For most of training camp the Dallas Cowboys talked up their hopes of using free agent wide receiver Tavon Austin like the big-play threat he was always expected to be as a first-round pick out of West Virginia in 2013.
They tried to get him involved last week against Carolina, but the offense couldn’t get out of its own way long enough to get him involved, much less anyone else.
Sunday night against the New York Giants, the Cowboys didn’t give themselves any time to sabotage the plan. On the third play from scrimmage, Austin raced past Kelvin Martin as Dak Prescott led him for a 64-yard touchdown pass.