While the media likes to push anything T.O. related, what I haven’t seen a whole lot about yet this week is how Jason Witten could single handedly beat the Packers, at least from the perspective of the Cowboys offense matching up against the Packers defense.
First, it was Antonio Gates, then Chris Cooley and then Tony Gonzalez. All three tight ends had big days against the Packers, while second tier tight ends such as Jermey Shockey (yes, Jeremy, you are second tier) and Desmond Clark did almost as well. Even Chicago rookie Greg Olsen had a mini-coming out party against the Packers. (And watching him look horrible against Denver yesterday didn’t make me feel any better…)
Containing Witten is the key to the entire game for the Packers defense, given the way Bob Sanders chooses to match up his linebackers against the tight end. Normally, I would lobby for Charles Woodson to take a crack at it, but his injury throws his availability into question. Nick Barnett and, more likely, A.J. Hawk need to have the best game they’ve had all season when it comes to coverage, or it will get late real early in Dallas.
j4a1 said in November 28th, 2007 at 10:49 pm
