Video: Jason Witten takes Byron Jones to school

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Now that is a football player. Witten's the man.

Imagine how much faster Byron is than Wit, but Wit is just so damn crafty and skilled in every aspect of his game that he can just tool a top notch athlete like that.

And it's no knock on Byron; I think he's going to be a very good safety for us.
 
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Jason Witten came into came ready for business...thanks for the share, WG.
 
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You have some on this board ready to move on from Witten. If he's done like some seem to think he is Byron Jones may not be the answer at safety.
 
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John813 said:
His route running is top notch. He got some good distance on Jones just like that.
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He runs good routes, but that isn't what makes him so dominate. What makes his so dominate is how deceptive his route running is. (he isn't that fast at all either) His route running skills make it easier for QBs to connect with him. He gets off the ball, and he gets to EXACTLY where he is supposed to be at EXACTLY the right time. Losing the defender for him is all about being deceptive so the defender doesn't know where the ball is going before he gets there.

Telegraphing routes is the easiest way to get your QB picked off.
 
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KJJ said:
Gronk still had 4 catches for 67 yards. The jury is still out on Jones.
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With all due respect, anyone that holds Gronk to 4 catches for 67 yards did a pretty damned solid job considering that Gronk is the ONLY "must stop" guy on that entire offense. He may go down as the best TE in the history of the game if his health holds up. That's pretty good work for a rookie.

Just sayin'.
 
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skinsscalper said:
With all due respect, anyone that holds Gronk to 4 catches for 67 yards did a pretty damned solid job considering that Gronk is the ONLY "must stop" guy on that entire offense. He may go down as the best TE in the history of the game if his health holds up. That's pretty good work for a rookie.

Just sayin'.
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The Cowboys could do nothing offensively in that game so Brady wasn't having to look for Gronk, he was able to spread the ball around. While we were focusing on Gronk, Edelman was putting up 120 yards. Most of Gronks catches came in the second half when the Cowboys still had an outside chance only being down by 7 at the half.
 
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pugilist said:
The jury is still out on a lot of guys.. i have no clue why this defense is getting so much hype
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Where has the defense been getting so much hype? I haven't seen any of it. I'm still trying to figure out who's going to provide a pass rush.
 
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KJJ said:
The Cowboys could do nothing offensively in that game so Brady wasn't having to look for Gronk, he was able to spread the ball around. While we were focusing on Gronk, Edelman was putting up 120 yards. Most of Gronks catches came in the second half when the Cowboys still had an outside chance only being down by 7 at the half.
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We can argue the semantics all day long. The end result was 67 yards for one of the most dominant receiving threats in the game. That's decent work for a rookie regardless of the situation. Jones isn't perfect and he had his lapses last year, for sure. But give the devil his due. That was a solid performance against a guy that makes people look like fools on a regular basis.

And, BTW, Brady is ALWAYS looking for Gronk. The Patriots have absolutely no problem running up the score on teams and exploiting mismatches regardless of the game situation or the score. Your explanation doesn't come close to passing the smell test.
 
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skinsscalper said:
We can argue the semantics all day long. The end result was 67 yards for one of the most dominant receiving threats in the game. That's decent work for a rookie regardless of the situation. Jones isn't perfect and he had his lapses last year, for sure. But give the devil his due. That was a solid performance against a guy that makes people look like fools on a regular basis.

And, BTW, Brady is ALWAYS looking for Gronk. The Patriots have absolutely no problem running up the score on teams and exploiting mismatches regardless of the game situation or the score. Your explanation doesn't come close to passing the smell test.
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Brady doesn't always look for Gronk, Amendola only had 7 fewer catches than Gronk and Edelman only had 9 fewer catches. Gronk may be Brady's number one target but he does spread the ball around. As for Jones like I said the jury is still out we'll see how it goes for him this season. He and the rest of our secondary are likely to get toasted if we don't find a pass rush.
 
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KJJ said:
Brady doesn't always look for Gronk, Amendola only had 7 fewer catches than Gronk and Edelman only had 9 fewer catches. Gronk may be Brady's number one target but he does spread the ball around. As for Jones like I said the jury is still out we'll see how it goes for him this season. He and the rest of our secondary are likely to get toasted if we don't find a pass rush.
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I agree with your post but, you said it yourself, Jones held Brady's #1 target to 67 yards. End of discussion as far as I'm concerned.
 
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