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The wide receivers for the Rams were the primary cause of Matthew Stafford’s 2023 incompletions.

With Puka Nacua and Cooper Kupp at the forefront, the Los Angeles Rams are regarded as having one of the strongest wide receiver groupings in the NFL. Demarcus Robinson arrived late in the season, but TuTu Atwell had considerable success early on behind Nacua and Kupp.

Nevertheless, the Rams receivers were far more accountable than other teams for some of Matthew Stafford’s incompletions in 2023, even with a good receiver room. The Rams recorded the second-highest percentage of incompletions because to receiver inaccuracy (21%), according to Sharp Football Analytics. The Jaguars were the only team with a higher percentage.

This was particularly problematic on third downs, when receiver inaccuracy accounted for 26% of Matthew Stafford’s incomplete passes. The only quarterbacks in the game who

But that doesn’t mean Stafford was faultless. 34.9 percent of Stafford’s passes in 2023 were incomplete as a result of misdirected passes. In the NFL, this was tied for eleventh. Notably, highly regarded quarterbacks with greater percentages were Lamar Jackson, Trevor Lawrence, and Jordan Love.

These figures come as a bit of a surprise given how precise McVay usually expects from his receivers. While Nacua’s route running got better during the season, Kupp has been among the NFL’s best. In contrast, receiver inaccuracy accounted for just 14% of Brock Purdy’s third-down incompletions. That also applied to every 49ers incompletion throughout that season.

Here, the primary distinction was that last year, Rams receivers accounted for the fourth-highest number of drops. Nacua led the NFL in drops with 13, and among wide receivers with at least 50 targets, his 10.2 percent drop percentage ranked 11th. A team like the 49ers, on the other hand, only had nine drops in 2023.