Cowboys

[Nomad_]

Cowboys are still the team to beat in the NFC East, barely. They squeak by Philly and lose to the Skins. It looked like Dallas was taken out of their game plan early against the Skins, as there was hardly any sighting of Barber?

With the Giants showing they are still a threat and the Skins coming on strong Dallas better watch their back. The nonsense conversation about them matching the 2007 Pats winning record or even offense should now cease.

Bottom Line: They need to work on their D before they get to the playoffs.

Dallas is in the toughest division, so where/if they enter the playoffs is still a question.

[Twilight Flyer]

Yeah, the skins came to play and the Cowboys couldn't get their running game on track.

But I'm going to say this and I won't apologize for it. At this rate, there won't be any referees available to ref the playoffs. The calls that were missed in that game, as well as the phantom 12-men on the field call, ought to take another crew out of the playoffs. I heard Hochueli screwed up another call in the Panthers game, too, although that didn't effect the outcome this time. Still, when is the NFL going to do something about the shoddy referees? It's getting beyond old and I don't think we're that far away from seeing another Triplett decking or worse.

Still, with the offense the Cowboys have, it should never have been close enough for bad calls to effect them.

And it's early in the season. The Eagle fell last night to the Bears, so they might not be as hot as I thought. I don't see the Skins being any better than 9-7 and I don't for a moment believe the Giants are for real. I think the Cowboys loss will go a long way to grounding them in reality and understanding they are in a tough division that they need to win. They're still a 12-4 or 13-3 team this year, by far. So no worries.

[ronjon619]

I think the 'boys are setting up for a huge meltdown. Owens is already starting to whine and Romo cant keep playing at that level.
http://cowboysblog.dallasnews.com/ar...all-enoug.html

[Twilight Flyer]

Owens got it plenty yesterday and he dropped a couple, too boot. But Romo misfired on a couple of shots to him, too, one that should have been a TD.

Like I said, the Cowboys didn't come ready to play like they should have. Hang that loss on the whole team.

[Nomad_]

Yeah, the skins came to play and the Cowboys couldn't get their running game on track.

But I'm going to say this and I won't apologize for it. At this rate, there won't be any referees available to ref the playoffs. The calls that were missed in that game, as well as the phantom 12-men on the field call, ought to take another crew out of the playoffs. I heard Hochueli screwed up another call in the Panthers game, too, although that didn't effect the outcome this time. Still, when is the NFL going to do something about the shoddy referees? It's getting beyond old and I don't think we're that far away from seeing another Triplett decking or worse.

Still, with the offense the Cowboys have, it should never have been close enough for bad calls to effect them.

And it's early in the season. The Eagle fell last night to the Bears, so they might not be as hot as I thought. I don't see the Skins being any better than 9-7 and I don't for a moment believe the Giants are for real. I think the Cowboys loss will go a long way to grounding them in reality and understanding they are in a tough division that they need to win. They're still a 12-4 or 13-3 team this year, by far. So no worries.

It's too early to judge anything except that the NFC East has a lot of parity, so they will continue to knock each other off, and dilute their win/loss records.

Bottom Line: Get in the Playoffs and it's anybody's game. There is not one team out there that instills fear. We are only going into week #5 folks.

[Nomad_]

I think the 'boys are setting up for a huge meltdown. Owens is already starting to whine and Romo cant keep playing at that level.
http://cowboysblog.dallasnews.com/ar...all-enoug.html

Owens is another element to the equation, and I am talking about off the field. Not wise to bitch about only being 1/3 of the offensive targeting (per what I heard). Supposedly Owens was target in 20 of the 60 total offensive plays. He wants more. All I know is, you better bring Barber back into the game plan.......

[Twilight Flyer]

Yeah, Barber had 8 rushes, Felix Jones had none. Garrett is usually a pretty good play caller, but he screwed the pooch on this game. Barber is the bread and butter of that offense and when he's running, the passing game is wide open. Romo had something 47 pass attempts...the offense was way too unbalanced and never got on track.

[Mr. Ford95]

Didn't see this week's blown call by Hochuli but he is still the best ref in the league. He at least mans up to his mistakes. The helmet to helmet is legit even when it's close. Carolina is my team and Peppers is my favorite player but anytime you go high on a QB while leading with your head or shoulder, expect a 15 yard penalty.

[ironeagle_2006]

Fox Sports via Troy Akiman counted the players on teh field HE CAME UP WITH 12 also. They had to many men on the field so get over it. They did it from 3 differant views inculding overhead and came up with 12 each time so the refs got it right. The Cowgirls fans are mad that they got beat by the Redskins AT HOME the LAST TIME AT TEXAS STADIUM BY A ROOKIE COACH. Sorry he had a better gameplan and did it better than you did.

