Originally posted by SanDiego49er:Originally posted by RichmondPete:Originally posted by SanDiego49er:Originally posted by RichmondPete:Originally posted by SanDiego49er:
That guy fumbles too much. He will fumble as a backup TE or as a WR. He's still a fumbler.
Only 3 career fumbles
He's close to a fumble every time he touches it. He just recovers some of his own. And he doesn't play that much in the regular season. So 3 would be a lot for him based on total # of touches...
He has 83 career catches and 3 lost fumbles. Thats hardly a fumble every time he touches the ball. He has only recovered 2 of his own fumbles in his entire career, bringing his fumble total to a grand total of 5.
Throw in his rushing attempts and he has 91 touches vs 5 total fumbles, 3 lost.
http://www.nfl.com/players/delaniewalker/profile?id=WAL115671
His ratio compares favorably to other 3rd receiving options around the league if you check.
That's pretty bad. Some of the top RB's over history can touch it 300 times in a row without a fumble. His fumble #'s per # of touches are not good. In fact you can make a strong argument they are real bad.
Its actually not, we are not talking about a top running back from history. We are talking about a number 2 tight end. As I said, if you go and take a look at the other 3rd receiving options in the league, his ratio compares favorably. This requires you to gather numbers, not just make a blanket statement about "some of the top running backs in history"
Wes Welker: 19 fumbles in 528 Touches = 1 fumble per 27 touches
Delanie Walker: 3 fumbles in 91 Touches = 1 fumble per 30 touches
[ Edited by RichmondPete on Jun 9, 2011 at 16:50:39 ]