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Josh Downs sucking with a 95% route rate. I I truly would have never thought this was in the range... if you had told me that 6 weeks in his like lowest route participation was 80 plus percent I'd have been drafting him in what like the 6th round or something?
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Bust despite 95% route rate; would've been 6th-round pick on volume alone
Josh Downs is underperforming dramatically despite a 95% route rate; the source notes this is shocking given his draft capital (would have been a 6th-round pick if his 80%+ route participation floor was known 6 weeks in), and he continues to be bad even while playing every down, suggesting a disconnect between opportunity and production. Quarterback play (Daniel Jones) and execution issues (interception bounce off his hands) compound the concern. Laquon Treadwell could see increased usage over Downs in heavy personnel packages, potentially reducing Downs' route participation from 95% to around 65% in those situations.
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