Pearson: 'Boys must hit RG3 even if it costs them penalties

An old-school Cowboy advocated for current Dallas players to break out the old-school tactics when they face Robert Griffin III on Sunday night.

Drew Pearson, the original No. 88, told KESN-FM the Cowboys need to batter the rookie Pro Bowl quarterback, even if it means crossing the border into prohibited activity, to try and get into his head.

"We need to let him know that it's not going to be that easy or we're not going to lay down for them and we're not intimidated by him," Pearson said, via the Dallas Morning News. "The way you do that is you go out on that field and you knock him around. Even if it costs you a 15-yard penalty, and I'm only saying this if it's not a critical situation or anything."

Knocking around a starting quarterback isn't a new or shocking message. Advocating that his former team take a personal-foul penalty to prove a point is a provocative statement from both a strategic and a player-safety perspective.

"Sometimes you have to deliver that kind of blow and that kind of message to let him know it's going to be like this all day and not a walk in the park," Pearson said. "We need to est@blish this with RG3 and the Redskins as well."

The message behind Pearson's comments is accurate: The Cowboys can't let RG3 go hog-wild. However, to advocate that a team take penalties to prove a point misses the mark. Pearson can say they should take a penalty only in a non-critical situation, but ask any coach and he'll say such a time in a game doesn't exist. Plus, to ask players to go that hard and recklessly after a player, then shut it down when they get into "critical situations" is asinine.

The Cowboys do need to contain RG3 in order to win the NFC East, but they can't take foolish penalties -- on purpose or otherwise -- to achieve that goal.

!! scared niccas say...

U gotta catch him first !!.... !! the !![..] cowboys slim strait up

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knew it wouldn't take long for my 2 step children to show up [pic]

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I hope they !! this !! up. Oh wait, all they gotta do is tackle him and he'll be out for the game. [pic]

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all you did was make the refs watch when they hit RG3 much closer now.. could cost you.

Wow, I knew you niccas here(NC) had no class, but jesus christ.

not a current player though