Matt Cushing

TE · PIT · 1999–2004

Born July 2, 1975 · College Illinois · Undrafted · 6-4, 251 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)
1999	PIT	3	6	2	29	0	33.3	−0.931	+0.045−0.143 to +0.233	5.8	–	−5.6	−0.22
2000	PIT	4	5	4	17	0	80.0	−0.144	+0.004−0.185 to +0.192	4.8	–	−0.7	−0.02
2001	PIT	4	6	5	24	1	83.3	+0.322	+0.034−0.154 to +0.222	5.2	–	+1.9	+0.01
2001 playoffs	PIT	2	2	1	10	0	50.0	−2.192		3.1	–	−4.4	−0.08
2002	PIT	1	1	1	4	0	100.0	−0.056	+0.023−0.169 to +0.214	4.3	–	−0.1	+0.01
2004	PIT	3	1	1	17	0	100.0	+3.487	+0.095−0.096 to +0.286	1.6	–	+3.5	+0.00
Career	PIT	15	19	13	91	1	68.4	−0.050		4.6	–	−0.9	−0.22

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
2001	PIT	4	1	–	–	–
2002 playoffs	PIT	1	1	–	–	–
2004	PIT	3	2	–	–	–
Career	PIT	15	3	0	0	0

2004 game log (3 games)

Week	Date	Opponent	Result	Targets	Rec	Rec yds	Rec EPA	Tackles
4	2004-10-03	vs CIN	W 28–17	0	0	0	0.0	1
9	2004-11-07	vs PHI	W 27–3	1	1	17	+3.5	0
14	2004-12-12	vs NYJ	W 17–6	0	0	0	0.0	1

2002 game log (2 games)

Week	Date	Opponent	Result	Targets	Rec	Rec yds	Rec TD	Rec EPA	Tackles	Sacks	INT	PD
16	2002-12-23	@ TB	W 17–7	1	1	4	0	−0.1	0	0.0	0	0
P19	2003-01-11	@ TEN	L 31–34 OT	0	0	0	0	0.0	1	0.0	0	0

2001 game log (6 games)

Week	Date	Opponent	Result	Targets	Rec	Rec yds	Rec TD	Rec EPA	Tackles
13	2001-12-09	vs NYJ	W 18–7	2	1	9	0	+0.6	0
14	2001-12-16	@ BAL	W 26–21	1	1	3	0	−0.2	0
15	2001-12-23	vs DET	W 47–14	2	2	7	1	+1.4	0
17	2002-01-06	vs CLE	W 28–7	1	1	5	0	+0.1	1
P19	2002-01-20	vs BAL	W 27–10	1	0	0	0	−5.0	0
P20	2002-01-27	vs NE	L 17–24	1	1	10	0	+0.7	0

2000 game log (4 games)

Week	Date	Opponent	Result	Targets	Rec	Rec yds	Rec EPA
11	2000-11-12	vs PHI	L 23–26 OT	1	1	3	−0.2
12	2000-11-19	vs JAX	L 24–34	2	2	9	−0.3
13	2000-11-26	@ CIN	W 48–28	1	1	5	+0.2
14	2000-12-03	vs LV	W 21–20	1	0	0	−0.4

1999 game log (3 games)

Week	Date	Opponent	Result	Targets	Rec	Rec yds	Rec EPA
15	1999-12-18	@ KC	L 19–35	1	0	0	−0.1
16	1999-12-26	vs CAR	W 30–20	3	0	0	−6.8
17	2000-01-02	vs TEN	L 36–47	2	2	29	+1.3