Dallas finally beat a team with a winning record and did it very convincingly. 37-21, which would have been 37-14 if it weren't for a late Falcons' garbage time touchdown.
Tony Romo shined again, Miles Austin shined again, Patrick Crayton shined and proved his worth, the O-Line shined, the pass rushers shined, and the defensive backs shined. Everyone was on point.
On defense, if it wasn't Jay Ratliff, DeMarcus Ware or Marcus Spears getting a sack (or 4), it was Mike Jenkins or Orlando Scandrick getting interceptions, or Gerald Sensabaugh hitting receivers so hard they can't hold on to a catch.
On offense, if it wasn't Miles Austin on a 59 yard touchdown reception, it was Romo scrambling out of a broken pocket and throwing a touchdown to Patrick Crayton, or Tashard Choice catching a critical 1st down reception up the seam.
On special teams, if it wasn't David Buehler kicking touchbacks, it was Patrick Crayton, returning a punt for a touchdown.
All three units played like a playoff caliber team... there were of course some hiccups, mostly with Roy Williams playing the worst game of his career, but Marion Barber and Felix Jones both played pretty mediocre too. (All three are recovering from injury.)
Also, I'm not sure why there was so much talk about Tashard Choice getting more carries, because he didn't get any carries... I think he only had one catch, maybe two.
Martellus Bennett also made two critical catches, one for a first down. He was also called for holding, but that call was very suspect. It's good to see Bennett finally getting some looks, I'm still betting he's going to be a big threat on this offense once he really opens up.
All in all, it was a good game and shows that this team can get it together when they need to, they just have to stay consistent the rest of the season... and they still need to cut down on stupid penalties.
Next week is another home game, this time against Seattle, who has been struggling this season. Without sounding cocky, Dallas should definitely win this one and sail to 5-2. Thanks to Arizona's victory against the Giants last night, Dallas is right back in the mix for top of NFC East.
The sky is not falling this week.
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