T.O. has been fine this year. He pointed out the differences in between Parcells, who refused to refer to him by his name and only as "the Player", and Wade Phillips, who on day one made a point to say that he looks at his teams as his family, and that means T.O. is now a part of his family. The proof is in the pudding results wise. It took them 11 games to win more than they had in any season with Parcells, and they've "tied" the number of playoff games The Tuna won in Dallas. The game passed Parcells by as a coach because it had been so long that he'd done something of relevance that his hard-nosed style really didn't fit in with today's players. The December collapses in Dallas in the prior 4 seasons had a lot to do with him not realizing that sending the guys out in full pads on two days rest after a game isn't the best way to go. There is no way Parcells would do what Belichick did prior to the Steelers game in terms of giving his team a chance to come in fresh, he was just too much of a hard ass.
Having Terry Glenn back will be big for Dallas because when you play the Patriots you don't beat them with your stars. Belichick is a master at taking away a quarterbacks go-to-guy, and sometimes even their top two guys. Dallas Clark was not the MVP of last years AFC Championship game, it was Reggie Wayne and Marvin Harrison having all the attention on them, and Manning knowing to go to his check downs like his tight ends and Addai. Should they be so lucky as to get to the Super Bowl, the key to success on offense will be guys like Terry Glenn, Patrick Crayton, Marion Barber, and Julius Joens stepping up in one-on-one matchups, because odds are on Belichick finding ways to take Witten and Owens out of the game. That all being said, my concern is not over Dallas matching their 27 points from the first game, it's over cutting down the Patriots 48, garbage time touchdown or no garbage touchdown, that's where the issue will be.
