September 14th, 2008 at 11:16 PM ^
He never had the greatest hands, and suffered through a few cases of the dropsies while in Ann Arbor. He got on the bad side of fans early in his junior year, just after he switched to the #1 jersey, because of it. But eventually he was just so devastating when he caught the ball that everyone was ok with the occasional drop. I particularly rememeber a drop on a long bomb that probably would have went for a touchdown in the Rose Bowl against USC (I think it would have went for a TD, but I was sitting in the far end zone so maybe just a long gain), and a drop on 4th down late against OSU his senior year (it was unlikely they'd have came back anyways, but they sure weren't after that drive ended).
September 16th, 2008 at 4:14 PM ^
That's kinda true, but he licked that problem by about halfway through his junior year. I don't remember him dropping much after that.
September 15th, 2008 at 12:08 AM ^
Braylon had not played for a very long time prior to week 1. If you recall he was cleated by Stallworth in the preseason. While he may drop a lot of balls normally, I bet this has a lot to do with rust.
September 15th, 2008 at 2:17 AM ^
Ugh Brandon. I was hoping he'd bounce back faster. My fantasy team suffers but I bet I'll play him again next week anyway.
September 16th, 2008 at 4:31 PM ^
Q: What do Steve Smith (Panther, not Giant), Kellen Winslow, Braylon Edwards, Reggie Bush, Dallas Clark, Terrell Owens, and Randy Moss have in common?
A: They all were in the Top 10 for dropped passes as of Dec. 27th, 2007 for that season.
http://stats.washingtonpost.com/fb/leaders.asp?year=2007&range=NFL&type…
September 16th, 2008 at 10:13 PM ^
He's still the same Braylon we've always loved, #1 in our hearts?
September 17th, 2008 at 10:15 AM ^
A more telling stat would be dropped balls/attempts. Brian nails this, of course, with his receiver charts.
September 17th, 2008 at 10:18 AM ^
I think the fact so many good WRs drop so many balls has a lot to do with them getting far more attempts, and far more passes that are just plain tougher to catch. You go to Moss/TO/Braylon/Clark/Smith etc. sometimes when they aren't necessarily "open", and maybe they drop a few tough ones. Combined with the sheer volume, I think that says a lot about who ends up high in that category and who doesn't.
September 17th, 2008 at 1:57 PM ^
did anyone see Avant last Monday? he made a nice catch over the middle, got hit hard and dropped it, then caught it again while on his back. it was sweet