Miles Austin Earns Expanded Role in Cowboys' Offense

In Sunday's 26-20 overtime victory over Kansas City, Miles Austin caught a 59-yard touchdown pass with 2:16 left in the 4th quarter to pull ahead of the Chiefs. He wasn't done there though. When Kansas City forced overtime, Austin one-upped his earlier touchdown catch with a 60-yard touchdown reception to end the game.

Austin had ten receptions on the day with those two very important touchdown catches. He also set a Dallas Cowboys record when he tallied 250 receiving yards. Todd Archer of the Dallas Morning-News reported on Monday that head coach Wade Phillips said that Austin would now see an expanded role in the offense.

Normally a backup, Austin saw himself in the role of a starter on Sunday due to an injury to No. 1 receiver Roy Williams. Austin sure made the most of his extra touches and now will see more playing time on the field, even if his position on the depth chart isn't altered.

Wade Phillips would not use the term "starter" when talking about Miles Austin, but he said Austin will see just as much playing time on Oct. 25 against Atlanta as he did Sunday at Kansas City.

Austin now leads the Cowboys in receiving yards on the season with 331 and only tight end Jason Witten has more receptions. It's hard to imagine that Roy Williams will sit once he returns from injury. Inevitably, Patrick Crayton loses touches with this announcement.

Austin is only owned in 12% of Fleaflicker fantasy football leagues and could be a great addition as a WR3 or FLEX option in fantasy leagues.