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