PHOENIX – Jeff Heath won’t be handed Barry Church’s old starting job, but the Cowboys’ divisional-round playoff game against the Green Bay Packers further cemented the team’s confidence in their 25-year-old safety.
“You saw him play,” Cowboys executive vice president Stephen Jones said at the NFL Annual Meeting in Phoenix.
“He made what normally would have been the game-winning play if we don’t have a tough call, and that comes with our game. He had a huge sack in the game. He theoretically had two picks. He was making plays. I think if you turn on the tape and watch that, there are a lot of people who wonder why isn’t that guy starting, you know, in terms of making plays on the ball and that type of thing.