ESPND: Containing TEs key for both sides

[WoodysGirl]

Cowboys' Jason Witten and Patriots' dynamic duo present tough matchup for defenses

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IRVING, Texas -- In his 12 seasons as the New England Patriots' head coach, Bill Belichick has selected nine tight ends, leading to a joke of sorts that it's not a Patriots draft without a tight end.

Much like Bill Parcells, the coach he served under for years with the New York Giants, Belichick understands how a tight end can affect a game in a variety of ways. There is no other position that offers as much versatility to an offense.

A tight end can set up on the line, split wide, in the slot, just off the line and in the backfield.

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[Future]

Those TEs make me nervous in the red zone more than anything. If they get inside the 20, we aren't going to be able to keep Gronk and Gonzalez (sp?) out of the end zone.

That's only partially a critique of our defense, but those guys are just matchup nightmares.

[kidcrook]

Bennett has an impact on his game. I predict a TD. People are sleeping. Garrett won't. Let's go Cowboys.