The Cowboys looked pretty dominant in the opening season game at Cleveland yesterday. In fact, they looked eerily close to the team that rolled to a 13-3 record in the regular season last year, minus one piece: Julius Jones. And thank God for that!
Marion Barber looked good yesterday, but his inability to break away was painfully obvious on a few of his carries. Barber is still set on bowling over tacklers, as is his custom. The Boys might want to think about getting more touches for rookie Felix Jones, who on his first carry, snaked his way through the D to an 11 yard touchdown against the Browns. Jones can provide the spark and open field threat to compliment Barber's bruising style in a way that Julius couldn't. Barber's style of running should be geared more towards late game situations, when the defense has been worn down and weary from the steamrolling Cowboys offense. He already has the money and the contract, so I am not sure moving him from the starting role would be considered a "demotion".
Jones (Felix) and Barber can form one of the most devestating running attacks in all of football, provided Tony Romo can keep defenses honest with his arm (I think throwing for 320 yards might do the trick), so long as Wade Philips and Jason Garrett are willing to use both backs to their strong suits.
Jones looked incredible, but goddam I love to watch Barber light people up. You may be onto something. Barber doesn't seem the type to be easily offended, but I still want to see what he can do in an entire game. Oh, and I also want to point out how much better Witten was than Winslow. Seems they are ranked closely a lot. I just thought it was funny. And awesome.
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