Michael Gaines

TE · CAR/BUF/DET/CLE · 2004–2009

Born March 30, 1980 · College UCF · Drafted 2004, round 7, pick 232 (CAR) · 6-2, 267 lb

EPA per target by season

Filled dot: stabilised, with its 90% interval. Ring: the raw season rate.

Season	Team	G	Targets	Rec	Yds	TD	Catch %	EPA/target	Stabilised EPA/target	Target share %	aDOT	Rec EPA	Rec WPA (wins)
2004	CAR	8	14	4	34	0	28.6	−0.612	+0.011−0.173 to +0.194	5.4	–	−8.6	−0.22
2005	CAR	7	16	12	155	2	75.0	+0.707	+0.123−0.060 to +0.305	8.3	–	+11.3	+0.21
2005 playoffs	CAR	1	1	0	0	0	0.0	−0.878		3.1	–	−0.9	−0.02
2006	CAR	13	29	15	146	0	51.7	−0.120	−0.010−0.185 to +0.165	6.4	7.0	−3.5	−0.12
2007	BUF	15	35	25	215	2	71.4	+0.334	+0.154−0.018 to +0.326	8.5	3.3	+11.7	+0.24
2008	DET	12	37	23	260	1	62.2	+0.003	+0.081−0.091 to +0.252	10.6	6.7	+0.1	+0.00
2009	CLE	7	9	5	59	1	55.6	+0.469	+0.088−0.098 to +0.274	5.6	5.6	+4.2	+0.10
Career	CLE	62	140	84	869	6	60.0	+0.109		7.7	5.6	+15.3	+0.21

Counting stats from the play-by-play credits (QB hits from 2006, tackles for loss and passes defensed from 2009).

Season	Team	G	Tackles	QB hits	Tackles for loss	Passes defensed
2004	CAR	8	1	–	–	–
2005	CAR	7	1	–	–	–
2006	CAR	13	1	0	–	–
2008	DET	12	1	0	–	–
Career	CLE	62	4	0	0	0

2009 game log (7 games)

Week	Date	Opponent	Result	Targets	Rec	Rec yds	Rec TD	Rec EPA
7	2009-10-25	vs GB	L 3–31	2	2	30	0	+2.7
8	2009-11-01	@ CHI	L 6–30	1	0	0	0	−0.7
11	2009-11-22	@ DET	L 37–38	2	2	5	1	+2.0
12	2009-11-29	@ CIN	L 7–16	1	0	0	0	−0.5
15	2009-12-20	@ KC	W 41–34	1	0	0	0	−0.5
16	2009-12-27	vs LV	W 23–9	1	1	24	0	+1.9
17	2010-01-03	vs JAX	W 23–17	1	0	0	0	−0.8

2008 game log (12 games)

Week	Date	Opponent	Result	Targets	Rec	Rec yds	Rec TD	Rec EPA	Tackles
1	2008-09-07	@ ATL	L 21–34	3	2	11	0	−1.7	0
3	2008-09-21	@ SF	L 13–31	3	1	15	0	+0.0	0
6	2008-10-12	@ MIN	L 10–12	3	2	24	0	+0.9	0
7	2008-10-19	@ HOU	L 21–28	3	2	11	0	−1.4	0
8	2008-10-26	vs WAS	L 17–25	2	2	28	0	+2.8	0
9	2008-11-02	@ CHI	L 23–27	9	6	64	0	+0.1	1
10	2008-11-09	vs JAX	L 14–38	2	2	18	0	−1.1	0
11	2008-11-16	@ CAR	L 22–31	2	2	21	0	−2.7	0
13	2008-11-27	vs TEN	L 10–47	3	1	2	1	+0.4	0
14	2008-12-07	vs MIN	L 16–20	2	1	27	0	+1.5	0
15	2008-12-14	@ IND	L 21–31	3	2	39	0	+2.3	0
16	2008-12-21	vs NO	L 7–42	2	0	0	0	−1.2	0

2007 game log (15 games)

