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Week 5 Preview: Let’s Talk About Tackle-Eligible Touchdowns, the Cowboys’ Collapse Is on Both Sides of the Ball

1a. Let’s start this week’s column with… a Video Daily Double [pew-pew, pew-pew, pew-pew, pew-pew, pew pew pew]

Those “pew-pews” are the Jeopardy Daily Double sound effect, but more on that later.* Right now, it’s time for a frank and honest discussion about tackle-eligible touchdowns. Start by watching this breakdown of the Eric Fisher TD from two Monday ago:

I love Dan Orlovsky. In fact, from what I can tell, everyone loves Dan Orlovsky, and rightfully so: great analyst, great enthusiasm, UConn alum, what’s not to love? But this reaction is like Criss Angel just freaked his mind** when in fact it’s just an NFL team stretching some poorly conceived rules that are ripe for exploitation.