Breaking down Utah's abundance of dropped passes

SALT LAKE CITY — Fall camp at the University of Utah was a bit deceiving to all that were invited to watch practice. Receivers made big-time plays and caught nearly everything that came their way with ease.

But three games into the season, receivers have failed to live up to their preseason hype, and the offense has been lackluster, failing to score points and extend drives. It’s not that the receivers lack the talent, it’s that they’re not living up to their potential due to multiple dropped passes throughout the early season.

After reviewing all three games and assigning “blame,” several interesting points emerged. First off, let’s define some terms I created for this purpose:

Drops PBU…