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Detroit Lions - Team Notes

The #Lions had great contributions from their rookies in 2018, safety Tracy Walker (@TracyWalkerIII) and DI Da?Shawn Hand (@TheHand54) earned the two highest grades in a season by a rookie defender for the team

Walker- 89.8 overall (3rd)
Hand- 87.4 overall (16th)#OnePride

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Do Lions receivers have a problem with drops?
One stat suggests Lions WRs struggled catching the ball in 2018. Should that concern fans for 2019?

Over the past few years, it seemed like the Detroit Lions had fully rebounded from the sudden retirement of Calvin Johnson. Marvin Jones and Golden Tate led a one-two punch on offense that saw the Lions? aerial attack earn some well-deserved recognition.

The drafting of Kenny Golladay took the wide receiver room to the next step, and it seemed like the Lions were pretty much set at starter. Obviously, things took a turn when Tate was traded away midseason in 2018, but were things always that rosy? And how does the wide receiver corps look for 2019?

Well, according to FantasyData.com and CBS Sports contributor, Lions receivers?past and present?had a serious catching problem last season. Take look:
Now let's look at the worst drop rate for WRs in 2018 (50+ targets):

Devin Funchess 13.9%
Laquon Treadwell 13.2%
John Ross 12.1%
Keelan Cole 10%
Randall Cobb 9.8%
Demaryius Thomas 9%
Kelvin Benjamin 9%
Corey Davis 8.9%
Golden Tate 8.8%
Antonio Calloway 8.6%
Josh Gordon 8.5%

Okay, that?s just Golden Tate and he went through a quarterback change last year. No problem. Why did you even bring this up, Jeremy?
Well, inner-self, it?s not just him, unfortunately.

WRs with the worst hands last season (50+ targets) per True Catch Rate:
Kelvin Benjamin
John Ross
Jermaine Kearse
Courtland Sutton
John Brown
Michael Gallup
Zay Jones
David Moore
Donte Moncrief
Marvin Jones

Note: I don?t have a direct definition of True Catch Rate is, but I know it does not include uncatchable passes)

This list includes two Lions players currently on the roster: Marvin Jones Jr. and Jermaine Kearse.

Jones? inclusion on the list is particularly interesting because back in his college days, he developed a reputation of having problems with drops. Almost immediately, Jones put that notion to bed in the NFL with one of the best (lowest) drop rates in the league.

Obviously, last year was a bit of a step back for Jones, but taking into account his full resume, I?m not sure there?s too much to worry about. As for Kearse, we?ll see how he does with a new quarterback.

While we?re on the topic of Marvin Jones, Pro Football Focus? Daniel Rymer wonders if his deep-ball catch rate can improve back to 2017 levels this season.

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https://www.prideofdetroit.com/2019...-first-4-games-2019-top-10-nfl-wide-receivers
Pride Of Detroit Lions Blog Podcast Previewing the Detroit Lions? first 4 games of 2019; Top 10 NFL Wide receivers. 70 minutes.
The PODcast turns its attention to the 2019 NFL season.

This week, the PODcast is moving on from the Way Back Machine. We ran that thing into the ground, and even though there?s two months of the season still left to revisit we?d... well, frankly, we?d rather not.

At this point in the offseason, we?re so close to training camp and the preseason. It?s probably better to look forward than to look back. So this week we debut our Way-Forward Machine, and take a look at the Detroit Lions? 2019 schedule in quarters.

The Lions kick off the season with a pretty tough schedule. Three out of their first four opponents made the playoffs in 2018, and the other is starting first overall pick Kyler Murray with a brand new head coach. The Lions got off to a rough start last year, are they doomed to do it again?

That?s the main topic on this week?s podcast, as we also bring back LISTCAST for the top 10 wide receivers in the NFL for the 2019 season.

This week on the PODcast:
Oh god, the Lions play another rookie quarterback in Week 1. How will this year be different going up against the Cardinals and Kyler Murray? The crew discusses.

Last year, the Lions lost some strange early games, but won some even stranger contests. Do we really know anything about their 2019 opponents or do we just think we do?

Lions home schedule opens up with Chargers, Chiefs? Uh, yikes.

LISTCAST CONTINUES: Who are the top 10 wide receivers in the league? (You can see our individual ballots here).

Is Antonio Brown still a top-three WR? Julio Jones or DeAndre Hopkins? Who is the best WR in the NFC North?

Mailbag talks best Faygo flavors, blocking Khalil Mack vs. getting dunked on by Lebron, and under-the-radar Lions players.
 
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