Witten has more catches than megatron

[Joshmil53]

Originally Posted by theebs

Good luck.

The reality is witten has been a better player for longer.

Witten has been outstanding with average quarterbacks in testaverde and Bledsoe and with a great one in romo.

Cant say the same for Johnson.

Witten is the better player. The people that make posts like run 5 yards and break are just not worth interacting with. All those plays are in rhythm, those are plays possible from intelligence and experience. Those are option routes where the qb and te must read the same thing.

making light of that shows how foolish people who do are.

Calvin Johnson has had a couple of flashy seasons and shows how incredible he can be.

[View Full Quote]Jason witten has had a hall of fame career and has been the number 1 receiver here since 2004. He has nothing to hide from in any of his years. He has played with every injury known to man and he has never passed the buck on anything in all his time here.

He is one of the all time greats.

Its too bad just like with romo so many do not understand this. The crowd barely acknowledged romo's record breaking TD sunday.

then I lost a bunch of respect for Bill Bates, He was on the sideline for the whole game sunday night and was talking to Kristie scales when romo threw the record breaking TD and when Kristie pointed out to him what just happened he pointed at his ring and said but how many of these does he have.

Bates used to be one of my favorites for years, that comment knocked that out of me.

Megatron actually performed before Stafford.

[theebs]

Originally Posted by Joshmil53

Megatron actually performed before Stafford.

yeah he has had I guess three great seasons and one without Stafford for the most part. He catches a lot of td.

No reason you cant compare the two.

Witten has been doing it for longer and his play never dips its always at a high level.

[zrinkill]

Witten is a stone cold killer ..... I was amazed at how effortlessly he caught that on-sides kick.

[bsheeern]

Death, taxes and Witten. 3 things that are guaranteed in life.

[Woods]

Originally Posted by CowboyMcCoy

We're witnessing the best TE performance we'll likely ever see in our lifetime. And for some fans it just isn't good enough.

True.

I'm hoping like heck he breaks the single season reception record for TEs.

He's a great player.

As fans we've had a tough spell for much of the last 15 years, but guys like Witten make you appreciate great Cowboys.

[Hostile]

Originally Posted by aikemirv

I am still trying to figure out why Witten can't be mentioned with Calvin.....

It is an Internet generational thing. I remember when you could compare and contrast players, and people just talked about it. Now, if you try to do it someone is going to be upset every time. heck, they get upset if you aren't making a comparison but mention a good player's name.

I think we should just never compare our players to anyone who is good and we should just agree that they all suck.

Might be the only way to keep the peace.

[gmb85]

It's funny how we were all worried about Witten earlier this year. It's incredible what he's doing. He's half man, half amazing.

[Idgit]

Originally Posted by gmb85

It's funny how we were all worried about Witten earlier this year. It's incredible what he's doing. He's half man, half amazing.

Who's 'we'? You got a mouse in your pocket?

[links18]

Originally Posted by Hostile

It is an Internet generational thing. I remember when you could compare and contrast players, and people just talked about it. Now, if you try to do it someone is going to be upset every time. heck, they get upset if you aren't making a comparison but mention a good player's name.

I think we should just never compare our players to anyone who is good and we should just agree that they all suck.

Might be the only way to keep the peace.

IF Romo has more performances like Sunday's he might get close to RGIII level someday.

[aikemirv]

Originally Posted by Hostile

It is an Internet generational thing. I remember when you could compare and contrast players, and people just talked about it. Now, if you try to do it someone is going to be upset every time. heck, they get upset if you aren't making a comparison but mention a good player's name.

I think we should just never compare our players to anyone who is good and we should just agree that they all suck.

Might be the only way to keep the peace.

People never appreciate the nuances anymore - just the highlights.

Is Calvin a more athletic player than Witten - sure he is!

Is he a better football player than Witten- I don't think so.

It could be close, Calvin is very good at his craft I think. I have not watched him enough to see if he is an expert at all the little things he needs to do to excel at his position or does he get by with his superior size and athletic ability?

[Hostile]

Originally Posted by aikemirv

People never appreciate the nuances anymore - just the highlights.

Is Calvin a more athletic player than Witten - sure he is!

Is he a better football player than Witten- I don't think so.

It could be close, Calvin is very good at his craft I think. I have not watched him enough to see if he is an expert at all the little things he needs to do to excel at his position or does he get by with his superior size and athletic ability?

Great post.

[BraveHeartFan]

Originally Posted by links18

You've heard of "finesse teams"? Well, we are a "stats team." We have the leading passer in Cowboys' history, but only one playoff victory in that time. We stopped a game in the middle of a 5-11 season to celebrate the league's all-time leading rusher about 5 years after his prime years were over.

I'm guessing you don't realise that they do that with every player who breaks an NFL record.

They did it with Rice, they did it with Walter, they did it with Emmitt, they did it for Strahan when he set the sack record for a season.

That isn't a Cowboys exclusive thing but it's not surprising that some random fan some how thinks it is.

[lwehlers]

it is amazing the season that witten is having. i remember the start to the season when ithought he wasdone. i am glad he is not because witten is my favorite player on this team. he has a good chance to break the record for most catches by a tightend in a season. the patriots tight end was on pace also when he broke his arm.

[lwehlers]

Originally Posted by links18

IF Romo has more performances like Sunday's he might get close to RGIII level someday.

that will never happen. RGIII is already being annointed for the hall of fame.

[jimnabby]

Originally Posted by CowboyMcCoy

We're witnessing the best TE performance we'll likely ever see in our lifetime. And for some fans it just isn't good enough.

I love Witten as much as the next guy, but ... huh?

Yes, Witten is catching a ton of balls this year, but that's because he's having a ton of balls thrown to him. His yards per catch is the worst he's ever had and he's only scored 1 TD. Several of his other seasons have been better (see 2007 in particular), as have many of Tony Gonzalez's seasons (not to mention Gates and Gronkowski), even if he ends up catching a few more balls this year.