What A Calendar Year For Austin
Posted by nickeatman at 10/6/2010 6:42 PM CDT on truebluefanclub.com
This is usually about the time in the week when I relay a pretty interesting stat that has surfaced this week.
This one involves Miles Austin, who nearly a year ago this week became a full-time starter and his career hasn’t been the same since. The date of that Chiefs game was Oct. 11, Week Five of the season. A year later, Austin enters Week Five with an Oct. 10 meeting against the Titans.
The significance? Not much, except for the fact that in that one-year span, no receiver has been better than Austin. And that’s statistically speaking, or maybe even in general.
We always say that numbers don’t lie. Well, in the last calendar year, no receiver has more receiving yards than Austin, who has 1,547 yards, which really only covers 15 games.
Austin is ahead of Andre Johnson (1,488), Wes Welker (1,424), Roddy White (1,396) and Reggie Wayne (1,321). In catches, Austin is fourth with 98 receptions and fifth in TDs with 11.
Basically over the last year, Miles Austin has not only taken the opportunity given to him, but has thrived in the role.
