Clayton Vs. NFL Receivers – Week 6
We now have 6 weeks worth of statistics in the books, so we thought we'd check back in to take a quick look at how Michael Clayton stacks up against the receivers in the NFL.
- Receptions - Claytons 11 receptions ties him at #141 in the league. Among the list of recievers he's tied with is St. Louis Rams tight end Daniel Fells. While he has about 35 fewer yards than Clayton, he has two things that we doubt Clayton will get this year - touchdowns. He also makes about $4.5 million less per year than Clayton.
- Yards - Claytons 154 yards puts him at #106 in the league. That gives him a total of 3 more yards (on 2 less catches) than teammate Sammie Stroughter. Stroughter has been playing outstanding football though and he has built his stats with steady play as opposed to Claytons one decent game followed by absolute crap. And he makes about $4.5 million less per year than Clayton.
- Touchdowns - Claytons zero touchdown catches (which is still completely not a surprise) ties him at #138. He's tied with a bunch of people here, a group that includes, among others, my 9 year old daughter. And while I am very proud that she has the same amount of TD's as a $5 million/year NFL wide receiver along with 8 fewer drops (again, she's only 9 years old, stands at about 52 inches, and weighs less than 60 pounds), but she's an excellent value when you consider her allowance is about $96,143 less per week than what Michael Clayton gets.
Again, we're not surprised by the numbers Clayton is putting up (or should we say "not putting up); they are pretty average for him based on his career numbers. We're just having a hard time figuring out why he's getting paid so much more than Daniel Fells, Sammie Stroughter, and my daughter. Especially considering their production is virtually the same.
The Gang @ 80Sucks.com
14 Guys You’ve Never Heard Of That Are Better Than Michael Clayton
I don't know who these guys are, but I'd take any one of them over Clayton
How bad is Michael Clayton?
We decided that we needed a more concrete answer to this question than just "he sucks". How bad is he really? So to answer the question, we did a little investigative journalism, and some exhaustive editing, and came up with a list of 14 wide receivers in the NFL that had better stats than Michael Clayton. Oh yeah, and we tried to find guys that you literally had never heard of.
So what were the criteria, how did we come up with the list? Well first, we decided to compile a list of guys that had better statistics than Michael Clayton in every metric. In other words, there were some guys that had more catches but less yards, so we scratched them out. There were some guys with more yards but less catches, so we scratched them out. There were some guys with more drops but less...just kidding, nobody has more drops than Clayton. And of course nobody has less TD's than Clayton, so that one doesn't matter.
Then we went over the list again and took out the guys that you shouldn't have ever heard of, but did because they were in some way high profile like Sidney Rice who plays with Brett Favre or Pierre Garcon who plays in Indy or Louis Murphy that nobody outside of Florida knows but you do.
We can't believe we're saying this but we were actually very fair to Clayton in compiling this list. There were lots of guys that we felt belonged on the list, but we took them out because we thought someone might have heard of them (besides just the true fantasy geeks).
So here it is, 15 guys that you've never heard of that are better than Michael Clayton. (And we're sure they probably all get paid far less, but we didn't do the research to confirm it) Also, interesting note: there are three guys on this list (meaning they have better stats than Clayton) that play in St. Louis, the worst offense in the NFL. Now if that doesn't tell you how bad Michael Clayton is then you just don't get it.
