Joel Dreessen

TE · NYJ/HOU/DEN · 2005–2013

Born July 26, 1982 · College Colorado State · Drafted 2005, round 6, pick 198 (NYJ) · 6-4, 245 lb

EPA per target by season

Filled dot: stabilised, with its 90% interval. Ring: the raw season rate.

Season	Team	G	Targets	Rec	Yds	TD	Catch %	EPA/target	Stabilised EPA/target	Target share %	aDOT	Rec EPA	Rec WPA (wins)
2005	NYJ	7	10	5	41	0	50.0	−0.023	+0.052−0.133 to +0.238	4.7	–	−0.2	−0.03
2007	HOU	8	6	4	55	2	66.7	+0.673	+0.100−0.088 to +0.289	2.1	10.8	+4.0	−0.02
2008	HOU	14	17	11	77	0	64.7	−0.130	+0.041−0.141 to +0.223	3.6	5.6	−2.2	−0.03
2009	HOU	14	39	26	320	1	66.7	+0.062	+0.099−0.071 to +0.269	7.6	6.8	+2.4	+0.11
2010	HOU	16	55	36	518	4	65.5	+0.456	+0.238+0.075 to +0.401	9.7	8.6	+25.1	+0.70
2011	HOU	16	39	28	353	6	71.8	+0.675	+0.255+0.085 to +0.425	8.6	7.9	+26.3	+0.77
2011 playoffs	HOU	1	1	0	0	0	0.0	−0.689		2.9	5.0	−0.7	−0.01
2012	DEN	16	58	41	356	5	70.7	+0.244	+0.174+0.012 to +0.336	9.9	5.6	+14.1	+0.15
2012 playoffs	DEN	1	8	6	46	0	75.0	+0.317		18.6	5.2	+2.5	+0.07
2013	DEN	6	9	7	47	1	77.8	+0.460	+0.145−0.042 to +0.331	3.4	4.2	+4.1	+0.14
Career	DEN	97	233	158	1,767	19	67.8	+0.316		6.9	7.0	+73.7	+1.77

Counting stats from the play-by-play credits (QB hits from 2006, tackles for loss and passes defensed from 2009).

Season	Team	G	Tackles	QB hits	Tackles for loss	Passes defensed
2005	NYJ	7	2	–	–	–
2007	HOU	8	11	0	–	–
2008	HOU	14	8	0	–	–
2009	HOU	14	7	0	0	0
2010	HOU	16	9	0	0	0
2011	HOU	16	4	0	0	0
2012	DEN	16	1	0	0	0
2013	DEN	6	3	0	0	0
Career	DEN	97	45	0	0	0

2013 game log (6 games)

Week	Date	Opponent	Result	Targets	Rec	Rec yds	Rec TD	Rec EPA	Tackles
6	2013-10-13	vs JAX	W 35–19	1	1	4	0	−0.4	0
7	2013-10-20	@ IND	L 33–39	0	0	0	0	0.0	2
8	2013-10-27	vs WAS	W 45–21	2	2	9	1	+3.8	0
12	2013-11-24	@ NE	L 31–34 OT	1	0	0	0	−0.6	1
14	2013-12-08	vs TEN	W 51–28	2	1	8	0	−0.2	0
17	2013-12-29	@ LV	W 34–14	3	3	26	0	+1.6	0

2012 game log (17 games)

Week	Date	Opponent	Result	Targets	Rec	Rec yds	Rec TD	Rec EPA	Tackles
1	2012-09-09	vs PIT	W 31–19	2	1	6	0	−0.6	0
2	2012-09-17	@ ATL	L 21–27	2	2	16	0	+1.0	0
3	2012-09-23	vs HOU	L 25–31	5	2	36	1	+3.1	0
4	2012-09-30	vs LV	W 37–6	3	2	17	1	+0.8	0
5	2012-10-07	@ NE	L 21–31	4	4	21	1	+1.5	0
6	2012-10-15	@ LAC	W 35–24	7	6	57	0	+3.5	0
8	2012-10-28	vs NO	W 34–14	2	0	0	0	−1.5	0
9	2012-11-04	@ CIN	W 31–23	4	4	38	1	+3.1	0
10	2012-11-11	@ CAR	W 36–14	3	2	31	0	+1.0	0
11	2012-11-18	vs LAC	W 30–23	6	4	28	0	+0.1	0
12	2012-11-25	@ KC	W 17–9	3	2	3	0	−0.5	0
13	2012-12-02	vs TB	W 31–23	2	0	0	0	−1.4	0
14	2012-12-06	@ LV	W 26–13	5	5	30	1	+2.4	0
15	2012-12-16	@ BAL	W 34–17	3	2	36	0	+1.1	0
16	2012-12-23	vs CLE	W 34–12	4	3	22	0	+0.4	0
17	2012-12-30	vs KC	W 38–3	3	2	15	0	+0.4	1
P19	2013-01-12	vs BAL	L 35–38 OT	8	6	46	0	+2.5	0

