After the Cowboys get finished thrashing the Detroit Lions this weekend — and I think we all expect a good thrashing this week — don’t forget to write Jon Kitna a thank you note for giving the Cowboys a little extra incentive to stay sharp this weekend.

Hey, it wasn’t as if the Cowboys were going to be taking the Lions lightly. Not after getting beat by them in the last game of the regular season last year. Even without star wide receiver Roy Williams playing in the game, Dallas was going to take their meeting with the Lions as serious business.

But serious business is one thing, and making someone eat their words is an entirely different thing. And, let’s thank Jon for taking it to that level. If I were him, I sure wouldn’t want to see Bradie James coming on a blitz or try to throw against Terence Newman who, despite what Kitna thinks, is one of the top cornerbacks in the league.

Let’s just hope that Wade Phillips doesn’t decide to call a corner blitz. After Terence Newman joked about being able to pay for a fine should he get the opportunity to blitz, the league sent T-New a letter of admonishment. That’s pretty much the league’s way of saying that even if a hit is just borderline, there will be a fine, and if it is blatant, perhaps more than just a fine.

If I were Wade — as much as I’d love to let Newman get a little revenge — I’d be safe and let him stick to covering up the receivers. Newman knows how to best take revenge on a quarterback — take one of those passes back for six.