Benjamin Watson

NE logoNew England PatriotsTE#84
30.8
REC YDS/G
2.7
REC/G
3.5
TGT/G
13
Games 2018
49%
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 1vsTB logoTB444408.4
WK 2vsCLE logoCLE351904.9
WK 3@ATL logoATL5671012.1
WK 4@NYG logoNYG132303.3
WK 5vsWAS logoWAS443007.0
WK 7@BAL logoBAL6643116.3
WK 9vsLA logoLA3462115.2
WK 10@CIN logoCIN12101.1
WK 12vsATL logoATL122003.0
WK 14@TB logoTB332405.4
WK 15@CAR logoCAR122803.8
WK 16vsPIT logoPIT12601.6
WK 17vsCAR logoCAR232904.9
DIVvsPHI logoPHI111202.2

2018 regular season and 1 postseason game, in the order they were played.

3REC a gameAhead of what his opportunities were worth across 14 games.
84
WK 1WK 3WK 5WK 9WK 12WK 15WK 17DIV

ActualExpected from his opportunitiesAllowed by that defence to his position

Hit rate

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over
2.5
Median
2.6
Average
1 to 6
Range
66%
Swing
14
Games

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Context

2018

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
-13points of snap shareHe was playing less by the end of the season.

51% of his team's offensive snaps across his first 11 games of 2018, 38% across the last 3 — and 4.0 touches or attempts a game against 2.0, down 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
1.09schedule index · RECHe faced defences more generous than average.
StatIdxActualAdjustedDiff
  1. REC1.093532-3
  2. TGT1.084643-3
  3. REC YDS1.10400375-25
  4. REC TD1.0922-0

Below 1 was a hard schedule, above 1 an easy one, and it differs by stat. Rated on 13 of 13 regular-season games in 2018; 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 · playoffs included
 GRECTGTREC YDSREC TDFPTS
Last 331.32.015.70.02.9
Last 551.62.219.80.03.6
Last 10102.32.925.50.26.1
Home82.43.127.80.15.9
Away62.83.731.70.27.0

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.