Donnie Avery - St. Louis - 2nd year out of Houston
rec-19 yds-213 td-2
last year-3td
Earl Bennett - Chicago - 2nd year out of Vanderbilt
rec-19 yds-257 td-0
last year-no catches
Davone Bess - Miami - 2nd year out of Hawaii
rec-23 yds-175 td-0
last year-1td
Mark Bradley - Kansas City - 5th year out of Oklahoma
rec-15 yds-177 td-1
last year-3td (on 30 receptions)
Keenan Burton - St. Louis - 2nd year out of Kentucky
rec-17 yds-171 td-0
last year-1td
Greg Camarillo - Miami - 4th year out of Stanford
rec-14 yds-119 td-0
last year-2td
Austin Collie - Indianapolis - Rookie out of Brigham Young
rec-20 yds-228 td-3
last year-at BYU (he's only got 1 start)
Julian Edelman - New England - Rookie out of Kent State
rec-21 yds-188 td-0
last year-at Kent State (he was a quarterback)
Bryant Johnson - Detroit - 7th year out of Penn State
rec-17 yds-207 td-1
last year-3td (never gone a season w/o a TD unlike our #80)
Josh Morgan - San Francisco - 2nd year out of Virginia Tech
rec-13 yds-202 td-1
last year-3td
Laurent Robinson - St. Louis - 3rd year out of Illinois State
rec-13 yds-167 td-1
last year-5 recs
Mike Sims-Walker - Jacksonville - 3rd year out of UCF
rec-28 yds-398 td-3
last year-1 start 16-recs
Jerheme Urban - Arizona - 6th year out of Trinity
rec-15 yds-172 td-0
last year-4tds (this guy plays behind Fitzgeral, Boldin & Breaston)
Mike Wallace - Pittsburgh - Rookie out of Mississippi
rec-18 yds-296 td-1
last year-at Mississippi
Michael Clayton Leads The NFL . . . In Dropped Passes
With all that money you'd think Clayton could buy some hands
Your very own Michael Clayton of the Tampa Bay Buccaneers leads the NFL in a critical statistical category . . . dropped passes.
According to the lastest statistics published on the Washington Post website, Clayton sits atop the NFL Receiving Leaders Dropped Passes category tied with Santonio Holmes and Robert Royal with 5 Drops each.
Although they list it as a tie, we still consider Michael Clayton the undisputed leader. Why? Well, Santonio Holmes has more than twice as many catches and receiving yards this season as Clayton does and he's on pace for a 1000 yard season. Robert Royal (yes we checked, this is a real player) has two things that Michael Clayton does not have this season, a touchdown and a win. Plus, Royal hasn't had a season without a touchdown in 6 years, Clayton is working on his third scoreless season in the past 5 years.
Plus, Santonio Holmes is averaging about $1.6 million per year and Robert Royal about $2.5 million per year compared to Clayton's $5 million per year. So "dollar for dollar" we feel safe in saying Clayton has the worst hands in the league.
Note: Even though the Washington Post lists Clayton at 5 drops, we think we are being pretty generous to list him on our site with only 7 drops (also many other sites use 7 drops as his total). Just in case you found an inconsistency between our graphic at the right and what the Washington Post reports, we think we're right and they're wrong.
The Gang @ 80Sucks.com
Clayton Vs. NFL Receivers
Clayton has lots of this
With 5 weeks worth of statistics almost in the books, we ought to be able to start making some projections and comparisons. So let's take a quick look at how Michael Clayton stacks up against the receivers in the NFL.
- Receptions - Claytons 10 receptions ties him at #131 in the league. Among the list of recievers he's tied with is teamate Sammie Stroughter. That's not a slam on Stroughter, we think he is doing a decent job considering he's a rookie. He also makes about $4.5 million less per year than Clayton.
- Yards - Claytons 145 yards ties him at #97 in the league. The receiver he's tied with here is none other than New England Patriots WR Julian Edelman. Now, we know what you're thinking: Who the F is Julian Edelman? He's a rookie out of Kent State. Oh, by the way, he played Quarterback at Kent State. So yeah, Clayton is tied with a QB out of Kent State in receiving yards. And that's not a slam on Edelman, we think he's having a pretty good year considering all the other targets Tom Brady has and the fact he is learning a new position. And he makes about $3 million less per year than Clayton.
- Touchdowns - Claytons zero touchdown catches (which is completely not a surprise) ties him at #129. He's tied with a bunch of people here, a group that includes, among others, me. And that's not a slam on me, we think I'm doing a pretty good job considering I have the same amount of TD's as a $5 million/year NFL wide receiver but 7 fewer drops. Plus, I make roughly $5 million per year less than Clayton (give or take a few thousand).
Frankly, we're not surprised by the numbers Clayton is putting up; they are pretty average for him based on his career numbers. We're just having a hard time figuring out why he's getting paid so much more than Sammie Stroughter, Julian Edelman, and me. Especially considering our production is virtually the same.
The Gang @ 80Sucks.com
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