Prime for Prime. who was better. Dez or Miles Austin?

PJTHEDOORS said:
lol. And as I said, he had 1 great year. Dez 3 years > Austin's 1 year. You are a jerk. Enjoy ignore.

So now I am a troll. I've been here for over 10 years (user name originally PJCowboys).
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You are not just “now” a troll, you’ve always been one. The new development is apparently your inability to read. No one is questioning Bryant’s better career or longer, more sustained prime. That wasn’t the question. Back under the rock you go.
 
Miles had more speed for sure and ran better routes and had more consistent hands. Dez is a much stronger athlete. For the best one season stretch its probably a toss up who was better. I do think Miles didn't take many plays off and Dez does and Miles was never a distraction.

Miles was a damn good receiver for about 2 years. He and Romo were tuned in. That said the best receiver as far as everything for a year or two for the Cowboys in their post Super Bowl era was TO. TO even a tad late in his career was a great wide receiver. Think Dez with better route running and real deep speed and as strong as Dez for sure.

Father time is undefeated. Dez will never be what he was, just like running backs in their late 20's aren't what they were when they were 23 to 26 years old. Dez IMO is still a really good wide receiver, but I think an elite corner can take him out of the game. Look what he did the last two years when he was matched up against guys like Jenkins for the Giants and Josh Norman for Carolina/Skins. They ate him up. I can see where if you had a young or average corner where you still might have to double team him on occasion, but the elite receivers can never be covered by anyone one on one.
 
Super_Kazuya said:
OP your question is perfectly valid and anyone who is saying otherwise is either clueless or has a short memory. I would put 2009 Miles Austin easily above any version of Dez that has ever existed. Despite only being the starter for 9 games that year, Austin piled up 81 catches and 11 TDs on over 16 yards per catch. He had an incredible 5 games that season with over 10 receptions including a 15 catch, 250 yard game... and again he was only the full time starter for 9 games. For perspective, Dez has less 10 reception games (4) in his entire career. Heck it might take 2017 Dez a month to catch 15 passes.
Dez has had a better career but that isn’t the question being asked. And it’s not really even all that better. Austin went to two Pro Bowls; Dez has gone to two Pro Bowls and a third in 2016 he had zero business being in.
2009 Miles Austin vs 2014 Dez Bryant is absolutely a good debate between two extremely hard to tackle receivers with big play ability.
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Miles was sort of a poor man’s TO
 
When he was right, Austin was a very good receiver. But he had hamstrings like fishing lines.
 
Lol - thread clearly has to be satire, correct? Dez by 3 country miles (no pun intended).

Dez was on a HoF trajectory before the string of injuries in 2015/2016.
 
mattjames2010 said:
Well, Romo said Miles Austin was the best receiver he ever played with. If that means anything...

Also, I think people forget but Miles Austin pretty much saved our 2009 season. Sadly, his hamstrings cut his peak years short.
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People forget Austin was an incredible physical speciman. 6'2 almost 220, and supposedly able to run a 40 in the low 4.3's. Very nimble as well.

His 2009 was on par with Dez's best seasons. Unfortunately he only had one year on par wity his 2009
 
the only thing Miles has over Dez is surface area of teeth and gums

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ppl keep saying dez is a bad teammate.. with no proof.. but it seems like his teammates love him, especially his fellow wrs
 
Miles might be Dez' position coach pretty soon.
 
darthseinfeld said:
People forget Austin was an incredible physical speciman. 6'2 almost 220, and supposedly able to run a 40 in the low 4.3's. Very nimble as well.

His 2009 was on par with Dez's best seasons. Unfortunately he only had one year on par wity his 2009
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Yeah, he reminded me of a more athletic Hines Ward - if it wasn't for his injuries, I think he could have been in the league for a good while with his route running abilities.
 
PJTHEDOORS said:
So does Austin's not having better stats, due to circumstance I guess.
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Maybe it's because Austin didn't pour and cry like a child and the team didn't placate him by forcing him the ball.
 
Oh! Ooooh! This was one of those Fantasy Football fan questions back in the day.......

Not my monkey, not my circus but for those who might be interested, here's the article....

"Jim McCormick at our fantasy site has authored a detailed post examining the choice between Dallas Cowboys wide receivers Miles Austin and Dez Bryant as 2012 fantasy options. It is a tough call. As Jim points out, they are being drafted very near each other in most mocks. And a good case can be made for or against either guy. Austin's proven an ability to produce as a No. 1, but he hasn't been able to stay healthy lately. Bryant has shown flashes of elite potential but has yet to develop reliability and is an off-the-field time bomb. However, the ultimate point is that this is a choice between two very good options: (read more here)


http://www.espn.com/blog/nfceast/post/_/id/41840/fantasy-debate-miles-austin-or-dez-bryant

Suffice to say if you want to compare them in 2013.....

- Only 3 interceptions were thrown when Dez Bryant was targeted. To compare, 12 were thrown when targeting A.J. Green, nine when targeting Calvin Johnson, eight when targeting Andre Johnson and seven when targeting Larry Fitzgerald.

- When throwing to Dez Bryant the quarterback's rating was 104.9. When throwing to Miles Austin: 49.5.

- Here's the final ranking for each of the Cowboys wide receivers: Bryant 22, Cole Beasley 58, Dwayne Harris 78, Terrence Williams 129 and Miles Austin 187.
 
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