Romo's Targets: Interceptions

[percyhoward]

Romo's Career (min 50 targets)

Total Interceptions
Owens 19
Witten 18
Austin 9
Crayton 6
Glenn 6
Ogletree 6
Bryant 5
Bennett 4
Williams 4
Robinson 2
FJones 1
Hurd 1
Murray 1
Barber 0
Choice 0

Interception Percentage
Barber 160 tgt 0 int 0.00
Choice 80 tgt 0 int 0.00
FJones 117 tgt 1 int 0.85
Murray 61 tgt 1 int 1.33
Hurd 61 tgt 1 int 1.64
Bryant 257 tgt 5 int 1.95
Austin 379 tgt 9 int 2.37
Robinson 79 tgt 2 int 2.53
Witten 705 tgt 18 int 2.55
Williams 157 tgt 4 int 2.55
Crayton 224 tgt 6 int 2.68
Bennett 81 tgt 4 int 4.94
Owens 360 tgt 19 int 5.28
Ogletree 92 tgt 6 int 6.52
Glenn 71 tgt 6 int 8.45

Effect on Interception %
(Romo's career INT % is 2.81. Number in parentheses is Romo's INT % w/o that player's targets)
Barber - .14 (2.95)
Bryant - .07 (2.88)
Witten - .07 (2.88)
FJones - .07 (2.88)
Choice - .07 (2.88)
Austin - .06 (2.87)
Murray - .04 (2.85)
Hurd - .02 (2.83)
Crayton - .01 (2.82)
Williams - .01 (2.82)
Robinson even (2.81)
Bennett + .06 (2.75)
Ogletree + .11 (2.70)
Glenn + .13 (2.68)
Owens + .31 (2.50)

 

[percyhoward]

correction: Murray 61 tgt 1 int 1.64 (not 1.33)

 

[NeonNinja]

Good info Percy.

 

[CowboyStar88]

I'm curious what it is for all players. For instance what if he targeted a guy 7 times and the ball picked off 4 times. I'm curious to see those types of samples. I'm curious.

 

[percyhoward]

At the end of the 2008 season, Romo's INT% was 3.52 -- 5.28 to Owens and 2.43 to everybody else.

From 2010-12, Romo's INT% was 2.60 -- 1.95 to Bryant and 2.75 to everybody else.

 

[Califan007]

At the end of the 2008 season, Romo's INT% was 3.52 -- 5.28 to Owens and 2.43 to everybody else.

From 2010-12, Romo's INT% was 2.60 -- 1.95 to Bryant and 2.75 to everybody else.

A result of relying too much on Owens?...Maybe leading to force-feeding him the ball?

By the way, would be cool if you could also determine who the targets were for dropped INTs:

http://www.footballoutsiders.com/stat-analysis/2013/adjusted-interceptions-2012

 

[Future]

At the end of the 2008 season, Romo's INT% was 3.52 -- 5.28 to Owens and 2.43 to everybody else.

From 2010-12, Romo's INT% was 2.60 -- 1.95 to Bryant and 2.75 to everybody else.

Well that will happen when you have a #1 receiver who can actually catch passes that arent perfectly thrown. Dez is a great bad ball receiver, TO was the opposite of that.

 

[Califan007]

Well that will happen when you have a #1 receiver who can actually catch passes that arent perfectly thrown. Dez is a great bad ball receiver, TO was the opposite of that.

Owens dropped perfectly thrown passes lol...

 

[xwalker]

Romo's Career (min 50 targets)

Very good info.

 

[erod]

TO was a drop machine at times. He had no ability to adjust to the ball at all. Dez can go up and get it.

I'm just so glad that Ogletree is out of here. That'll cut 2-3 off right there.

 

[percyhoward]

A result of relying too much on Owens?...Maybe leading to force-feeding him the ball?

By the way, would be cool if you could also determine who the targets were for dropped INTs:

Yes, good point. That, and hands, and route-running, and concentration, and body control, and being a defender when you have to, and whatever else goes into being a good receiver besides rec-yds-TD.

It would absolutely be a step forward to know who was targeted on INT that were dropped, and what role if any the receiver played in the drop.

 

[Rockport]

Well that will happen when you have a #1 receiver who can actually catch passes that arent perfectly thrown. Dez is a great bad ball receiver, TO was the opposite of that.

Wow, Owens was one of the biggest mistakes Jerry ever made. I was so happy when we got rid of him. I'm not surprised by his int stat being the highest.

 

[percyhoward]

Well that will happen when you have a #1 receiver who can actually catch passes that arent perfectly thrown. Dez is a great bad ball receiver, TO was the opposite of that.

You'll appreciate this. In 2008, Romo ranked 29th in the NFL in INT%.

If you substitute Dez's 2012 targets for Owens' 2008 targets, Romo moves up from 29th to 6th.

450 att 14 int 3.11 (29th)
472 att 9 int 1.91 (6th)