2011 game log (17 games)

Week	Date	Opponent	Result	Targets	Rec	Rec yds	Rec TD	Rec EPA	Tackles
1	2011-09-11	vs IND	W 34–7	1	1	21	0	+1.9	0
2	2011-09-18	@ MIA	W 23–13	2	1	9	0	−0.7	0
3	2011-09-25	@ NO	L 33–40	1	0	0	0	−0.6	0
4	2011-10-02	vs PIT	W 17–10	1	1	14	0	+0.7	0
5	2011-10-09	vs LV	L 20–25	9	5	112	1	+4.5	2
6	2011-10-16	@ BAL	L 14–29	2	0	0	0	−1.1	0
7	2011-10-23	@ TEN	W 41–7	2	2	31	1	+4.7	1
8	2011-10-30	vs JAX	W 24–14	2	2	19	1	+3.4	1
9	2011-11-06	vs CLE	W 30–12	2	2	27	0	+1.8	0
10	2011-11-13	@ TB	W 37–9	1	0	0	0	−0.6	0
12	2011-11-27	@ JAX	W 20–13	1	1	20	1	+2.8	0
13	2011-12-04	vs ATL	W 17–10	1	1	3	1	+2.4	0
14	2011-12-11	@ CIN	W 20–19	3	3	22	1	+3.6	0
15	2011-12-18	vs CAR	L 13–28	4	2	19	0	+1.2	0
16	2011-12-22	@ IND	L 16–19	4	4	38	0	+0.6	0
17	2012-01-01	vs TEN	L 22–23	3	3	18	0	+1.6	0
P19	2012-01-15	@ BAL	L 13–20	1	0	0	0	−0.7	0

2010 game log (16 games)

Week	Date	Opponent	Result	Targets	Rec	Rec yds	Rec TD	Rec EPA	Tackles
1	2010-09-12	vs IND	W 34–24	0	0	0	0	0.0	3
2	2010-09-19	@ WAS	W 30–27 OT	1	1	28	0	+1.7	1
3	2010-09-26	vs DAL	L 13–27	1	1	18	0	+1.5	2
4	2010-10-03	@ LV	W 31–24	8	5	73	1	+4.6	0
5	2010-10-10	vs NYG	L 10–34	2	0	0	0	−2.4	0
6	2010-10-17	vs KC	W 35–31	1	1	5	1	+2.7	0
8	2010-11-01	@ IND	L 17–30	1	0	0	0	−0.5	0
9	2010-11-07	vs LAC	L 23–29	8	5	67	0	+0.7	0
10	2010-11-14	@ JAX	L 24–31	3	2	24	0	−0.1	1
11	2010-11-21	@ NYJ	L 27–30	4	4	106	1	+10.8	0
12	2010-11-28	vs TEN	W 20–0	5	3	15	1	+1.1	0
13	2010-12-02	@ PHI	L 24–34	8	5	63	0	+1.6	0
14	2010-12-13	vs BAL	L 28–34 OT	3	0	0	0	−3.7	1
15	2010-12-19	@ TEN	L 17–31	5	4	36	0	+2.9	0
16	2010-12-26	@ DEN	L 23–24	3	3	33	0	+1.2	1
17	2011-01-02	vs JAX	W 34–17	2	2	50	0	+3.0	0

2009 game log (14 games)

