Earlier this week, I pointed out that San Francisco 49ers wide receiver Quinton Patton ranked fourth among No. 3 receivers in a new stat that measured separation a receiver gets. In a follow-up to that, the same stat ranks Jeremy Kerley fourth among slot receivers. Here’s how NFL.com describes the stat:
The separation stat comes from the sensors measuring, “how much separation a receiver earned from the defender covering them when their quarterback threw them the ball.” It is probably not a perfect piece of information, but it is one more tool to add to our tool box in figuring out what players are doing on the field at any given moment.