Hayden Hurst

Here are more stats:

player........catches.......targets....catch%..........avg yds
Adam         57              70           81                 10.2
Hurst         14              24           58                   8.3
Tremble       6                7           85                   7.5

Before the season started I thought Hurst and Thielen would have more similar stats. (By the way, Chark and Mingo have lower catch %s)  I thought the TEs would be much more involved.

Why do you think Hurst's catch rate is so low?

Why is this offense not going to the TE's?

Interesting numbers.  
Hurst runs primarily short, abrupt, hard-crossing routes in heavy traffic. He has had a minimal number of balls hit his hands that he didn’t hold onto.  I’ve seen only a couple of actual drops. Most of the ‘misses’ have been way high and behind him. You see him jump, twist backwards, and maybe get a fingertip on the ball. Young has a tough time throwing sharp, quick, SHORT passes into tight spots. Further downfield it’s not so bad.

From the LOS out maybe 4-6 yds it’s really congested and Young can’t get the ball down in the catch zone. This area is where Hurst lives (here with the Panthers). No reason he couldn’t run deeper crossing routes or slants, posts, or vertical seams (like Olsen used to do). But he’s just not getting any targets in that part of the field.