Week	Date	Opponent	Result	Targets	Rec	Rec yds	Rec TD	Rec EPA	Tackles
1	2009-09-13	vs NYJ	L 7–24	0	0	0	0	0.0	3
2	2009-09-20	@ TEN	W 34–31	3	3	31	0	+4.6	1
3	2009-09-27	vs JAX	L 24–31	1	0	0	0	−0.4	0
4	2009-10-04	vs LV	W 29–6	1	1	17	0	+0.7	1
5	2009-10-11	@ ARI	L 21–28	2	1	4	0	−1.3	0
7	2009-10-25	vs SF	W 24–21	2	0	0	0	−1.5	1
9	2009-11-08	@ IND	L 17–20	3	2	15	0	+1.4	0
11	2009-11-23	vs TEN	L 17–20	1	1	23	0	+1.4	0
12	2009-11-29	vs IND	L 27–35	1	1	14	0	+0.8	0
13	2009-12-06	@ JAX	L 18–23	2	1	8	0	−4.5	0
14	2009-12-13	vs SEA	W 34–7	6	3	22	0	−3.1	0
15	2009-12-20	@ LA	W 16–13	4	3	40	0	+2.3	1
16	2009-12-27	@ MIA	W 27–20	6	4	65	0	−1.8	0
17	2010-01-03	vs NE	W 34–27	7	6	81	1	+4.0	0

2008 game log (14 games)

Week	Date	Opponent	Result	Targets	Rec	Rec yds	Rec EPA	Tackles
1	2008-09-07	@ PIT	L 17–38	1	0	0	−0.5	2
3	2008-09-21	@ TEN	L 12–31	1	0	0	−3.9	1
5	2008-10-05	vs IND	L 27–31	2	1	11	+0.5	0
6	2008-10-12	vs MIA	W 29–28	0	0	0	0.0	1
7	2008-10-19	vs DET	W 28–21	1	1	6	+0.3	0
9	2008-11-02	@ MIN	L 21–28	1	1	13	+1.1	0
10	2008-11-09	vs BAL	L 13–41	1	1	9	+1.2	0
11	2008-11-16	@ IND	L 27–33	2	2	11	+0.4	1
12	2008-11-23	@ CLE	W 16–6	0	0	0	0.0	1
13	2008-12-01	vs JAX	W 30–17	1	1	10	+0.5	0
14	2008-12-07	@ GB	W 24–21	1	1	4	−0.1	0
15	2008-12-14	vs TEN	W 13–12	4	2	9	−1.0	1
16	2008-12-21	@ LV	L 16–27	2	1	4	−0.7	0
17	2008-12-28	vs CHI	W 31–24	0	0	0	0.0	1

2007 game log (8 games)

Week	Date	Opponent	Result	Targets	Rec	Rec yds	Rec TD	Rec EPA	Tackles
6	2007-10-14	@ JAX	L 17–37	1	1	8	0	+0.9	2
8	2007-10-28	@ LAC	L 10–35	1	1	28	1	+4.2	0
11	2007-11-18	vs NO	W 23–10	1	1	10	1	+2.7	2
12	2007-11-25	@ CLE	L 17–27	1	0	0	0	−4.1	1
13	2007-12-02	@ TEN	L 20–28	2	1	9	0	+0.3	0
14	2007-12-09	vs TB	W 28–14	0	0	0	0	0.0	1
15	2007-12-13	vs DEN	W 31–13	0	0	0	0	0.0	3
16	2007-12-23	@ IND	L 15–38	0	0	0	0	0.0	2

2005 game log (7 games)

Week	Date	Opponent	Result	Targets	Rec	Rec yds	Rec EPA	Tackles
6	2005-10-16	@ BUF	L 17–27	1	0	0	−0.4	0
9	2005-11-06	vs LAC	L 26–31	1	0	0	−0.4	0
11	2005-11-20	@ DEN	L 0–27	1	1	7	+0.4	1
13	2005-12-04	@ NE	L 3–16	4	1	17	−0.4	0
14	2005-12-11	vs LV	W 26–10	0	0	0	0.0	1
15	2005-12-18	@ MIA	L 20–24	2	2	11	+0.5	0
17	2006-01-01	vs BUF	W 30–26	1	1	6	+0.1	0