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Post by prossman on Apr 13, 2010 16:36:31 GMT -7
DMNBlog:Roy Williams on the all-butterfingers team for '09
-------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Roy Williams on the all-butterfingers team for '09 Posted at 10:43 AM on Tue., Apr. 13, 2010 | Permalink | Yahoo! Buzz Gerry Fraley/Reporter Bio | E-mail | News tips According to the research group STATSINC., a total of 118 NFL receivers got their hands on the ball at least 40 times last season through a reception or a drop. Dallas Cowboys wide receiver Roy Williams had the sixth-highest drop rate among that group.
Williams had eight drops and 38 catches for a 17.4 percent drop rate. The bottom five for drop rates consisted of St. Louis tight end Randy McMichael and Oakland wide receiver Louis Murphy at 20.9, Kansas City wide receiver Bobby Wade at 20, Miami wide receiver Ted Ginn Jr. at 19.1 and Kansas City wide receiver Dwayne Bowe at 19. Old friend Terrell Owens cracked the top 10 at 15.4 with Buffalo.
The lowest drop rate among only wide receivers? Jerricho Cotchery of the New York Jets, at 1.7. He had 57 receptions and one drop, according to STATSINC. Arizona's Larry Fitzgerald was next at 2.02. He had 97 catches and only two drops.
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