Raise your hand if you were completely caught off guard by the pass-catching contributions of one Dalton Schultz this season. For most fans of the Dallas Cowboys, that’s exactly our sentiments as the third-year tight end from Stanford came out of nowhere and seamlessly provided the offense with another pass catcher. To the surprise of many, Schultz turned out to be a pretty important weapon in the Cowboys passing game as he hauled down 63 catches, averaging 3.9 receptions per game.
If those numbers sound vaguely familiar to you, it might be because those are the exact numbers Jason Witten had in each of his final two seasons with the Cowboys.