Garcon Coming on Strong

Only a few weeks ago, I noted that Pierre Garcon was having an abysmal season. Since then, he's thrown the breaks on the train wreck and turned it around. Here are his numbers through the first ten games of the season compared with numbers the last 3: Catches Targets Catch Rate Yards YPC TD Weeks 1-10 32 69 46% 406 12.7 1 Weeks 11-13 19 22 86% 221 11.6 3 Here are his advanced metrics now compared with when I wrote the article DYAR DVOA Yards EYAR Catch Rate Weeks 1-9 -75 -28.7 344 271 47% 2010 Full +42 -7.0 627 657 57% Wow. That's a stunning turnaround in just four games. Garcon went from having one of the worst seasons in Colts history to having a not good, but not awful year. That's basically the effect of three outstanding games. These stats measure the quality of the catches Garcon gets. Namely, he's started being effective on third down. Giving Manning a target he can trus...