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he NFL started keeping track of targets since the 2009 season. Targets are the number of passes thrown at a given receiver, irrespective of whether the receiver catches them or not.

Unfortunately, as a stat, targets are far from perfect. For one thing, figuring out who exactly a pass may have been targeted at is decided by the official scorekeeper, which by definition introduces a level of inaccuracy. Secondly, even if a ball is thrown badly, it often ends up going against the record of the receiver who was in the general vicinity of where the ball was thrown, even though he may not have had even the remotest chance of catching it.

However, targets are a good indication of which receivers have the quarterback’s and the OC’s confidence. After the break, we look at how the Cowboys have distributed their touches in the passing and running game to date, and what that could mean for the Redskins game, given the injury toll so far

Here are the numbers for the passing game after week two:

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