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Reports Of Dez Bryant’s Demise Have Been Greatly Exaggerated
http://www.bloggingtheboys.com/2017...ed-elite-receiver-dallas-cowboys-dak-prescott
...Going into 2016 Bryant hoped to rebound from the worst season of his career. There was no Tony Romo, but Bryant had caught two preseason touchdowns from rookie Dak Prescott, so there was hope. However Bryant started off the year slow in Week 1 with only one catch for eight yards against the Giants, including failing to come down with a jump ball in the end zone, a play that had been a signature of his throughout his career. He had a strong bounce back game in Week 2 with 102 yards receiving, but in Week 3 he suffered yet another injury, this time a slight hairline fracture in his knee. Three games and five weeks later he would return against Philadelphia, but he quickly showed that 2016 would not be 2015 as he posted over 100 yards receiving, along with a game-tying 22-yard touchdown late in the fourth quarter.
Over the next eight games (not including the final game of the season where the starters barely played) Bryant was inconsistent but you could see his former greatness starting to come to the forefront, as well as a growing chemistry between him and Prescott. From the Philadelphia game through the Detroit game Bryant posted 39 catches, 646 yards receiving, and 7 touchdowns over nine games.
Extrapolate those numbers over a 16 game season and you have about 69 catches for 1,148 yards and 12 touchdowns. That’s not far off from his 2012-2014 averages of 91 catches, 1,311 yards and 14 touchdowns per season, and all of that with a rookie quarterback without the benefit of the chemistry that he built with Tony Romo over several seasons, and after missing several games in the middle of the season that disrupted whatever chemistry that may have been built with Prescott early on...
http://www.bloggingtheboys.com/2017...ed-elite-receiver-dallas-cowboys-dak-prescott
...Going into 2016 Bryant hoped to rebound from the worst season of his career. There was no Tony Romo, but Bryant had caught two preseason touchdowns from rookie Dak Prescott, so there was hope. However Bryant started off the year slow in Week 1 with only one catch for eight yards against the Giants, including failing to come down with a jump ball in the end zone, a play that had been a signature of his throughout his career. He had a strong bounce back game in Week 2 with 102 yards receiving, but in Week 3 he suffered yet another injury, this time a slight hairline fracture in his knee. Three games and five weeks later he would return against Philadelphia, but he quickly showed that 2016 would not be 2015 as he posted over 100 yards receiving, along with a game-tying 22-yard touchdown late in the fourth quarter.
Over the next eight games (not including the final game of the season where the starters barely played) Bryant was inconsistent but you could see his former greatness starting to come to the forefront, as well as a growing chemistry between him and Prescott. From the Philadelphia game through the Detroit game Bryant posted 39 catches, 646 yards receiving, and 7 touchdowns over nine games.
Extrapolate those numbers over a 16 game season and you have about 69 catches for 1,148 yards and 12 touchdowns. That’s not far off from his 2012-2014 averages of 91 catches, 1,311 yards and 14 touchdowns per season, and all of that with a rookie quarterback without the benefit of the chemistry that he built with Tony Romo over several seasons, and after missing several games in the middle of the season that disrupted whatever chemistry that may have been built with Prescott early on...
