Alright, listen up, y’all. We’re gonna talk about them football fellas, the ones who just can’t seem to hold onto the ball. You know, the butterfingers of the NFL in 2022. We ain’t usin’ no fancy words here, just plain talk, like you’d hear sittin’ on the porch swing.
So, some folks, they keep track of all sorts of things. Like how many times a fella tries to throw the ball, they call it “dropbacks” or some such nonsense. And they got numbers goin’ all the way back to when your grandpa was a young’un. Can you believe that? They say this Tampa Bay team, they threw the ball more than anyone else in 2022. Musta had arms like windmills!
But we ain’t talkin’ ’bout throwin’ today, we’re talkin’ ’bout droppin’! You know, when the ball hits a fella’s hands and then…poof! Gone! Like a greased piglet at the county fair.
- Now, they got these fellas, like that Geno Smith fella from Seattle. He threw the ball alright, lots of times they say, but sometimes his buddies couldn’t catch it. That’s what we call a drop.
- And then there’s these other teams, whole bunches of ’em. They play all these games, some they win, some they lose. But the important thing is, how many times they drop the darn ball. That’s what we wanna know.
This fella, Cooper, seems he had a real problem holdin’ onto the ball. Dropped it more than anyone since 2021, they say. Thirty-two times! Imagine that, thirty-two times droppin’ the ball. My grandson coulda done better, and he ain’t even ten yet!
Then there’s this other young’un, Chase his name is. He dropped it a lot too, especially when he first started playin’. Twenty-nine times they say, but twenty-two of ’em were in his first two years. Maybe he got better, maybe he just got lucky. Who knows with these young fellas?
Now, figuring out who dropped the ball the most in 2022, that’s a bit tricky. They don’t just hand out that information like candy at a parade. You gotta dig around, look at the numbers. And these numbers, they can be confusing as a dog chasing its tail.
They talk about “drop percentage,” which is just fancy talk for how many times a fella drops the ball compared to how many times they try to catch it. And some teams, they drop it more than others. The Bears, seems like they had a bit of a droppin’ problem in 2022. But they ain’t the only ones, oh no. There’s plenty of blame to go around.
It’s a shame, really. These fellas, they get paid all that money, and they can’t even hold onto a ball. Back in my day, we played with a rock, and we held onto it just fine! Course, we weren’t gettin’ paid millions to do it, neither.
So, who had the most drops in NFL 2022? Well, it ain’t always clear-cut. You got your fellas who drop it a bunch individually, like Cooper and Chase. Then you got your teams that, as a whole, drop it more than others. The Bears, they seem to come up a lot in those conversations. But it ain’t just about one team, plenty of teams had problems holding onto that pigskin, believe you me. You gotta look at the whole picture, not just one little piece.
Finding the exact number for the most drops overall in 2022, well, that’s like tryin’ to find a needle in a haystack. These sports fellas, they keep some things close to their chest. But one thing’s for sure, there were plenty of drops to go around. Enough to make you wanna pull your hair out, that’s for sure.
And while Geno Smith, he did pretty good throwin’ the ball, havin’ the best completion percentage in 2022 they say, it just goes to show ya, even the best quarterbacks can’t do nothin’ if their fellas can’t hold onto the darn ball. It takes a whole team, you see, not just one fella. And if some of them fellas keep droppin’ the ball, well, they ain’t gonna win too many games, that’s for sure. That’s just common sense, even us old folks can figure that out.
So, there you have it. A whole lot of talkin’ about droppin’ footballs. Maybe next year they’ll get some stickum or somethin’, help them boys hold onto that leather. But for now, all we can do is shake our heads and wonder how these fellas get paid so much to drop the ball so often.