(03-21-2018, 06:46 AM)Andy G Wrote:

(03-20-2018, 03:04 PM)Bullseye Wrote: Phrased in a different context, "So Mrs. Lincoln, aside from the cap busted in your husband's dome, how did you enjoy the play?"

Those 70 yard completions are pretty much the point.

His status as a future #1 overall receiver is far from cemented, but those 700+ yards in what amounts to a half season is impressive, small sample size or not.

Yes, I think we are agreeing that the same stats can be viewed in very different ways.

And yes, 700+ yards in half a season looks very good on paper (as I said he’s not done much wrong, so far).

But the point I’m trying to make (and I think you agree) is that it’s not really possible to make meaningful projections from 42 career catches.

Looking at it another way, Keelan caught 51% of the passes thrown to him.

Dede Westbrook caught 53% of his passes (again, small numbers).

So far in Marqise Lee’s career, he has caught 57% and Donte Moncrief 59%.

In his rookie year Lee had a 54% catch-rate and Moncrief 65%.

Would you look at those figures and conclude Cole will be less reliable than the other two?  That he can’t be a number 1 WR?

I think that would also be a difficult assumption to make.

You could equally look at their yards per catch and say Cole gets a lot more yard per reception – but again it’s based on a relatively small sample size, so projections aren’t really that meaningful.

I’m sure somebody can reply to this post with their own take on the figures…

But the reality is that in the relatively small sample size we have for Keelan Cole, all we can say with any real certainty is he’s caught a good number of long passes.

If he can continue to do that, then we will have a superstar on our hands.

And I’d hope they use him more next season.

I hope he will develop into a key receiver for us.

He could even be a number one WR for us.

But I’m not going to expect too much from him at this stage (or worry if his stats drop a little in his second season).

Let’s see how his second season goes…


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My only point in bringing up those stats are to show he can get deep...that he has some explosiveness to his game.  A high YPC average tends to be an indicia of explosiveness.

I did not offer those stats to show that his game is somehow complete, or that he is Jerry Rice 2.0.

Throughout this thread and the other thread I cited, I've indicated there are parts to his game he has to improve in order for him to reach his potential.

Apologies if I mistakenly gave that impression.

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