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The Cowboys felt Philadelphia's blitzing defense was vulnerable to the ``Razorback'' formation. They spent more time on the formation in practice and then ran it four times during the game.
Dallas opened and closed its first scoring drive with Romo split wide and running back Tashard Choice taking direct snaps. Choice ran for a two-yard touchdown. In the second quarter, they ran the first two plays of a drive from the ``Razorback.''
``We felt like the way they were adjusting to it we could make some plays with it,'' Phillips said. ``You almost have to make them commit everybody up there. It's an interesting concept that I think is going to stick in the league for a while.''
The main reason the ``Razorback'' hasn't worked well before was because of their isolated use of it. I think the formation works best when it's used multiple times because it keeps defenses guessing. I'm surprised they didn't run it all in the s...
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