SF's Unlikely Threat: Delanie Walker

[Yadahell]

Interesting article on Delanie:

NFL: San Francisco's Unlikely Threat - WSJ.com

He should have had one more TD too when he was wide open in the end zone and mishandled a pass against Detroit.....

 

[JMedlock5186]

interesting

 

[CalamityX11]

He made the one catch where it counts though!

 

[Yadahell]

He made the one catch where it counts though!

Very true! Saying he didn't make that one catch is nit-picking, but I was just pointing out he should have 1 more TD in those statistics.

 

[threelittleturds]

If he made that earlier TD reception, the 49ers probably would have kicked the FG on that 4th and goal play.. assuming the Lions didn't score any more points than they had.

 

[FourBeeDen]

Stupid Article !!!!!!










Now every DC that play the Niners will keep an eye on Walker.. Stupid article blew the Niners secret weapon lol

 

[numone9er]

He's playing well considering all things, but I'm much more impressed with his chop blocking. He's a big part of the reason that Gore broke off those 2 long runs against Detroit.

 

[calison3]

Haha.. He's doing well so the pass was mishandled instead of dropped.

 

[FourBeeDen]

Haha.. He's doing well so the pass was mishandled instead of dropped.

ummm... dropped was obviouly implied when the poster said mishandled...

 

[calison3]

ummmmm.....I know what the implied meaning was, but if it was Crabtree I guarantee the post wouldn't have said mishandled. I like Walker a lot. I just thought that was kind of funny. Not hating on him or anything.

 

[clyde_carbon]

He made the one catch where it counts though!

Interesting. So if he caught the first TD it wouldn't have counted towards the score board?

 

[CalamityX11]

Interesting. So if he caught the first TD it wouldn't have counted towards the score board?

it wasn't on 4th n goal.....

:third:

 

[clyde_carbon]

it wasn't on 4th n goal.....

:third:

Oh. So it only counts as 4 points?

 

[Mozart'sGhost]

Very true! Saying he didn't make that one catch is nit-picking, but I was just pointing out he should have 1 more TD in those statistics.

Not nitpicky in my opinion. He drops way too many passes

 

[Yadahell]

Stupid Article !!!!!!










Now every DC that play the Niners will keep an eye on Walker.. Stupid article blew the Niners secret weapon lol

I was thinking along those same lines upon reading this article. :charlie:

 

[Yadahell]

Not nitpicky in my opinion. He drops way too many passes

I don't know if I'd say way too many, but he does have his share of drops or "mishandles". I wonder if anyone has access to a stat showing how many drops each specific 49er player has had this year? Gore is usually pretty sure-handed, but he's had a few this year too for instance.

 

[Yadahell]

Football Outsiders has a "Catch Rate", but "Catch Rate represents the percentage of passes to this receiver completed. This is a reference to incomplete passes, not dropped passes: dropped passes are not specified in publicly available play-by-play, and unfortunately we cannot yet correct for this."

FOOTBALL OUTSIDERS: Innovative Statistics, Intelligent Analysis | 2011 TIGHT ENDS

Anyway, VD's catch rate is much higher than Walker's catch rate. Sadly, Morgan is the WR with the best catch rate.

FOOTBALL OUTSIDERS: Innovative Statistics, Intelligent Analysis | 2011 WIDE RECEIVERS

 

[deep9er]

I was thinking along those same lines upon reading this article. :charlie:

opposing coordinators don't need writers to point out these things?

to me the gist was all these 'secondary' guys make a big difference in being 5-1. all this versatility from "role" players is easy to overlook. don't think the writers intent was to say Walker is now a "big gun" in our offense?

 

[Yadahell]

opposing coordinators don't need writers to point out these things?

to me the gist was all these 'secondary' guys make a big difference in being 5-1. all this versatility from "role" players is easy to overlook. don't think the writers intent was to say Walker is now a "big gun" in our offense?

Yeah- that was said in jest Deep. Pretty sure coordinators have plenty of film to see Walker's impact on the offense. Many of these guys watch film, sleep for 2 hours on their office couch, and then watch another 6 hours of film.

I'm interested in seeing how other teams are going to adjust to the 49er blocking scheme as the season progresses.

 

[EaseUrStorm]

Individually he doesn't blow you away, but he's a good cat and mouse type player for an offensive coordinator to scheme with.