Chiefs Nearing NFL Record Number of Drops

this an easy question. At the rate we’re going we’ll have it beat by next game, even though dropped passes aren’t an official league stat, but then again our recievers aren’t really playing like official NFL caliber players so this record fits them perfectly.

Probably break or tie it the first half of the game on Sunday.

most of the time a team like Minn or San Diego arent going to just cut a good receiver for no reason. Guess what the cut their receivers because they couldnt hold on to the ball, so its no surprise we are leading this category. By Haleys count we already have the record, he said sun that the league had us at like 40 drops he had us already over 50.

onto their paychecks when they are thrown their way. I have the solution for the drops, tape their paychecks onto the football, I bet they catch it every damn time then.

because for one thing, the data is sketchy at best. As I said to the guys next to me during the game on Sunday, not only are dropped passes not an official NFL statistic, we have no idea how they are determined. There is no recognized standard of what a dropped pass really is. It’s a judgment call – it has to be – but who is making the judgment? Someone with some idea of what a “catchable” pass really is, or some acne-faced kid reviewing tape in his mom’s basement?

In MLB, at every game there is an “official scorer” whose job is to determine if an error should be charged, and there are standards for them to follow in making that assessment. There’s accountability in that. But as far as I know, no such system exists in the NFL for making these judgments. So in my mind, the data is pretty meaningless.

This is not to say that Chiefs receivers haven’t dropped a lot of catchable passes. They have. But I don’t buy the argument that if it hits them in the hands and they don’t catch it, then it’s automatically a dropped pass.

For starters, where are their hands? I’ve seen cases this season where balls are thrown behind receivers. Those don’t look like catchable balls to me – but many times, the receivers have gotten a hand on it, and people count it as a drop.

What about a pass that arrives at the receiver’s feet? If they are able to reach down and get a hand on it – but are unable to catch it – should it be counted as a drop?

Or to point out a often-argued case, how about the deep pass that Bobby Wade couldn’t bring in against San Diego? Most people seem to be counting it as a drop, but my own feeling is that the ball was at least a little overthrown. With the benefit of hindsight, it’s easy to say that it would have been smarter for Wade to lay out and make the catch – rather than try and stay on his feet and make some additional yards – but Wade had to know he had beaten the coverage. I think most of us would have a hard time not trying to stay on our feet and make a TD play in that circumstance.

I’m not trying to suggest Wade didn’t have some responsibility in that play. He did. Question is… how much? I’m saying that any discussion of dropped passes needs to start with some kind of standard – and as far as I can see, there isn’t one.

All that said, I wonder if part of the problem is that the wide receivers are pressing. This position has been a revolving door all season – and of course, the team is often playing from behind. These two factors put a lot of additional pressure on each receiver for every single catch. Sure… it’s their job to deal with that pressure, but I have to wonder how much different it would be if Haley had simply played the hand with which he was dealt at WR this season, and allowed these guys to get in there and get comfortable with Cassel… without feeling that their jobs were on the line with every single play.

No reason to think he wont get 4 drops himself… Plus you can add one from Bowe and Chambers each.