Ten targets. One catch. Sixteen yards.
Only 13 wide receivers since 1999 have had a game with one catch or fewer on at least 10 targets. But one of them was Tampa Bay’s Mike Evans against Carolina in Week 9, when Panthers cornerback James Bradberry held him to one of the most unproductive games of his career.
While Carolina’s third-year cornerback received praise for that performance, his next three games were characterized by the big plays he gave up.
u25aa He was beaten badly by Pittsburgh’s JuJu Smith-Schuster, who caught a 72-yard touchdown on the Steelers’ first play of the game in Week 10.