Found October 05, 2009 on Dallas Cowboys And The NFL:
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IRVING - Cowboys wide receiver Patrick Crayton said the offense should have gone into grind-it-out mode after jumping out to a 10-0 lead in the first quarter of Sunday's 17-10 loss to Denver. "We've got five freaks of nature up front that are calling for us to run the ball," Crayton said. "You would think you'd listen to those guys...We blew them out of the water to start the game off, don't deviate away from that...We've got to grind it out. We've got three backs. We didn't have Felix (Jones), but we had Marion and we had Tashard (Choice), and the last time I checked those guys can run the ball between the tackles." A full-time commitment to the run would also help Romo, Crayton said. "A lot of people are going to keep putting it on Romo and it's not Romo's fault," Crayton said. "Take the ball out of his hands sometimes and don't put it all on him. He's either going to be the savior or the scapegoat ...
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  • It's not only getting away from the running game. Our QB is missing wide open receivers. There were more examples of that in this game.
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