Dallas Cowboys Mailbag: Will Dez Bryant Win Rookie of The Year?

July 30, 2010   ·   Jonathan Bales   ·   Jump to comments


Q:  According to your film study, who was the most improved Cowboys player last season?
Nicholas Florentino, Amarillo, TX
A: The easy answer is wide receiver Miles Austin, and you really couldn’t go wrong in selecting him.  He had a touchdown rate of 8.7 percent (tops on the team) and dropped only 2.2 percent of passes thrown his way.  Who knows where Dallas would have ended up had Austin not broken out in Kansas City in Week Five?  Check out my 2009 Wide Receiver Grades and a breakdown of Austin’s catches for further proof of his dominance.
 
Austin certainly improved in 2009, but a lot of his success was due to increased opportunity.  The most improved player, in my opinion, was outside linebacker Anthony Spencer.
Spencer, who was in coverage more than any other outside linebacker at 14.9 percent of snaps, racked up the most tackles of any outside linebacker in the league (67)....

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