T.O.'s Fantastic Four
Aaron Schatz
FootballOutsiders.com, Updated 22 hours ago
Quick reads: Owens delivers the goods
Washington tried everything in an attempt to stop Terrell Owens this week. They tried man coverage, and T.O. constantly beat Shawn Springs. They tried a Cover-2, and Owens raced into the end zone completely open while both deep safeties looked at each other as if they were arguing "I thought you had him... no I thought you had him... no, you definitely had him."
At the end of the day, T.O. had 173 yards and four touchdowns. Even better, he did this against a Washington defense that has actually been one of the league's top pass defenses this year. With opponent adjustments, Owens gets 10.4 DPAR this week, one of the best games we've ever measured with our advanced stats.Only three receivers have ever scored more than 10 DPAR in one game, and one of them was already Terrell Owens (in the 2000 game where he set the all-time NFL record with 20 receptions in one game). Owens is now the only receiver to ever do it twice.
In our 12 years of play-by-play breakdown, the record for the best receiving game belongs to Chad Johnson. In last year's Week 10 shootout against San Diego, Johnson caught 11-of-12 passes for 260 yards and two touchdowns, worth a total of 12.1 DPAR.
The second-best game belongs to Jimmy Smith, in Week 2 of 2000. Against Baltimore, one of the greatest defenses in NFL history, Smith caught 15-of-21 passes for 291 yards and 3 touchdowns. That's 12.0 DPAR.
By the way, Randy Moss does not come close to making this list of the top receiving games with his four-touchdown effort against Buffalo, primarily because he had only five receptions above 10 yards and only one greater than 20 yards. It is still the second-best game of Week 11, of course.
FootballOutsiders.com, Updated 22 hours ago
Quick reads: Owens delivers the goods
Washington tried everything in an attempt to stop Terrell Owens this week. They tried man coverage, and T.O. constantly beat Shawn Springs. They tried a Cover-2, and Owens raced into the end zone completely open while both deep safeties looked at each other as if they were arguing "I thought you had him... no I thought you had him... no, you definitely had him."
At the end of the day, T.O. had 173 yards and four touchdowns. Even better, he did this against a Washington defense that has actually been one of the league's top pass defenses this year. With opponent adjustments, Owens gets 10.4 DPAR this week, one of the best games we've ever measured with our advanced stats.Only three receivers have ever scored more than 10 DPAR in one game, and one of them was already Terrell Owens (in the 2000 game where he set the all-time NFL record with 20 receptions in one game). Owens is now the only receiver to ever do it twice.
In our 12 years of play-by-play breakdown, the record for the best receiving game belongs to Chad Johnson. In last year's Week 10 shootout against San Diego, Johnson caught 11-of-12 passes for 260 yards and two touchdowns, worth a total of 12.1 DPAR.
The second-best game belongs to Jimmy Smith, in Week 2 of 2000. Against Baltimore, one of the greatest defenses in NFL history, Smith caught 15-of-21 passes for 291 yards and 3 touchdowns. That's 12.0 DPAR.
By the way, Randy Moss does not come close to making this list of the top receiving games with his four-touchdown effort against Buffalo, primarily because he had only five receptions above 10 yards and only one greater than 20 yards. It is still the second-best game of Week 11, of course.
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