Bennett's ‘drop rate' tops in the NFL

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Jay Cutler and Earl Bennett have had on-the-field chemistry dating back to their days in Vanderbilt, and again when Cutler was traded to the Bears before the 2009 season.
That chemistry has made for one of the most efficient quarterback-wide receiver duos in the league, according to Pro Football Focus.
PFF continued its off-season coverage by looking at the best and worst wide receiver "drop rates" in the league over the last three seasons (best meaning the lowest percentage). And sitting atop the list, just above Arizona's Larry Fitzgerald, was Bennett, who has dropped just four passes the last three seasons.
Counting the 127 catchable balls Bennett has seen since 2009, his "drop rate" stands at a remarkable 3.15 percent. Fitzgerald's rate was second with a 3.27 percent drop rate, although he has seen 275 catchable balls in that same span.
And while Bennett has the smallest sample size of any of the top 15 receivers on the list, it's an impressive number nonetheless.
On the other end, Brandon Marshall has had some of the shakiest hands in the league.
The newly acquired Bear ranks fifth in targets with 419, and third in catchable passes with 303. But Marshall, who spent the last three seasons in Miami with quarterbacks Chad Henne and Matt Moore, has the most drops of any player (35) over the last three seasons.
Marshall's 35 drops in 303 attempts gives him a drop rate of 11.55, the 10th worst mark of qualified receivers the last three years.
Also on that list were Roy E. Williams, who had the worst drop rate of any receiver (14.62). Williams spent two of those seasons in Dallas, and had 37 receptions in his one season in Chicago last year.
Devin Hester also appeared on the list at No. 15, with 14 drops out of 136 catchable balls (10.29).
Cutler has never finished better than 13th in completion percentage in his five years in the league, but perhaps this shows there is more to the story...whenever he isn't throwing to Bennett.

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