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Do Fantasy Owners Have Legitimate Concerns With Miles Austin?

August 27, 2010   ·     ·   Jump to comments

Miles Austin may have opened the 2009 season third on the Cowboys depth chart, but he finished among the elite receivers in the game.  The real question is, can he repeat his success or is he a threat for a major regression?
Before we can talk about the future, let’s look at the past.  Austin didn’t start the Cowboys’ first four games, picking up just five catches for 81 yards.  In fact, in Week 3, he failed to catch a pass against the Carolina Panthers.
When Roy Williams suffered an injury, Williams slid into the lineup against the Chiefs on October 11 and never really looked back. 
He exploded for 10 catches, 250 yards and 2 TD.  He followed that up two weeks later against the Falcons, catching six passes for 171 yards and 2 TD.
He finished with 81 catches for 1,320 yards and 11 TD.  Among the successes:
The yards were third in the NFL (first in the NFC) He was tied for fourth in TD among receivers, behind the l...

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