I often find that it’s useful to forget the money and the hype and the stars and instead to think about the game of football at its most basic. I think about what it’s like to have a career as a high school football coach trying to win a championship.
In high school, the raw material for building a roster is left mostly to chance (putting aside the little bit of recruiting that goes on in some places). The head coach has very little control over the quality of players who show up
Great original post Shaw. I took up your challenge from your above post...it's not the most "in-depth" dive, and doesn't answer all of your questions, but it at least gives a good overview to try and draw some conclusions.
Here are the snap counts, targets, and yards for the top pass catchers in 2023, divided into the first half of the season and the second half of the year:
Player 1st 8 games (snaps/targets/yards) Last 9 games (snaps/targets/yards)