Who would you want to man up on T.O.?

[Cowboy from New York]

Most of us just saw DeAngelo Hall have a pretty good game manning up on T.O. all night, which I'm sure allowed the falcons to do some of their excellent blitzes tonight.

Hall did this mostly by using press coverage on him and getting a good shot in on TO right off the line.

Which one of our corners would be the best man for that task? Henry obviously had a good game against SD but Newman played TO very well in the game at philly last season.

If we could go man against TO even half the time it would sure help out with our blitz options and free Roy up to assist in controlling the running game.

 

[ddh33]

I consider Newman the team's best corner, but I think I would rather have Henry on him because of his size. But I also understand that one player isn't going to completely stop him anyway.

 

[TheDuke]

I consider Newman the team's best corner, but I think I would rather have Henry on him because of his size. But I also understand that one player isn't going to completely stop him anyway.

very well said..my thoughts exactly

 

[FRDRCK]

well i dont know about henry, he lined up vs t.o. last year and T.O. had two T.D.s. i'd pick none other than...Aaron Glenn, his size is similar to DeAngelo Hall and i think he sill has a lot in the tank.

 

[D41lasCowboys31]

Henry played very well against TO last year when Philly played Cleveland, Henry is clearly the team's best corner

 

[Muhast]

Interesting tidbit: Mora said he told Hall he'd play man coverage the entire game against T.O and said, he could play however he wanted, but not to say a word to T.O.(remember Mora coached T.O in SF) and that T.O plays better when people talk s*** to him and it makes him play well. T.O did get 8 catches for 119 yards, but if you watched, T.O MUST have had at least 15 passes thrown towards him. And tho he had his stats, he never got the big play. Funny, Henry and Newman keep your mouth shut.

 

[SilverStarCowboy]

Most of us just saw DeAngelo Hall have a pretty good game manning up on T.O. all night, which I'm sure allowed the falcons to do some of their excellent blitzes tonight.

Hall did this mostly by using press coverage on him and getting a good shot in on TO right off the line.

Which one of our corners would be the best man for that task? Henry obviously had a good game against SD but Newman played TO very well in the game at philly last season.

If we could go man against TO even half the time it would sure help out with our blitz options and free Roy up to assist in controlling the running game.

No......Period

 

[Muhast]

No......Period

Well dont be timid say why. I hate when people post like that.

I'd play Henry over T.O most of the game. With Davis helping out on blitzes

 

[Cowboy from New York]

No......Period

Boy, good point, you sure got me there.

 

[TheDuke]

if i had to pick one i would go with henry....but i'm more for the philosophy of just having your corners stick to their side of the field and play whoever lines up in front of them. now it helps when you have 3 capable corners like we do but i don't like the idea of changing your whole defensive philosophy for one receiver.

 

[SilverStarCowboy]

Boy, good point, you sure got me there.

I'd have to go with Henry simply because Bill said he liked the way Henry matched-up against Terrell Owens last season when facing TO. Just because TO had one bad night doesn't mean Terrell is still affected from the Roy Williams tackle.

Does it?

 

[JonJon]

This may seem off topic, but it will make sense later:

I think our biggest liability is Keith Davis in the FS position. He is still learning the ins and outs, and as for now he is an under construction safety at best. Newman and Henry should do a good job with TO, but they still need some FS help, and I don't think Davis is ready for that task. I think Dallas will use a lot of Nickel back sets with Glenn playing zone on whatever side TO lines up at. That should give us two quality CBs in TO's vicinity, which will help relieve Davis of that daunting duty, and allow Roy to play closer to the line.

 

[Cowboy from New York]

I'd have to go with Henry simply because Bill said he liked the way Henry matched-up against Terrell Owens last season when facing TO. Just because TO had one bad night doesn't mean Terrell is still affected from the Roy Williams tackle.

Does it?

What the heck does the Roy Williams tackle have to do with this discussion?!
Who mentioned his injury?

Owens statistically did not have a bad night (7 rec. 112 yds) but he did not score or hook up for the big bomb that he and Mcnabb did so often last year.

The point of this topic was after seeing a team have success physically manning up on Owens which allowed them to run with different coverages and blitz packages if cowboy fans felt we could do the same thing with similar success. If you look at my 1st post you will see I even acknowleged that we might only be able to get away with this tactic only occassionally.

You seem to think otherwise, fair enough. But could you produce a rational arguement for your belief? First your dissmissive and then your nonsensical, please explain yourself. Everyone is entitled to there opinion but man......

 

[cowboygolfer]

I gotta say Henry, I went to Training Camp and this guy is huge. They list him at about 6-2 205 he is bigger and has the stregth to play physically. If we have to go man I say put Henry on him tight and jamm him hard at the line, pressure McNaab and get both of them out of their timing as well as use Henry's size to take some bals away.

 

[SilverStarCowboy]

What the heck does the Roy Williams tackle have to do with this discussion?!
Who mentioned his injury?

Owens statistically did not have a bad night (7 rec. 112 yds) but he did not score or hook up for the big bomb that he and Mcnabb did so often last year.

The point of this topic was after seeing a team have success physically manning up on Owens which allowed them to run with different coverages and blitz packages if cowboy fans felt we could do the same thing with similar success. If you look at my 1st post you will see I even acknowleged that we might only be able to get away with this tactic only occassionally.

You seem to think otherwise, fair enough. But could you produce a rational arguement for your belief? First your dissmissive and then your nonsensical, please explain yourself. Everyone is entitled to there opinion but man......

Terrel Owens looked a step slower to me.

 

[AdamJT13]

You'd think Henry would match up better, but Owens had two TD catches over Henry last year. Owens has never even had a catch when Newman has been manned up against him.

 

[Chuck 54]

Newman plays LCB, and Henry plays RCB....I don't think we change that due to Owens.

 

[CrazyCowboy]

I consider Newman the team's best corner, but I think I would rather have Henry on him because of his size. But I also understand that one player isn't going to completely stop him anyway.

Didn't we have a post not long ago that BP said Henry was the best corner on the team? I like Newman also, but Henry is physical and can cover.....

 

[Dave_in-NC]

I thought I read a while back that one of the reasons Henry was picked up is because the way he covers TO. Some thing about Parcells watching alot of film with henry covering TO.
Any way the blue print was laid out last night on how to beat them. Also if you hit TO every chance you get his arms get shorter. You have to treat him like a school yard punk. He cant take it when you dont respect him.

 

[Doomsday]

Interesting tidbit: Mora said he told Hall he'd play man coverage the entire game against T.O and said, he could play however he wanted, but not to say a word to T.O.(remember Mora coached T.O in SF) and that T.O plays better when people talk s*** to him and it makes him play well. T.O did get 8 catches for 119 yards, but if you watched, T.O MUST have had at least 15 passes thrown towards him. And tho he had his stats, he never got the big play. Funny, Henry and Newman keep your mouth shut.

TO had 17 passes thrown towards him and they completed 8 of them. Maybe its me but it appeared as though McNabb was bothered by the blitz and all the hits he took, he threw alot of bad passes in my opinion.