And so it ends...
The Cowboys offense put up another 4,000 yard season through the air, but obviously, the efficiency was not at its best as the season wound down. Jon Kitna is not Tony Romo and Stephen McGee is not Jon Kitna, either.
But, the season was lost long before Halloween, so it was what it was.
In the final game, we saw just how difficult a passing attack can have it on the road - even against the reserves of the Philadelphia Eagles. The Cowboys just were not interested in rolling the dice to move the football down the field through the air and I am not sure anyone will blame them.
Meanwhile, on 3rd and 4th Down, things really were tough. A long WR screen to Austin in the 1st and a TD pass to Witten in the 4th were pretty much the only things that the Cowboys accomplished on the money down.
Target Distribution: - Game 16 at Philadelphia
| Name | Targets | Catches | Yards | FD/TD/INT | QB Rating |
| Austin | 3 | 2 | 62 | 2/0/0 | 109.7 |
| Witten | 9 | 4 | 46 | 1/1/0 | 97.4 |
| Jones | 1 | 1 | -4 | 0/0/0 | 79.2 |
| Choice | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0/0/0 | 39.6 |
| Bennett | 3 | 2 | 11 | 1/0/0 | 72.9 |
| Johnson | 4 | 1 | 6 | 0/0/0 | 39.6 |
| Williams | 3 | 1 | 6 | 0/0/0 | 39.6 |
| Totals | 25 | 11 | 127 | 3/1/0 | 73.3 |
3RD/4TH Down Targets - Week 16 at Philadelphia
| Name | Targets | Catches | Yards | FD/TD/INT | QB Rating |
| Witten | 5 | 1 | 4 | 0/1/0 | 79.2 |
| Austin | 2 | 1 | 31 | 1/0/0 | 95.8 |
| Johnson | 3 | 1 | 6 | 0/0/0 | 42.4 |
| Williams | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0/0/0 | 39.5 |
| Totals | 11 | 3 | 41 | 1/1/0 | 72.9 |
And now, here are the season totals for 2010....Very interesting things to see here
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Maybe the things that jump out the most are Witten's amazingly consistent totals, Roy Williams numbers being below Patrick Crayton's 2009, and Martellus Bennett having another season without any sign of that "breakout" season that we all forecasted.
Target Distribution - Season Totals
| Name | Targets | Catches | Yards | FD/TD/INT | QB Rating |
| Witten | 128 | 94 | 1002 | 38/9/3 | 109.6 |
| Austin | 119 | 69 | 1041 | 43/7/6 | 85.5 |
| Bryant | 72 | 45 | 561 | 21/6/2 | 102.8 |
| Williams | 64 | 37 | 538 | 20/5/5 | 78.8 |
| Jones | 52 | 48 | 450 | 14/1/1 | 101.1 |
| Barber | 13 | 11 | 49 | 1/0/0 | 82.3 |
| Choice | 22 | 17 | 109 | 6/0/0 | 87.1 |
| Bennett | 48 | 33 | 260 | 11/0/2 | 64.6 |
| Ogletree | 6 | 3 | 34 | 2/0/0 | 67.3 |
| Hurd | 21 | 14 | 120 | 9/0/0 | 81.4 |
| Gronkowski | 10 | 7 | 35 | 1/0/0 | 75 |
| Johnson | 5 | 1 | 6 | 0/0/0 | 39.6 |
| Totals | 570 | 379 | 4251 | 169/29/19 | 91.6 |
3RD/4TH Down Targets - Season Totals
| Name | Targets | Catches | Yards | FD/TD/INT | QB Rating |
| Witten | 45 | 29 | 287 | 14/5/3 | 91.6 |
| Austin | 34 | 23 | 363 | 16/2/1 | 110.3 |
| Bryant | 25 | 16 | 198 | 8/4/1 | 111.3 |
| Williams | 15 | 8 | 159 | 6/1/0 | 112.9 |
| Bennett | 6 | 5 | 33 | 1/0/0 | 89.6 |
| Choice | 8 | 7 | 51 | 3/0/0 | 93.2 |
| Jones | 5 | 5 | 82 | 0/1/0 | 158.3 |
| Barber | 4 | 4 | 37 | 1/0/0 | 105.2 |
| Hurd | 8 | 5 | 51 | 4/0/0 | 80.7 |
| Ogletree | 2 | 1 | 5 | 1/0/0 | 56.3 |
| Johnson | 3 | 1 | 6 | 0/0/0 | 42.3 |
| Totals | 153 | 101 | 1227 | 54/13/5 | 72.9 |
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And, for fun, let's put the 2009 Totals on here, too:
2009 Season Target Distribution To Date:
| Name | Targets | Catches | % | Yards | FD/TD/INT |
| Witten | 124 | 94 | 76% | 1030 | 46/2/3 |
| Austin | 124 | 81 | 65% | 1320 | 43/11/2 |
| Williams | 86 | 38 | 44% | 596 | 21/7/1 |
| Crayton | 67 | 37 | 54% | 622 | 20/5/2 |
| Barber | 36 | 26 | 72% | 222 | 11/0/0 |
| Bennett | 30 | 15 | 50% | 159 | 8/0/0 |
| Choice | 22 | 15 | 68% | 132 | 7/0/0 |
| Jones | 22 | 19 | 86% | 112 | 5/0/0 |
| Hurd | 12 | 7 | 58% | 132 | 3/1/1 |
| Phillips | 9 | 6 | 67% | 62 | 3/0/0 |
| Ogletree | 8 | 7 | 87% | 96 | 5/0/0 |
| Anderson | 3 | 1 | 33% | 5 | 0/0/ |
| Totals | 543 | 347 | 64% | 4483 | 178/26/9 |
And then here are the 2009 totals for 3rd Downs:
3rd Down Targets - 2009 Season Totals
| Name | Targets | Catches | % | Yards | FD/TD/INT |
| Witten | 34 | 24 | 70% | 210 | 16/1/0 |
| Austin | 32 | 20 | 63% | 321 | 14/2/0 |
| Williams | 27 | 9 | 33% | 151 | 8/0/0 |
| Crayton | 24 | 15 | 63% | 214 | 13/1/2 |
| Choice | 10 | 7 | 70% | 60 | 3/0/0 |
| Hurd | 5 | 2 | 40% | 63 | 2/0/0 |
| Bennett | 5 | 1 | 20% | 15 | 1/0/0 |
| Ogletree | 4 | 4 | 100% | 58 | 3/0/0 |
| Barber | 2 | 0 | 0% | 0 | 0/0/0 |
| Jones | 2 | 1 | 100% | 5 | 0/0/0 |
| Phillips | 1 | 0 | 0% | 0 | 0/0/0 |
| Totals | 147 | 83 | 56% | 1090 | 57/4/3 |
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