2010年8月1日星期日

Tight end Jason Witten doesn't know what can be done

 Tight end Jason Witten doesn't know what can be done.

"It's hard,'' Witten said. "You know, obviously you want to stay away from those type of injuries, but you're playing football. It's competitive. It's the way you get better.

"It's unfortunate (Bryant's injury), but I don't think it's anybody's fault. It's just one of those things when you're playing.''

Aren't players supposed to be pushed and challenged in training camp?

"You have to,'' Witten said. "This is the grind of camp. For us to be where we want to be down the road we have to play well right now. This is something where you build the team. You have to push it.

Not a good morning workout for the offense. Tony Romo  completed 6 of 14 passes. He was also victimized by three drops - Roy Williams, Sam Hurd, Jason Witten . He was intercepted twice - Orlando Scandrick and Cletis Gordon. Gordon's interception came after Romo would have been sacked by Jason Williams, so grade that how you wish.

Let's look at the drops: Romo's back shoulder throw to Williams was in a perfect spot with the cornerback looking for the higher throw to the taller wide receiver. He simply took his eyes off the pass. Hurd dropped what was a perfect throw on a slant with the ball caroming off the receiver's arms. Witten let Romo's throw to the corner for what would have been a touchdown get too low because he didn't want to give Jason Williams the idea the pass was going. Either way, all three should have been caught.

Williams, last year's third round pick, had a productive morning. He struggles at times in coverage and draws the ire of the coaches, but he had a couple of pass deflections, a sack and a fumble recovery. He was active. His speed can help him make up for a couple of missteps.

Stephen McGee had a solid morning in the red-zone work. He was 3-for-3 with a touchdown throw to Jesse Holley on a perfect fade route over new corner Teddy Williams. Williams was also victimized for a touchdown pass from Matt Nichols to Manny Johnson on a jump ball. You have to give Williams a break. He's in his third day of camp after not playing football since high school.

Martellus Bennett was able to practice for the second straight day. His best catch came on a quick turn from Jon Kitna in which he bowled over Bradie James.

Speaking of bowling, Marc Colombo had the key block on Felix Jones' touchdown catch on a screen to the right when he chucked corner Jamar Wall so far that the crowd gasped.

Marion Barber has yet to throw a pass in his career, but he is 1-for-1 in training camp for a touchdown. On an option pass to the right Barber floated a nice throw into the corner to Patrick Cryaton for 6.

While Williams had a drop, he also had a nice TD catch from Kitna. The quarterback sold the play-fake with a toss to the left and came back to the slant to Williams, who was wide open. It looked like the same play in which Williams scored on last year against Oakland, I think.

Let's just say their work in that area Saturday morning did nothing to ease any concerns.

"We still have a lot of work to do,'' tight end Jason Witten said. "Our defense did a good job down there. That's still an area we're all focusing on.


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