PFF: 3-year elusive rating

[ChrisPozz]

Three Years of the Elusive Rating | ProFootballFocus.com

 

[Crimsoncrew]

Very interesting to see Darren Sproles way down on that list. Makes me wonder what constitutes a missed tackle. I suppose once you get a hand on Sproles he's not so hard to take down. It's the getting the hand on him that's tough.

 

[NinerSickness]

Both Carolina 'backs did extremely well in that category.

 

[ChrisPozz]

Three Years of Deep Passing | ProFootballFocus.com

Three Years of Passing Under Pressure | ProFootballFocus.com

Three Years of Drop Rate: Wide Receivers | ProFootballFocus.com

49ers fans (and Alex Smith) may want to look away when he sees the drop percentage of some of his receivers (new and old) as Crabtree, Mario Manningam and Randy Moss all rated poorly.

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Three Years of Drop Rate: Tight Ends | ProFootballFocus.com

Let’s start by looking at which players have dropped the most balls – Detroit and San Francisco fans may want to look away. It won’t take much figuring out to realize that Vernon Davis and Brandon Pettigrew led all tight ends in the league, with 24 drops over the past three years. If there’s any consolation both men appear to be getting better, with six drops for Pettigrew last year, and just five for Davis after drop his plagued 2009 and 2010 campaigns.

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Three Years of Drop Rate: Running Backs | ProFootballFocus.com

Three Years of Tackle Efficiency: Linebackers | ProFootballFocus.com

Anybody that has been reading our Tackle Efficiency pieces over the past few seasons won’t be surprised to see the player that leads the way at the top, and some way out in front of anybody else: Takeo Spikes. In 285 total tackle attempts Spikes has missed just nine in the past three seasons, and four of those came this season in San Diego when he was carrying an injury. That is by far the best ratio of any qualifying player and comfortably distances his former teammate, Patrick Willis in second place. Willis has missed 14 tackles in the same period, althoguh he has also attempted more than Spikes and has played over 500 more snaps.

 

[Crimsoncrew]

Ugh. Our five probable leading receivers are all above 10% in drops. That has got to improve or we're going to continue to struggle on offense. Got to hope Gore's year was an anomaly, but Crabtree and Davis have always struggled in terms of drops, and it looks like Moss and Manningham aren't going to raise that game much if any.