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Patrick Crayton might not be a starting wide receiver anymore and he only got his punt return job back when Allen Rossum went down in the first quarter with a hamstring injury.
He might be keeping the job now with a 73-yard punt return for a touchdown that will put this game to bed with 8:38 to go.
It has to be a good feeling for Crayton, who was upset he was not told about the wide receiver demotion. So good was the blocking that Crayton was not even touched by a Falcon. Punter Michael Koenen dove at him as he broke through without much luck.
It's the first punt return for a touchdown by the Cowboys since Terence Newman went 56 yards against Detroit on Dec. 31, 2006.
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