amusing post. True? Not! While Miles Austin has had success in the Dallas offense, TO was a game changer. In Buffalo TO is getting older, and has little to no talent around him. In Dallas TO put up 38 td's in three seasons. That is ridiculous stats! TO made Romo look good at times, although TO's own selfish ways cause him to self destruct in the end. The big problem with TO in Dallas was Jason Garret in my opinion. Garrett put too much emphasis on getting TO the ball and making him happy. Garrett this year has managed a more balanced offensive attack. The Cowboys are running the ball a lot more effectively, which is setting up big plays through play action. Garrett was too pass happy during TO's tenure. Don't be in the dark...TO wants to win more than anybody. And, at this point in his career he has little patience for anything else.

Austin has played well, but a lot of that is contributed to the running game and the fact that the offesive line is finally playing good and protecting Romo.

I know that it may be an unfair comparison. However, answer yourself these questions. Do the Cowboys appear to miss Owens in their lineup? Does Miles Austin bring as much explosion to the lineup as TO? (I actually think Miles Austin is faster than TO) It will be years before we can actually tell if Austin is a good replacement for TO. However, the results are looking good in the beginning. And to top it off, all of TO's drama went with him. Austin does not cause any problems in the lockeroom and is always smiling. He is a gym rat to top it off, not that TO work ethic could ever be questioned.

Also, I am comparing the Austin of today to the TO of today. If TO would have come back to Dallas this year then we would have had a 36 year old malcontent that has lost a step and has a tendency to drop passes and throw teammates and coaches under the bus. I don't believe that TO is an elite WR anymore. I'm not comparing Austin to a young TO.

Btw, how sweet is it to have your starting QB (Romo) and #1 WR (Austin) come to the NFL via undrafted rookie free agents. These guys had to work their way up the ladder. A guy from Eastern Illinois and a guy from Monmouth University.

Dallas spread the ball around in the Seattle and Atlanta games. They realize that they need all the receivers involved to make this thing work. You limit an offense when you become too reliant on 1 or 2 players. In Seattle they had 10 different players catch balls and in Atlanta they had 8 different players catch balls.

I think the two things hurt Dallas on offense last year. First off were the enormous amount of injuries. Second was their reliance on the game going through two players (TO & Witten) and not getting other players involved in the game. Dallas does not need Miles Austin being the hero every week. They need multiple people stepping up and being players.

In the coming weeks keep your eyes on a kid named Kevin Ogletree (WR). Especially, if RW continues to struggle. He will be on the active roster this week and was on it last week. He actually had a 19 yard reception in very limited playing time last week. They believe he may be a hidden gem (rookie free agent signee).