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IRVING, Texas – A few leftover notes from my breakdown of the tape from the Cowboys’ 34-31 win against the Rams:

  • It’s rare when an elite player makes another elite player quit during a game, but that happened when Tyron Smith faced Robert Quinn on Sunday afternoon. Smith was technique perfect with his lateral agility, foot quickness and balance. As the game wore on, no matter how hard Quinn tried to rush, he was not going to get by Smith. There were several snaps in this game where the Rams were just rushing with three men due to the fact that Smith was on Quinn so quickly. Quinn could not even react to get up the field and completely stopped on his rush. For four quarters it was as dominant of a performance I had seen from an offensive linemen in several years.
  • There was once a time where I was not really sure what kind of route that I was going to see from Dez Bryant in a game. He was not disciplined and his attention to detail was poor. I believe that Bryant will be the first to tell you that that the route he ran against Janoris Jenkins that resulted in Jenkins’ pick-six was not his best effort. Bryant did nothing to get Jenkins out of his pedal and he was just sitting at the sticks keying Bryant’s route. Jenkins has a history as a gambler and guesser, but Bryant made it too easy for him. But the mark of any great receiver is to not make the same mistake twice. On his 68-yard touchdown reception in the third quarter, Bryant was able to do just that. He punished Jenkins by running his route in a way that put him in a terrible spot. As Bryant drove up the field he was able to make a slight move to the left, which had Jenkins believing that he was going to break to the outside. Jenkins, believing that Bryant was going to break on the out, had to spin in that direction to defend. It was a beautiful job of selling the route and once again proves how far Bryant has come in his development.

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IRVING, Texas – A few leftover notes from my breakdown of the tape from the Cowboys’ 34-31 win against the Rams:

  • It’s rare when an elite player makes another elite player quit during a game, but that happened when Tyron Smith faced Robert Quinn on Sunday afternoon. Smith was technique perfect with his lateral agility, foot quickness and balance. As the game wore on, no matter how hard Quinn tried to rush, he was not going to get by Smith. There were several snaps in this game where the Rams were just rushing with three men due to the fact that Smith was on Quinn so quickly. Quinn could not even react to get up the field and completely stopped on his rush. For four quarters it was as dominant of a performance I had seen from an offensive linemen in several years.
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Smith was awesome. A thing of beauty.

Hitchens played really well too for this being just his third pro game. I think it is becoming clearer and clearer that Hitchens wasn't another wasted 4th round pick. He can play, is tough, smart and instinctive. He still has a lot to learn but the guy is a good football player. This is the perfect scheme for him.
 
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big dog cowboy said:
This kind of word keeps spreading around the league and talk of All-Pro votes will follow.
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He was an all pro last year, albeit second team. It really irks me that the announcers refer to him as "pro bowl left tackle" rather than "all pro".
 
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I sometimes find myself just watching 77 during the games.
I won't follow the ball, I won't watch Romo- if he handed off to Murray, or is going for a pass.

I watch Smith.

That guy all-out dominates his opposition like I haven't seen since Big E when he was briefly peaking.

I sometimes tear up from the greatness I am witnessing before my eyes.

Such a humble, quiet guy too.
Always lets his work do the talking and it's pretty much heard loud and clear.

I remember one the first interviews after he was drafted about his aspirations and he said he wanted to end up in the NFL HOF-

I knew he was not some blowhard assuaging his own fragile ego:
He was darn well going. He was going to make sure he was.
I heard those words and I had no doubt he was the master of his own destiny.

I'm so glad to see it coming to fruition.
 
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Even though Hayden is not one of my favorite players and is one I can't wait to be replaced by a better player, Broaddus did a good job of explaining what he gives to the defense. He does a lot of the dirty work so others can have a chance to make plays. Some of them need to do a better job of beating guys one on one.
 
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