See it: New York Giants' Darius Slayton reacts to his drop in Madden 26 trailer
See it: New York Giants' Darius Slayton reacts to his drop in Madden 26 trailer
What does New York Giants wide receiver Darius Slayton have to do to shed the stigma of having poor hands?
True, the 2019 fifth-round pick out of Auburn in 2019 has had his share of issues with ball security over the course of his career, but the latest dig by the folks who run the popular Madden video game might be taking things a bit too far.
In the first Madden 26 trailer, Slayton drops a pass along the sideline—his reaction to hearing that news was amusing.
Yes, Slayton has dropped his share of passes, many of them coming in key situations and in front of large audiences, but to openly "diss" him in front of the masses who play the ultimate football video game seems unjust.
The fact is that Slayton does drop passes, and despite employing different types of new training methods, did not make strides in that area in 2024. Last season, Slayton was credited with seven dropped passes, a career-high, for a drop rate of 15.2 percent. In 2021, Slayton dropped over 22 percent of his targets.
Slayton's career catch rate (receptions divided by catchable targets) is just 56.4 percent. The average catch rate for a starting NFL wide receiver is approximately 62 percent.
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