The Anatomy of Miles Austin's 59-Yard Touchdown

By Josh AlperWe've taken a lot of shots at Cowboys offensive coordinator Jason Garrett on these pages this season, particularly his habit of calling formations and plays that fail because they are too clever by half. It's only fair, then, that we take a moment to point out when he does something very right and gets little to no credit for it.Miles Austin's 59-yard touchdown catch in the second quarter of Sunday's victory is being hailed as either a sign of Tony Romo's resurgence or Austin's emergence. That's naturally what's going to get the headlines, but what really made the play work was an expert job of understanding the Falcons' tendencies by Garrett.The Falcons enjoy blitzing and when they do blitz they committ to it with gusto. Garrett called a play that featured only two receivers going out on patterns and fullback Deon Anderson in the game. Anderson is only there for blitz pickup, but Garrett also left Jason Witten, lined up to Flozell Ad...