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Took below article off Raphael Vella's website. I'm going to keep my fingers crossed that we get back a healthy Terry Glenn with all or a lot of his former speed. The first 2 paras dealt with a problem GB had back in 96. I didn't think it necessary but didn't want to cut it off since it has minimal bearing on our hope of Glenn's success.
In 1996, the Green Bay Packers hit some black ice. Rolling to a 9-1 start on their way to a 13-3 finish, the Packers receiving corps was hobbled by injury. They lost back to back games to the Chiefs and Packers, dropped to 9-3 and appeared to be dropping to the field. In the locker room after the Chiefs loss, a reporter asked HC Mike Holmgren if he was aware that the Jaguars had just cut malcontent WR Andre Rison.
“That’s interesting” said Holmgren. Days later, the Packers snapped him up. He was not an exemplary receiver for Green Bay, but gave them the balance they lacked when Robert Brooks and Derek Mayes went down. The Packers won each of the eight games that featured Rison.
The news that Terry Glenn has returned to practice makes me wonder if the Cowboys offense, which has rolled all season, might receive a sixth gear in addition to the five it already sports? Nothing against Sam Hurd and Miles Austin, who have performed admirably in their roles, but a healthy Glenn offers Tony Romo the missing element — the consistent deep threat who could take the double teams away from Terrell Owens.
T.O. himself has spoken glowingly of Glenn, saying he would team with the Player to create a “two headed monster.” The trickle down effect would be tantalizing. Teams right now have to choose whether to double Owens or Jason Witten. A productive Glenn would put Dallas in New England’s class, and create bigger mismatches for Witten and Patrick Crayton down the food chain; where they face a corner, they would not get a safety. Where they face a safety, they not draw a linebacker.
Mismatches would become that more extreme.
Cross your fingers, light your candles and send good energy to Terry’s knee.
In 1996, the Green Bay Packers hit some black ice. Rolling to a 9-1 start on their way to a 13-3 finish, the Packers receiving corps was hobbled by injury. They lost back to back games to the Chiefs and Packers, dropped to 9-3 and appeared to be dropping to the field. In the locker room after the Chiefs loss, a reporter asked HC Mike Holmgren if he was aware that the Jaguars had just cut malcontent WR Andre Rison.
“That’s interesting” said Holmgren. Days later, the Packers snapped him up. He was not an exemplary receiver for Green Bay, but gave them the balance they lacked when Robert Brooks and Derek Mayes went down. The Packers won each of the eight games that featured Rison.
The news that Terry Glenn has returned to practice makes me wonder if the Cowboys offense, which has rolled all season, might receive a sixth gear in addition to the five it already sports? Nothing against Sam Hurd and Miles Austin, who have performed admirably in their roles, but a healthy Glenn offers Tony Romo the missing element — the consistent deep threat who could take the double teams away from Terrell Owens.
T.O. himself has spoken glowingly of Glenn, saying he would team with the Player to create a “two headed monster.” The trickle down effect would be tantalizing. Teams right now have to choose whether to double Owens or Jason Witten. A productive Glenn would put Dallas in New England’s class, and create bigger mismatches for Witten and Patrick Crayton down the food chain; where they face a corner, they would not get a safety. Where they face a safety, they not draw a linebacker.
Mismatches would become that more extreme.
Cross your fingers, light your candles and send good energy to Terry’s knee.