Originally posted by ethan:
Delanie Walker only had 2 catches his rookie season, so McDonald is well ahead of him at the same point of his career.
Walker and McDonald did play in different offensive schemes under different head coaches and different offensive coordinators.
Comparing their production in their first year might be interesting, but it would make more sense to compare their numbers after three years.
But, here are their production numbers from their first year.
Walker played in 7 games .in his first year
McDonald played in 15 games in his first year.
Walker was targeted 4 times in his first year.
McDonald was targeted 19 times in his first year.
Walker had 2 receptions for 30 yards.
McDonald had 8 receptions for 118 yards.
Walker had caught 50% of the passes thrown to him.
McDonald caught 42.1% of the passes thrown to him.
Walker had 0 drops in his first year.
McDonald had 3 drops.
Walker had a drop rate of 0% for both targets and catchable passes.
McDonald dropped 15.8 % of the passes thrown to him.
McDonald dropped 27.27% of the catchable passes thrown to him.
Walker averaged 15 yards per reception.
McDonald averaged 14.9 yards a reception.
[ Edited by buck on Jun 29, 2014 at 7:19 PM ]