Where Dez's first three years rank among all-time great starts

[dstovall5]

Good work, all of it.

As you suggested above, the "Dez causes INT" talk can be put to rest. Here are the INT% for all the WR from my previous post: (lower is better, of course). And obviously, a lot of this is Romo too.

Bryant 2.27
Jones 2.29
Williams 2.49
Maclin 2.80
Cruz 3.49
Harvin 3.57
Green 3.71
Wallace 3.97
Nicks 4.01
Jackson 4.08

Those numbers are a bit misleading IMO, I think it would give more depth if you could break down the int % to passes thrown 10 yards, 20 yards, 30 yards, 40 yards and ect; Because as of now it's misleading to deep threats like A.J green who constantly run deep routes, of course those guys are going to have higher int % rates. Though, nice stuff nonetheless.

 

[percyhoward]

Those numbers are a bit misleading IMO, I think it would give more depth if you could break down the int % to passes thrown 10 yards, 20 yards, 30 yards, 40 yards and ect; Because as of now it's misleading to deep threats like A.J green who constantly run deep routes, of course those guys are going to have higher int % rates. Though, nice stuff nonetheless.

Here are the 20+ targets only, for those two players:

Bryant 24 of 56 for 885 yds 11 td 2 int 114.6 (3.57 INT %) 19.64 TD %
Green 29 of 81 for 1097 yds 9 td 7 int 85.0 (8.64 INT %) 11.11 TD %

 

[percyhoward]

Interception percentages to Cowboys targets only, to filter out the Romo factor.
(min 2 targets/game)

2012 only
Bryant 1.46
Witten 2.07
Murray 2.44
Jones 2.94
Austin 3.48
Ogletree 9.09

2008-12
Crayton 1.72
Bryant 2.27
Witten 3.10
Austin 3.15
Williams 4.46

So the low INT% on Bryant's targets isn't just Tony Romo.

 

[Ring Leader]

Interception percentages to Cowboys targets only, to filter out the Romo factor.
(min 2 targets/game)

2012 only
Bryant 1.46
Witten 2.07
Murray 2.44
Jones 2.94
Austin 3.48
Ogletree 9.09

2008-12
Crayton 1.72
Bryant 2.27
Witten 3.10
Austin 3.15
Williams 4.46

So the low INT% on Bryant's targets isn't just Tony Romo.

Just amazing how bad Tree was at either running the wrong rout or just creating chaos in the passing game. So glad he is history.