Some things I noted from watching the game.

The Eagles shut-out TO in the second half. They went with more zone defense and TO didn’t have a catch in the second half. Romo didn’t even seem to be looking for TO at all. Will the Packers stick with playin man to man? If so, will the Packers put Al Harris on TO (which would be a mistake in my mind unless they give him safety help)?

Witten seperated his shoulder but came back to play. He had a huge night anyway.

Witten, TO, and Barber combined for 14 catches out of 21 of Romo’s completions. I’d say that limiting TO and Witten are the biggest priorities for the Packers in the passing game.

Barber only averaged 3.5 yards per carry, so the Eagles did a nice job of limiting him.

The Cowboys defense couldn’t seem to defend the pass at all. Eagle receivers were running open all night long. Roy Williams is out with a fractured arm, although that won’t hurt the pass coverage as Brandon notes.This may open up a few things in the running game though.

The Packers will need to bring their A game. Hoepfully, they will stick with what has worked for them and not get too cute as they seemed to try and do last year at Dallas.

Last year’s Dallas game marked the beginning of the end of the Brett Favre era in Green Bay. The Dallas offense is so explosive that Favre immediately reverted back to “gunslinger” mode and chucked the game plan in the trash, and then Rodgers came out of the bullpen to make the game competitive again.

This year, we get them at home, but the game is going to be an absolute track meet and we can’t get discouraged if we’re down 14-3. Dallas has proven that they are capable of putting a lot of points on the board, but are also capable of giving up a lot of points, and the Packers’ offense has been no slouch.

Unfortunately, Dallas’ pass defense will be better next week as Terrence Newman gets healthier and Roy Williams misses the game due to injury. Ryan Grant will need to have a better time running the ball this week than he did against Detroit or else there will be a lot of pressure on Mr. Rodgers.

Last year, TO was a machine but we also didn’t have Woodson – I am hopeful the Packers avoid the Harris/TO matchup and give Woodson a little more responsibility on Owens. Our front four needs to apply some pressure to Tony Romo and hopefully Mr. Bigby is healthy enough to participate and allow a safety blitz or two to rattle Romo.

This will be a real litmus test to see where the Packers stand in the NFC this year. I don’t consider it a “must” win, but it would sure be nice to have.