[Twilight Flyer]

Fox Sports via Troy Akiman counted the players on teh field HE CAME UP WITH 12 also. They had to many men on the field so get over it.

You must have been watching a different FOX sports with a different Troy Aikman, than I did. I saw the 3 different angles...and #12 in all 3 angles was on an empty part of the field. Aikman and Buck both commented about Dallas making a mistake not challenging and both of them talked about the officials not having a good year. It was a blown call, period.

I take it you also missed the 3 plays in the 2nd half where the skins had movement on the line and it wasn't called.

You must have also missed the play where Adam Jones had his head nearly torn off on a facemask, 5 feet in front of a ref who was staring right at him.

The bottom line is that the Cowboys didn't have a good gameplan and therefore they lost it on bad calls. That's totally on them for putting themselves in that predicament. It doesn't, however, change the fact that the refs in that game were horrible and will, justifiably, get downgraded.

The Cowgirls fans are mad that they got beat by the Redskins AT HOME the LAST TIME AT TEXAS STADIUM BY A ROOKIE COACH.

I'm not mad at all. It'll be a good reality check for the Cowboys early in the season. Zorn is a rookie coach, sure. But he's a good one and he outcoached Phillips and Garrett, bottom line. Kudos to him.

Sorry he had a better gameplan and did it better than you did.

What, did you see me on the sidelines or something? I don't remember gameplanning for the Cowboys this week. You ought to lay of those ping pong balls. They're effecting your judgement.

[Snowman7]

Another bad week for the boys and now they lose Romo. The wheels are coming off. Their division is too tough to get behind early in the season. Arizona came to play though, that was a great game.

[Twilight Flyer]

Yep, their whole season is unraveling before their eyes.

Romo gone 4 weeks. Felix Jones gone 4 weeks. Matt Briar, the best punter in the NFL, done for the year.

All in one game.

I was going through a couple of the Cowboys sites last nite...the call it out and the call is loud for Phillips to be fired. My guess is that with what Jones has invested in Garrett and this team and knowing that this is supposed to be the Cowboys year, Phillips will be gone in 2 weeks, bye week at the latest. If the Cowboys lose to the Rams this weekend, he's definitely gone before the day is over.

Phillips is way too soft and has too much of a nice-guy approach. He might be a good guy to play for, but the Cowboys are lacking drive and discipline now and it's really starting to show. I think Garrett can give them that and I don't think Jones will wait around until the end of the year to elevate him to head coach. He'll do it soon in order to make sure the Cowboys keep their shot at the playoffs alive.

But at least the Skins lost and the Browns blew out the Giants. Breathing a sigh of relief on that, so the Cowboys are still only a half game down. But there is no doubt they should be 6-0. Both of their loses came to teams that they should have definitely beaten, if not blown out.

[ronjon619]

They had discpline with Parcells.

[Twilight Flyer]

Yeah, they did...but they were always playing tight, didn't seem to enjoy the game. They have that under Phillips, but are now sadly lacking in discipline. I'm hoping Garrett can marry both of them and get them playing to their potential, both with discipline and with passion. Something needs to happen, that's for sure. And I can't see Jones waiting around for a complete implosion. He's paying Garrett the same amount he's paying Phillips...the reason for that is precisely due to how this season is going.

[ronjon619]

Garrett is over rated. Lets see him earn that salary with B Johnson back there. The OC really needs to come thru now. 'Boys got lucky the G-men and skins tanked.

[flood]

All i'm going to say about the cowboys is the AFC south is harder and we're 5-0 who else can say that this year

[ronjon619]

Titans really have not played anybody. They get the Colts on Monday night in 2 weeks.

[flood]

5-0 is still 5-0 and no one but NO ONE in the NFL can say that this year but the titans

[Snowman7]

Guys like TO and Pacman are major distractions. Many team members just want to play football without the drama. When the going gets tough TO is a terrible team mate and it affects everyone. Regardless of what they say publicly, TO tears apart a team over time. Few people, if any, can handle that situation. Parcells did better than anyone at overcoming it. Love him or hate him Parcells is a great football coach and leader. The best manager (and toughest) I ever worked for used to say "people just want to be led". In other words be the leader, be strong, make the tough decisions, dont play favorites, and dont let the tail wag the dog. TO ruins chemstry and undermines leadership. Outstanding talent but I'll never like the guy and I hope he never gets a ring.

[ronjon619]

thats true......who do you guys have next.......the world class KC Chiefs. Go get 'em. Just because the Botls knocked you guys out last year. No hard feelings.