Friday, January 18, 2013

WR Torrey Smith VS WR Anquan Boldin

WRs are an important part of the NFL. There are some great WRs in the final 4 this year. In New England, you have WR Wes Welker and WR Brandon Llyod. In Atlanta, you have WR Roddy White and WR Julio Jones. In San Francisco you have WR Michael Crabtree and WR Randy Moss. And in Baltimore, you have WR Torrey Smith and WR Anquan Boldin. Me and my fellow analyst, R Giraffe, had a debate between which WR was better, Torrey Smith or Anquan Boldin. R Giraffe said that Smith was the better option and I went with Boldin. I said Boldin was better since he had more recieving yards and catches yet Smith had more TDs. R Giraffe stated that Boldin's yards were all thanks to QB Joe Flacco and that Smith's YAC is higher due to better speed and juke ability. R Giraffe was right about the YAC. Smith averages 5.1 yards after catch and Anquan Boldin had only 4.2 yards after catch. I then brought up the point that its not about the yards it's about the hands. I said that which ever WR had the best catches/throws to percentage was the better receiver. I looked in up, and Bolden has a better catch percentage then Smith. Bolden has a catch rate of 58% and Smith had a catch rate of 44%. R Giraffe was still not convinced so I looked at the greatest WR this year, WR Calvin Johnson. This year, Johnson's YAC was 5 which isn't better than Smith's YAC, so that would mean if a good WR was based off of YAC that Smith was better then Johnson. This set me up for the final shot. Johnson has a catch percentage of 60% which is the percentage of the best WR this year. This means that since Boldin was a WR with 58% completion rate, he is better the Smith.

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