Week 9 Target Report highlights
The Dolphins put up 35 passes in Week 9. Surprisingly, 14 of those were targeted for our old friend, Davone Bess. It’s a surprise because Chad Henne is not the right quarterback for Bess -- Chad Pennington was. Henne’s big arm likes to go deep, which isn’t Bess’ game.
So after totaling just 66 yards in Henne’s first four starts, Bess had six grabs for 56 yards last week. His 72-catch pace isn’t quite what we hoped for, but it’s not too shabby either. We’ll see if Henne locks on to Bess again this week.
Anyway, on to this week’s highlights. Here are four pass-catching situations that caught our eye in Week 9:
CARDINALS
Larry Fitzgerald: 14
Steve Breaston: 6
Early Doucet: 4
Tim Hightower: 3
Anthony Becht: 2
Ben Patrick: 2
Jerheme Urban: 1
We learned on Sunday that Doucet is the Cards’ No. 4 receiver, not Urban. It’s worth nothing because Anquan Boldin is so injury prone and could easily miss more games this year. Also, Breaston was not a target monster just because Boldin was out. Arizona attacked Charles Tillman, who was shadowing Fitzgerald. Then Zack Bowman came on for an injured Tillman, and they attacked that matchup some more.
TITANS
Justin Gage: 8
Nate Washington: 5
Chris Johnson: 4
Bo Scaife: 3
Since Vince Young took over in Week 7, Gage has been targeted 13 times. Washington has gotten seven looks and Kenny Britt has seen one. There’s not much upside with this passing game, but the only one worth anything right now is Gage.
STEELERS
Hines Ward: 9
Mike Wallace: 8
Santonio Holmes: 6
Heath Miller: 4
Limas Sweed: 1
Rashard Mendenhall: 1
There’s a lot of panic out there about Holmes, but he’s still an excellent WR3 or a low-end WR2. If you don’t believe that, ask Champ Bailey.
REDSKINS
Santana Moss: 8
Fred Davis: 4
Mike Sellers: 3
Antwaan Randle El: 3
Devin Thomas: 2
Malcolm Kelly: 2
Marko Mitchell: 2
Ladell Betts: 1
Todd Yoder: 1
Rock Cartwright: 1
Davis’ target total was pretty disappointing and the fact that one of his drops led directly to an interception is a bad sign. One interesting name on here is Marko Mitchell. It’s painful to say it, but the rookie seventh-rounder is probably a better prospect than Thomas or Kelly.
TARGET REPORT QUICK HITTERS:
Maurice Stovall led the Bucs with seven targets last week and there are calls for him to replace Mark (Oops, Michael) Clayton in the lineup full time. … Malcom Floyd saw seven targets but caught just two balls. Meanwhile, Chris Chambers got four targets in his first game as a Chief and turned two of them into touchdowns. … Miles Austin saw double teams and ended up with just four targets.
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