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7 billion euros Thecompany has some 12000 employees Many people feel that Holmgren is that answer I sure wouldnrsquot want to miss this fightEspecially if your team is on the winning end Thanks for the read guys hope you enjoyJacksonville 65 203 Great allaround performance for the NinersAll of his children were born in Iowa CityBut then again I donrsquot think itrsquoll make much difference 30Offensively they are only marginally betterWhatever happened ya know you gotta play golf ya knowThanksgiving was great for Dallas Cowboys fans. Not just because the team posted another victory, but because a struggling offense found its way out of a slump.Sure, it was against the lowly Oakland Raiders, but they do have a good secondary, and Tony Romo found a groove against them, hitting Jason Witten and Miles Austin consistently for big gains.This is what we wanted to see from this offense. We knew Romo and company would have several possessions to get clicking and score some points.And they did. Twenty-four to be exact.Now, 24 points may not seem like a whole lot (and I argue that Dallas could have scored 40), but it’s a big deal after the Cowboys only posted 14 total points over the previous two games. It’s an even bigger deal when the defense continues to hold teams to 17 or less.However, my main point centers on how the Cowboys moved the football. The way the Cowboys executed on offense on Thanksgiving was the way I had envisioned it when the season started. They reverted back to plays that made them an electric offense in 2007, while adding in new wrinkles with their running backs.I must give credit to Jason Garrett for going back to what made Romo an MVP candidate in 2007. 
That is, he took his best wide receiver (Miles Austin), moved him around, and, most importantly, had him running short/intermediate routes over the middle.See folks, contrary to popular belief, the Cowboys were never a home run hitting team in the passing game when TO wore the star. They got lots of big plays, but only on a couple of occasions did they execute the 75-yard TD pass.That offense centered on hitting TO 10-20 yards down the middle of the field and having him run for another 10-20 yards. The Cowboys got chunks of 20, 30, and 40 yards, and not necessarily 60, 70, and 80. Nevertheless, they still put lots of points on the board, being the second-best offensive team only to New England just two years ago.Well, the Cowboys must have looked at the old tapes of TO.On Thanksgiving, they had Austin running over the middle of the field and getting big chunks of yards.
His line had receptions of 49, 11, 27, 20, 14, 9 (TD), and 15 yards (totaling 145). Austin made all of these plays working the middle of the field either on slants, crossing patterns, or bubble screens. He lined up in the slot on almost all of these connections.This was different from the Kansas City and Atlanta games, where Austin made most of his catches near the sideline (with one exception being the long touchdown versus the Falcons running a deep cross), especially on that comeback pattern.Having Austin work the middle of the field is about as Romo-friendly as you can get. Romo is more accurate in between the numbers, and is twice as dangerous when he is shuffling in and out of the pocket hitting guys running across the middle of the field.This is exactly how the Cowboys piled on the points in 2007. In those games, Owens was moved around and was working the middle of the field, mainly on crossing patterns. If you don’t believe me, go to the NFL video archives and watch for yourself.There were nohome run balls. It was catch and run all day long.That, my friends, is the way Romo and this offense are suppose to operate.
