[detjetsfan]

Originally Posted by Rexipus Rex

In what regard?

McCareins's issue with the Jets was drops...plus his strengths, namely the deep ball, were limited with Pennington's dilapidated shoulder. Regardless, he was trash.

If you are comparing Meachem to McCareins as far as hands, then I couldn't disagree any more. These numbers are hard to research, but I never saw Meachem in the upper echelon of dropped passes or drop percentage. In fact, I came across something that said in 2009, Meachem caught 38 of his 49 targets (77%), good for the second highest in the league. Now part of that is attributed to Brees's pinpoint accuracy, but that is still damn good, especially for a deep threat.

Garçon, on the other hand, does not have good hands. I don't have this year's stats, but he had 20 drops in 2008-2010. And that is with Peyton Manning throwing the ball. And he only had a handful of grabs in 2008. He was dropping 1 of every 8 catchable balls coming his way, which is not the same thing as targets. That was bottom of the barrel in the league.

J-Mac's main issue was that he was a deep threat with no speed. I really don't know what player Terry Bradway thought he saw in Tennesee that he gave up more to trade for Justin McCareins than the Eagles gave up for TO that year.