Thursday, May 20, 2010

Something's Not Quite Right Here

Dan Pompei of the Chicago Tribune handicaps the Bears' wide receiver race. There are six receivers expected to make the roster, and he gives odds for each to be in "the top three". Here's the breakdown, with the odds also converted to a rounded percentage:

Devin Hester - 4 to 5 (56%)
Johnny Knox - Even (50%)
Devin Aromashodu - 3 to 1 (25%)
Earl Bennett - 10 to 1 (9%)
Juaquin Iglesias - 30 to 1 (3%)
Rashied Davis - 40 to 1 (2%)

Notice anything? Six receivers, three spots, you would expect the percentages to average out to about 50%, right? It looks like Dan expects there to be about a receiver and a half in the Bears' top three. Are they going to line up with a lot of 10-man empty slot formations this fall?

(Feel free to mock my pedantry, but hey, there hasn't been a new post in awhile, and I thought this was at least mildly amusing.)

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