What a difference a good record makes for national recognition. In yesterday’s Notes, we highlighted a new NFL NextGen stat that praised the dime-throwing ability of Matthew Stafford. A big part of that resurgence is the return of longer-developing plays that attack down the field in offensive coordinator Darrell Bevell’s offense:
The Stafford revival is nuts. 56% of his targets are at/past the sticks. He’s never been above 50% and has a career avg of 43%. And he’s currently at 8 yds/att which would be a first. Apparently depth matters
— George Chahrouri (@PFF_George) October 9, 2019
Something to remember is that if the player throwing the ball deserves credit (and he does), so do the players catching the ball.