BRAYLON EDWARDS (17) of the Browns makes one of his four drops on the day as Anthony Henry of the Cowboys closes in on Sunday at Browns Stadium. AP / Associated Press
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n Tight end Jason Witten had caught four passes for 64 yards; counterpart Kellen Winslow Jr. had caught four passes for 38 yards.
“They found the crease in our zone,” Jackson said. “That’s what Witten is good at.
“Give those guys a lot of credit. They have a lot of firepower, and they made a lot of plays.”
The Cowboys weren’t twice as good in everything. In some cases, it was worse. Before the
irrelevant second half, Owens caught four passes for 65 yards and a touchdown; Braylon Edwards had two little catches and two big drops.
Worse than the ‘07 opener against Pittsburgh? In that one, the Steelers led 365-221 in net yards. On Sunday, the Cowboys led 487-205.
The Browns’ vaunted offense was AWOL.
“Braylon Edwards scares you,” Cowboys coach Wade Phillips said. “We did a pretty good job on him (he finished with two catches for 17 yards).
“Winslow (five catches, 47 yards) is a great receiver, inside and outside. They like to look for him. We took it away.
“The quarterback scrambled more than I would have liked, but I don’t think they made 200 yards in total offense.
“For one of the top-scoring teams from last year, we did a good job against them.”
Romo sizzled, going 24-of-32 for 320 yards and throwing his only interception when it was 28-7. Coming off an Aug. 18 concussion that cost him two preseason games, Anderson fizzled, going 11-of-24 for 114 yards.
“(Rust) is an excuse,” Anderson said. “I felt good when I went out there. I was seeing things pretty well.”
The Browns had a great chance to cut into a 21-7 deficit early in the third quarter, but they couldn’t do anything with great field position. Dallas, in turn, drove 86 yards for a dagger touchdown.
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