Alshon Jeffery is getting fewer targets this year and John Fox is fine with that

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Five-plus weeks into the NFL season, receiver has been targeted with 31 pa ses, making Bogdan Bogdanovic Jersey  him tied with eight other players for 49th in the NFL. There are six players ahead of Jeffery that have played only four games, including teammate . Despite the exodus of other top targets like and , Jeffery's targets per game average is down to 6.2 a week after averaging 9.4 per game over the last three seasons.Still, Bears coach John Fox does not nece sarily think Jeffery needs to be thrown the ball more often. "We would like to have the ball more. We would like to score more points," Fox said Friday, . "But there's only one ball, and it's hard to get it to everybody. I think he has been what I would consider -- I think our opponents do too -- pretty productive."Fox reportedly disputed the a Dewayne Dedmon Jersey  sertion that Jeffery needs to be targeted more often by citing the fact that Jeffery has only three fewer catches than slot receiver and tight end .   "From a production standpoint, to say that we're not getting him Kyle Guy Jersey  the ball is a little bit off," Fox said.That seems sort of beside the point, though. First of all, Jeffery's production is way down from years past. He's averaging 4.4 catches for 78.8 yards per game and has yet to find the end zone after averaging 5.6 catches for 82.0 yards per game and scoring 21 touchdowns over the last three seasons (in which he played 41 games).Second of all, Jeffery is a far more talented player than either Royal or Miller.  Third of all, Jeffery has been on the field more often than either Royal Jahmi'us Ramsey Jersey  or Miller, and has been targeted le s often when out in routes. Per Pro Football Focus tracking, Jeffery has run 28 more routes than Miller this season and 43 more than Royal, yet is practically even with both in terms of targets. As a percentage of routes run, he is way behind both players. PLAYERROUTESTARGETSTARGET %Jeffery1953115.9%Royal1523221.1% Peja Stojakovic Jersey Miller1672917.4%Given the skill level of the players in question, that does not seem like the kind of target distribution the Bears should be comfortable with. Considering that they are 1-4 and averaging only 17 points per game (30th in the NFL), it wouldn't be the worst idea for the Bears to simply start feeding the ball to their best offensive player, whether the coverage dictates it or not.
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