This chart says that Peterson was rarely targeted, but when he did he have up slightly more passes than expected.
we exchanged him for a corner who is one of the most-targeted corners and also surrenders more completions than expected.
Money savings aside, how is this a good exchange?
That chart to me says Butler was in good position more than not. The chart doesn’t note that he was playing behind an atrocious pass-rush, which makes sense with him going against WR1s due to Adoree missing pretty much the whole season.
The fact that Kirkpatrick was in better position than Peterson despite being targeted more is actually alarming in Peterson’s case. Lord knows how much it could’ve been worse for Peterson if QBs looked his away instead of the other cause of name recognition. All behind a very good pass-rush as well.
I’m not high on Butler at all & in fact I’m still angry we didn’t go Newsome in round 1, but I do think he was provide a bit better play than Peterson(which isn’t saying much) & is now relieved to be playing behind a formidable pass-rush.