Benjamin Watson

NE logoNew England PatriotsTE#84
32.6
REC YDS/G
3.8
REC/G
4.9
TGT/G
16
Games 2017
62%
Snap share typical game
Height
6'3"
Weight
255 lb
Age
45
College
Georgia, Duke
Drafted
2004 · round 1, pick 32 · NE
Time in league
16 seasons
Status
Active

Game log

201920182017201520142013201220112010200920082007200620052004
 RECTGTREC YDSREC TDFPTS
WK 1@CIN logoCIN01000.0
WK 2vsCLE logoCLE8891017.1
WK 3@JAX logoJAX3312110.2
WK 4vsPIT logoPIT564309.3
WK 5@LV logoLV24202.2
WK 6vsCHI logoCHI682808.8
WK 7@MIN logoMIN553808.8
WK 8vsMIA logoMIA24618.6
WK 9@TEN logoTEN71041011.1
WK 11@GB logoGB113304.3
WK 12vsHOU logoHOU332905.9
WK 13vsDET logoDET3524111.4
WK 14@PIT logoPIT01000.0
WK 15@CLE logoCLE4474117.4
WK 16vsIND logoIND564009.0
WK 17vsCIN logoCIN71061013.1

2017 regular season. He recorded no postseason games.

4REC a gameAhead of what his opportunities were worth across 16 games.
84
WK 1WK 3WK 5WK 7WK 9WK 12WK 14WK 16WK 17

ActualExpected from his opportunitiesAllowed by that defence to his position

Hit rate

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over
3.5
Median
3.8
Average
0 to 8
Range
65%
Swing
16
Games

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Context

2017

As a returner

Career on file
Kickoff returns
1
1 yds · 1.0 avg
Return touchdowns
0
none on file

Across 15 regular seasons on file. Return yards are the yards he gained, not the yards the kick travelled.

His role

Share of his team's snaps
-3points of snap shareHe was playing less by the end of the season.

62% of his team's offensive snaps across his first 13 games of 2017, 59% across the last 3 — and 4.0 touches or attempts a game against 6.0, up 2.0.

Snap share is the coaching staff's own weekly statement about his job, and it moves before the points do. It cannot say why — injury, benching and game script all look identical here.

Against the schedule he faced

Opponent adjusted
1.04schedule index · RECHe faced defences more generous than average.
StatIdxActualAdjustedDiff
  1. REC1.046159-2
  2. TGT1.027977-2
  3. REC YDS1.03522518-4
  4. REC TD0.9643-1

Below 1 was a hard schedule, above 1 an easy one, and it differs by stat. Rated on 16 of 16 regular-season games in 2017; the rest are left unadjusted rather than dropped. Playoff games are not included, because what a defence allows is measured over the league season.

Splits

Per game
 GRECTGTREC YDSREC TDFPTS
Last 335.36.758.30.313.2
Last 553.85.239.80.410.2
Last 10103.74.934.60.39.0
Home84.96.340.30.310.4
Away82.83.625.00.36.8

Career

2004–2019
 GRECTGTREC YDSREC TDFPTS
NE logo2019NE91724173034.3
NO logo2018NO133546400287.0
BAL logo2017BAL1661795224137.2
NO logo2015NO16741108256190.5
NO logo2014NO152031136245.6
NO logo2013NO141930226253.6
CLE logo2012CLE1649815013117.1
CLE logo2011CLE133771410290.0
CLE logo2010CLE16681027633162.2
NE logo2009NE132941404599.4
NE logo2008NE12220209252.9
NE logo2007NE123603896112.0
NE logo2006NE135006573131.7
NE logo2005NE14290441495.1
NE logo2004NE1201603.6

Regular season totals.