Eric Ebron

[LKP]

Leads the league in TD passes. Career high already with 6 in Week 6

Hmmmm

 

[Mitchrapp]

You do realize it's because he has a different QB, a better QB? In terms of throwing to a TE.

 

[Mitchrapp]

We could have 2 TE's wide open and Matt would throw it to a covered RB.

 

[LKP]

Stafford has had a QB rating over 100 the past four games. It's not the QB. Lions have had some good RZ weapons though

 

[tomdalton22]

several possibilities

1) Luck is much better at getting him the ball than Stafford was
2) Quin is an idiot for letting him go
3) JBC is an idiot for not using him correctly
4) It's a fluke

 

[tigermud]

several possibilities

1) Luck is much better at getting him the ball than Stafford was
2) Quin is an idiot for letting him go
3) JBC is an idiot for not using him correctly
4) It's a fluke

5) Lucks spin rate isn't as high and he doesn't drop it as much.

 

[grandy]

The Lions just didn't use him as much. His catch rate (57.7%) this year is slightly lower than his catch rate as a Lion (64.1%), and his ypc is 10.9 this year compared to 11.1 as a Lion.

The main difference is targets. His career high for a season is 86 targets in both 2016 (6.6 per game) and 2017 (5.4 per game). This year he's on pace for a whopping 139 targets and is currently sitting at 8.7 per game.

I can't see anything out of the ordinary (catch rate and ypc) that indicates he's much better, he's just being utilized way more. He's simply more of a priority target in Indy than he ever was in Detroit. There's also the outside chance that he may have worked on his game and improved as a player (it does happen sometimes).

The problem lies with the game planning on offense and is primarily why I didn't want the Lions to pay him, I was much more concerned with him not being used rather than his actual ability as a player.

 

[sggatecl]

There are only so many targets to go around. He was never more than a 4th option here. Indy has Hilton and....???

 

[detrisin]

There are only so many targets to go around. He was never more than a 4th option here. Indy has Hilton and....???

Plus, Hilton is hurt.

 

[boogerlovejoy]

The Lions just didn't use him as much. His catch rate (57.7%) this year is slightly lower than his catch rate as a Lion (64.1%), and his ypc is 10.9 this year compared to 11.1 as a Lion.

The main difference is targets. His career high for a season is 86 targets in both 2016 (6.6 per game) and 2017 (5.4 per game). This year he's on pace for a whopping 139 targets and is currently sitting at 8.7 per game.

I can't see anything out of the ordinary (catch rate and ypc) that indicates he's much better, he's just being utilized way more. He's simply more of a priority target in Indy than he ever was in Detroit. There's also the outside chance that he may have worked on his game and improved as a player (it does happen sometimes).

The problem lies with the game planning on offense and is primarily why I didn't want the Lions to pay him, I was much more concerned with him not being used rather than his actual ability as a player.

Stop using common sense, for fucks sake.

 

[grandy]

There are only so many targets to go around. He was never more than a 4th option here. Indy has Hilton and....???

Doyle...who's also hurt. Ebron wouldn't be seeing that volume with Doyle playing. Though considering Doyle can't stay on the field, it was a good move by the Colts.

 

[brewer229]

Ebron is the #1 option for the colts right now. That's scary

 

[mhughes0021]

Ebron is the #1 option for the colts right now. That's scary

He has more tds than our#1 option.

 

[tonyballs]

There are only so many targets to go around. He was never more than a 4th option here. Indy has Hilton and....???

Hilton and ,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,, nobody

 

[tonyballs]

He has more tds than our#1 option.

We should have re-signed him. Offense would have been so close to complete with a TE that can stretch the field. Quinn fucked that one up IMO....

 

[tonyballs]

Ebron is the #1 option for the colts right now. That's scary

That Colts roster is scary. And not in a good way lol....

 

[brewer229]

We should have re-signed him. Offense would have been so close to complete with a TE that can stretch the field. Quinn fucked that one up IMO....

He's a guy that never wanted to be here it seemed, so I'm not sure letting him walk was a bad idea. Hard to say he was worth the 8.25 million we would have had to pay him, considering he would be probably the 5th receiving option.

Also the current TEs have been a boost to our blocking. We have a top 5 YPC RB on our team. Our QB faces the lowest percentage of plays under pressure.

Not sure we would be better with Ebron on our team.

 

[inkfreq]

There is a reason a "change of scenery" can often turn a guy around. If the guys isn't happy here, or thinks the team slighted him, or whatever, he doesn't play hard.

That's on the player. Not the team. Not the coaches. It's the player.

Plenty of players in the history of sports have been unhappy with the team for a myriad of reasons, and still go out and play their asses off, and leave then that contract expires. They go out like professionals.

Two things are now evident from seeing what Ebron is doing in Indy this year....

#1 He was probably good enough to be a Top 10 pick
#2 He never lived up to it, and it's not like the Lions didn't give him chances

He was a flop here because of him, and no one else.

 

[mhughes0021]

There is a reason a "change of scenery" can often turn a guy around. If the guys isn't happy here, or thinks the team slighted him, or whatever, he doesn't play hard.

That's on the player. Not the team. Not the coaches. It's the player.

Plenty of players in the history of sports have been unhappy with the team for a myriad of reasons, and still go out and play their asses off, and leave then that contract expires. They go out like professionals.

Two things are now evident from seeing what Ebron is doing in Indy this year....

#1 He was probably good enough to be a Top 10 pick
#2 He never lived up to it, and it's not like the Lions didn't give him chances

He was a flop here because of him, and no one else.

I'll have to disagree...i thought he was used horribly. 1st 2 years were chalked up to some learning curve crap so he was seldomly used. Then he spent 2 years running 2 yard speed outs. A stretch the field match up problem running 2 yard routes. Stafford and jbc created this offense... and this is more proof they are both morons.

 

[tigermud]

We should have re-signed him. Offense would have been so close to complete with a TE that can stretch the field. Quinn fucked that one up IMO....

Disagree the offense doesn’t seem to throw to TE’s and ebron couldn’t block for shit

Would also note everytime it try to type ebron on this damn auto correct tablet it my thumb always hits n instead of b and I try to post Enron before I catch and correct

Stupid shit