Look at other top receivers guys shows similar percentages for YAC and depth of target on big seasons.
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2023 was also a huge outlier for Aiyuk as well. His targets went down from the previous year and yet he went for almost 400 more yards. He averaged nearly 5 yards more
per catch than he did the year before.
That still leaves nearly 700 yards gained from just routes alone on the year for Deebo in 2021 too. For reference, we never once got 700 total yards out of Sammy, MVS or Hardman in a single season.
I’m actually glad you brought up the RAC, though. This ****ing guy Deebo AVERAGES 10 yards of RAC
per reception. Am I the only one who recognizes how absurd that is? He’s going to give you a 1st down on every catch just from RAC alone. That’s so nasty. You all are seriously underrating just how dangerous he is with the football in his hands. There are running backs out there, who actually catch the vast majority of their passes at or behind the LoS, who don’t average 10 yards of RAC per reception. And I did the research on this debate a few weeks back so don’t remember with 100% confidence but I believe I found that that 10 yards of RAC per reception was actually maintained over his entire career. That is nutty.
8.3 yards average depth of target is actually pretty decent, by the way. That’s about spot on the ADoT for Keenan Allen over the last decade or so, who is known as a route technician.
Comparing their ADoT is pointless to me precisely because they’re in the same offense. They occupy different roles. MVS had a further ADoT last season than Rashee Rice. That doesn’t necessarily mean that MVS is a better route runner or better WR overall than Rashee.
In fact, I’d argue that it makes sense that a team with their three best offensive weapons being a RB, WR/RB hybrid RAC monster, and a TE would have a traditional WR see many opportunities in the deep and intermediate sections of the field.