Week	Date	Opponent	Result	Targets	Rec	Rec yds	Rec TD	Rec EPA
2	2007-09-16	@ PIT	L 3–26	1	1	14	0	+1.4
3	2007-09-23	@ NE	L 7–38	1	1	5	0	+0.8
4	2007-09-30	vs NYJ	W 17–14	4	4	20	1	+3.5
5	2007-10-08	vs DAL	L 24–25	2	2	6	0	−0.8
7	2007-10-21	vs BAL	W 19–14	3	1	7	0	−0.7
8	2007-10-28	@ NYJ	W 13–3	2	1	11	0	+0.2
9	2007-11-04	vs CIN	W 33–21	3	3	22	0	+0.9
10	2007-11-11	@ MIA	W 13–10	3	2	28	0	+1.1
11	2007-11-18	vs NE	L 10–56	1	1	13	0	+1.2
12	2007-11-25	@ JAX	L 14–36	1	1	19	0	+1.2
13	2007-12-02	@ WAS	W 17–16	1	1	13	0	+1.1
14	2007-12-09	vs MIA	W 38–17	1	1	3	0	−0.2
15	2007-12-16	@ CLE	L 0–8	4	2	14	0	−0.7
16	2007-12-23	vs NYG	L 21–38	4	2	23	1	+2.0
17	2007-12-30	@ PHI	L 9–17	4	2	17	0	+0.6

2006 game log (13 games)

Week	Date	Opponent	Result	Targets	Rec	Rec yds	Rec EPA	Tackles
1	2006-09-10	vs ATL	L 6–20	3	0	0	−3.8	0
3	2006-09-24	@ TB	W 26–24	1	1	7	+0.4	0
4	2006-10-01	vs NO	W 21–18	2	0	0	−1.3	0
5	2006-10-08	vs CLE	W 20–12	1	1	8	+0.8	0
6	2006-10-15	@ BAL	W 23–21	1	0	0	−0.4	0
7	2006-10-22	@ CIN	L 14–17	1	0	0	−0.5	0
8	2006-10-29	vs DAL	L 14–35	4	3	21	−0.1	0
10	2006-11-13	vs TB	W 24–10	1	1	6	+0.3	0
11	2006-11-19	vs LA	W 15–0	1	0	0	−0.5	0
13	2006-12-04	@ PHI	L 24–27	3	1	12	−0.8	1
14	2006-12-10	vs NYG	L 13–27	4	3	26	+0.6	0
15	2006-12-17	vs PIT	L 3–37	5	4	54	+1.1	0
17	2006-12-31	@ NO	W 31–21	2	1	12	+0.8	0

2005 game log (8 games)

Week	Date	Opponent	Result	Targets	Rec	Rec yds	Rec TD	Rec EPA	Tackles
4	2005-10-03	vs GB	W 32–29	2	2	42	1	+4.3	0
5	2005-10-09	@ ARI	W 24–20	1	1	2	0	−0.3	0
8	2005-10-30	vs MIN	W 38–13	2	2	67	0	+4.2	0
10	2005-11-13	vs NYJ	W 30–3	1	1	11	0	+1.1	1
11	2005-11-20	@ CHI	L 3–13	4	2	15	0	+0.2	0
12	2005-11-27	@ BUF	W 13–9	4	3	18	1	+3.6	0
17	2006-01-01	@ ATL	W 44–11	2	1	0	0	−1.8	0
P19	2006-01-15	@ CHI	W 29–21	1	0	0	0	−0.9	0

2004 game log (8 games)

Week	Date	Opponent	Result	Targets	Rec	Rec yds	Rec EPA	Tackles
1	2004-09-13	vs GB	L 14–24	2	0	0	−0.4	0
2	2004-09-19	@ KC	W 28–17	1	0	0	−0.6	0
4	2004-10-03	vs ATL	L 10–27	1	0	0	−3.9	0
5	2004-10-10	@ DEN	L 17–20	2	2	18	+0.8	0
6	2004-10-17	@ PHI	L 8–30	2	1	2	−1.4	0
7	2004-10-24	vs LAC	L 6–17	4	1	14	−2.2	1
8	2004-10-31	@ SEA	L 17–23	1	0	0	−0.6	0
11	2004-11-21	vs ARI	W 35–10	1	0	0	−0.3	0