Miles Austin makes Cowboys go
October 26, 2009 by James Edwards
Filed under Sports
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Just who is this Miles Austin guy?
And why doesn’t he wear a cape with an ‘S’ on it?
(full disclosure: The Squibster briefly had Miles Austin on his Fantasy Football Team, Naruto, but had to let him go. We only carry a 3 player bench. Who knew?)
Miles Austin is unbelievable. First he breaks the all time Cowboy record with 10 catches for 250 yards and 2 tds, and then he takes a bye week to rest up.
Hey, that was only Kansas City. It had to be a fluke, right? Look, Miles had only caught 18 balls coming into the season. How good could he be?
Evidently Miles Austin can be as good as he wants to, because he came right back in the Cowboy Falcons game and caught 6 balls for 171 yards and 2 tds. Do we call this a down game for him?
Atlanta showed a defense that would put Miles in an overmatch against a safety, if he read the cues and did what quarterback Tony Romo expected. Receivers coach Ray Sherman thought to himself, “Just like in practice.”
That’s what Austin did.
Just like in practice, he recognized the defense. Just like in practice, Austin ran a route hard in front of safety Thomas DeCoud.
Just like in practice, Austin grabbed Romo’s on-line throw, skipped out of DeCoud’s flailing try at a tackle and ran the final 30 yards of a 59-yard touchdown play. The game-changing score put the Cowboys ahead for the duration.
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Miles Austin is now listed ahead of Patrick Crayton in the depth chart for the number 2 receiver slot and obviously playing a lot better than the highly touted Roy Williams at the other receiver slot. Roy caught one ball for 16 yards.
Miles Austin zooming up the field for a touchdown
It would appear that Miles Austin’s time has come and Romo is ready to deliver.
Sadly for the Squibster, Miles delivered 34.1 points in my Fantasy League. At least he wasn’t playing against my team.
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