Quote:Not negative about Shorts III. He does not appear to be the same pass catcher he was prior to his concussions, but he is battling to stay healthy. His play is not thrilling, but that may have more to do with who's throwing the footballs.

 

Not crazy about merely examining stats as a fundamental of evaluation. The most important stat for WR is catching the football like close to 100% of the time.

 

Between getting balls batted down at the line and horrible throws, the last thing we need are dropped passes...particularly ones that hit receivers directly in the hands.

 

Better teams have a lot less tolerance for dropped balls.

 

You make points that I will concede to at this time.  Besides the concussions from last year, which I really don't think are the issue regarding his drops...  Hasn't he been injured with a bum shoulder for the last few weeks?  I'm wondering if that injury, forget exactly what the injury was, is effecting is production. 

 

I'm not defending him regarding the drops, but can't say I'm gonna be hyper critical of him either.  I think Bullseye mentioned he's on pace for 1100 yards or so.  Lets see how Shorts finises this season.  I for one am confident he'll be a stud for us, if he's healthy.  Again, as I said before, you can't deny his toughness.  Gotta like that about a WR...

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