Cowboys receiver Roy Williams wasn’t able to play on Sunday with a rib injury.
And so Miles Austin stepped in — and he stepped up. He caught 10 passes for 250 yards and two touchdowns, including the 60-yard game-winner.
For his efforts, Austin was named the NFC offensive player of the week.
Austin also broke the franchise single-game receiving record, which had been held by Hall of Famer Bob Hayes. In November 1966, Hayes generated 246 receiving yards in a single game — an incredible figure given that NFL offenses leaned more heavily on the run in that era, due in large part to rules that made it harder for receivers to get open.
Hayes generated receiving yards in a single game? That is an incredible figure!!
…not only that, his efforts helped someone finally bring down the immortal Chiefs.
Just another reason the Roy Williams trade looks like the biggest fleecing since Herschel Walker.
Austin should start over Crayton. He has the potential (that we witness last week) you would NEVER see from Crayton.
If Austin is promoted (sounds like he will be) and the team signed Rossum for KR/PR, then Crayton could be on his way out.
“Just another reason the Roy Williams trade looks like the biggest fleecing since Herschel Walker.”
The Eagirls traded for somebody that promptly ripped their team apart.
VoxVeritas says:
October 13, 2009 8:46 PM
“Just another reason the Roy Williams trade looks like the biggest fleecing since Herschel Walker.”
The Eagirls traded for somebody that promptly ripped their team apart.
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Vox…are you that dumb? Did we trade an etire years draft for em?
I have no idea what an etire is but the Cowboys had 12 picks going into the 2009 draft, not sure if that qualifies as “etire” or not but as far as I’m concerned, spending anything to trade for a guy that ends up tearing your team apart is not only a “fleecing” but may also qualify as a butt-raping.
There have been only two teams to trade an entire draft for a player — the Vikes and the Saints. The Cowboys were the winners in the first. Led to three SB’s moron. How many have the Eagles won?
for anyone who thinks Herschel Walker was the last big trade hasn’t heard of Ricky Williams.
Wait, Vox…
You’re really talking about T.O….
Do you know what team he went to when the Eagles cut him?
Do you remember how that WR couldn’t get them over the playoff drought? Or how dominant he was in that 44-6 loss last season?
Seriously, your delusional fanboy status has reached a new peak. Go back to playing Magic: The Gathering.
Should send a “Thank you” note to the defender that couldn’t tackle him, even though he did try repeatedly.
“Do you know what team he went to when the Eagles cut him?”
Yep. The Cowboys. Note that they didn’t give up anything in trade for him nor did he rip the team apart. He served at the Cowboys’ pleasure. The Eagirls kept him around long after he should have been cut because… well I don’t know why, I guess they liked the way he was punking McNabb on a near daily basis. How ’bout that “black-on-black crime”, Eagirls fans!
“In November 1966, Hayes generated 246 receiving yards in a single game — an incredible figure given that NFL offenses leaned more heavily on the run in that era, due in large part to rules that made it harder for receivers to get open.”
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Funny you brought it up. TMQ has a little statistically-based column up today on this very sort of misconception.
http://sports.espn.go.com/espn/page2/story?page=easterbrook/091013&sportCat=nfl
From the TMQ article:
“Many games of the 1950s, when family cars had column-mounted stick shifts, featured about the same disparity of passing versus rushing as do NFL games today.”
“Is the real story that points are now being achieved through the air rather than on the ground? Last season, NFL teams averaged 1.3 receiving touchdowns per game; in 1958, when the world’s attention was riveted on the Quemoy-Matsu crisis, the average was 1.5 receiving touchdowns per game.”
“In his first game this season, Drew Brees tossed six touchdown passes. Evidence of an explosion in passing? Five NFL players have thrown seven touchdown passes in a game — this first happened 66 years ago, when few of today’s football enthusiasts had even been born, and last happened in 1969, just after the first moon landing. The seven-touchdown-passes-in-a-game club: Sid Luckman in 1943, Adrian Burk in 1954, George Blanda in 1961, Y.A. Tittle in 1962 and Joe Kapp in 1969. All seven-touchdown-pass games came from conventional two-receiver, two-back sets, not from any exotic offense. The crux was whether the teams had good blocking, open receivers and accurate passers.”