Cowboys headed nowhere with this offense

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By RANDY GALLOWAY

rgalloway@star-telegram.com

galloway "And I had a linebacker pick me up. I figured I had to separate from a linebacker."

Crayton followed the theme of "I’m not going to complain about a win, even an ugly win."

Tight end Jason Witten noted, "Nothing pretty about this one, except the win. And when we had the one drive to win it, we did it. I’ll take that and feel good about it."

From wideout Miles Austin: "I don’t consider it an offensive slump for us. We won, didn’t we? But let’s see what happens next week."

Actually, "next week" comes Thursday. And the Raiders are not a bad defensive club. One thing the Raiders will obviously concentrate on is that Romo didn’t complete a pass to a wide receiver until he hit Austin for 23 yards on the last play of the third quarter.

Not that Roy Williams didn’t have an opportunity or two, but, frankly, shouldn’t Sam Hurd be warming up, or even Kevin Ogletree, to take over Roy’s spot? This Roy thing is looking hopeless. (OK, OK, OK. Jerry would not approve.)

For the afternoon, the Redskins dropped two safeties 30 yards off the line of scrimmage and dared Romo to work underneath. That kind of defense is an invitation to run the ball, which Jason Garrett certainly did, but the ol’ Tampa 2 strategy is not exactly a new look for any passing game.

The Cowboys, however, were totally stumped.

Anyway, after taking over at their own 40, down 6-0, and the clock nearing seven minutes to play, why did things change with Romo and his wideouts, particularly Miles?

"What I noticed," said Austin, "is they had been rolling coverage my way, and then they appeared worried about Jason [Witten.] The coverage went his way. I had some one-on-one openings."

Witten caught two throws in the game-winning drive, and Austin got open for catches of 9, 11 and then 4 yards. Compared to the previous 55 minutes, this was a bonanza.

Then came Romo and Crayton in their curtain-closing, stayin’ alive act.

Never had Tony thrown for so few yards (158) and won a game.

Don’t expect it to happen again.

Randy Galloway can be heard 3-6 p.m. weekdays on Galloway & Co. on ESPN/103.3 FM.

Randy Galloway, 817-390-7760

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