What makes this statistic all the more incredible is that it occurred without any of the team’s starting receivers setting foot on the field.

With Dez Bryant recovering from patella tendinitis, Miles Austin nursing a hamstring injury and Jason Witten with a lacerated spleen, the Cowboys third preseason game wasn’t shaping up to be an impressive offensive outing. The positive, it seemed, was that we would have the opportunity to better assess the much debated third receiver position, giving the crop of contenders a primetime chance to perform with the starting squad. (more…)