The New Silly Season Begins

In my book, S&S sound…what was that word you used? Oh yes, clueless.

What? those guys are nuts. If the Colts do get to the Super Bowl they will win(its indoors). Eagles will not win the NFC they have to much locker room trauma. With a solid draft there is no way that we are 26th in the league. And how do we have no direction this team drafted and signed FA to set up a Defensive 3-4 alignment, they plugged seamingly every hole from last year except for maybe RT. S&S should really study the league before putting shit like this on the stands.

S&S is one of the better ones. I agree with Minnesota taking the NFC North, but somebody must be smokin’ some stuff they should share; Indy in the SB. They won’t improve their D THAT much with the draft and FA they had. Philly is a good bet for the SB, but my pick would be the Pats from the AFC. As for The ’Boys, “clueless” describes it well. We may not change the world this year, but it is beyond me how they cannot see the direction we are trying to take.

Lineman can and have played well into their late 30s and even a few into 40.

LA shows up in great shape, and Rivera is recovered. We finally got some BEEF along the D Line as well with Spears, Canty and possibly Ware at DE in pass rush. Although it is youth, if Spears or Canty either one is better than Wiley we improve on Defense. If the battle is truly won in the trenches Dallas went a long way this year to improving the group in those trenches. As well adding 2 RBs, and 2 CBs plus an FS. I think this team is a lot better than they think.

Their mag is going with everybody that was there last year. If you did that the year before you missed on Dallas and Carolina. Two teams that I think are going to get back to the playoffs. Carolina and Dallas were both decimated by injuries. Picking Atlanta means Mike Vick is healthy for 14 games. Which if he is they are a playoff contender…………

Dallas will be fine.

The Giants better than the Cowboys? That’s a joke. Witten just good? Witten is the 2nd best TE in the NFL, only to Tony Gon. The Giants make the playoffs with a worst O-Line and a 2nd year QB who showed hardly anything his 1st year? We have a proven QB. I dont care if hes not mobile. Neither is Peyton Manning and hes the best QB in the league. Those predictions are ridiculous. It seems like those people don’t even follow football. ESPN has us as the 4th best team in the NFC. Thats more like it. What a joke.

Actually Bledsoe is faster than Brady……..doesn’t seem to hurt him that much! Sounds like biased reporting with a mixture of Cowboy hating going on………

Lou,

I actually agree with the Witten profile, which I did not quote in full. The guy says Witten is very good but not spectacular with his hands, which I think is true, and that he is very good but not spectacular as a blocker, which I also think is true. What he points out is that Witten may be the only TE who is above average in BOTH categories, which makes him a top-tier TE.

Lou,

The last post was by Rafael, who is hanging out with the Oiler Troll.

Hey, some a**hole has been using my computer. I am going to file a complaint with the site.

And the Colts are forbidden from making the Super Bowl under the reign of Peyton Manning. He’ss Archie Manning’s son, for crying out loud…

OT

is it me or does the cowboys get lil respect ever? its almost like drew pearson said theres a bias against the boys. 75 cmon we added 2 pro bowlers and some good f.a, had an excellent draft. now im not saying we should be ahead of the pats or even in the top ten but cmon, they are all mainly cowboys haters.

What part of this offseason makes s&s think Parcells is on short tenure. You dont switch defenses to win immediatly, that kinda stuff takes time.

Northeast and Chicago sports writers no wonder they give Dallas no respect. New England is afraid of the kind of team Bill Parcells will build. They know first hand in NE and their toughest rival the NYJ.

Even if Parcells leaves his draft picks will still be here for some other coach to win a bowl with. Bill ain’t hanging it up until he wins another Bowl……….and that means with the boys.

It’s that East Coast bias again, Jon. The ‘Boys get no respect. I think the league will be surprised by Dallas this year, especially if Julius stays healthy. I’d like to see what he can do with a 16 game season and a much improved OL, not to mention the improved depth behind him, with A-Train and Barber III.

Bill isn’t going anywhere. He’s building one hell of a team here!

Guys, your acting like a bunch of girls that heard a stupid rumor about the guy they like. RELAX… Just believe in this freakin sweet ass team we’re going to have and untwist your panties a bit.

you bet,

Jones……….1500+ season…….with 21+ touches a game……….not staggering numbers but good………add another 300 yards to his resume for catches out of the backfield

Thomas………….in relief…….500 yards

Barber………in relief and 3rd down back………500 yards…….

Polite…………..300 rushing………hard yards……..and 400 recieving…….the newcomer makes the little DBs PAY……….

hate that……..if i was building a team i would start with O LIne and a running back………..which is exactly what BP had done………uh…….next up…………..DEFENSE……..uh hello look at the picks…….this guy is here to stay……..if not……..he would have thrown em away for Abraham or Howard……..or Martin……..nope……just casual pick ups in FA and good solid drafts……..

You go bill the track will wait………

I posted this in the DMN thread, but it’s worth repeating here. Is there anybody reading this who still has S&Sâ€â"¢s 04 annual around? Iâ€â"¢d be curious to see what number they assigned Dallas last season. My guess is that itâ€â"¢s higher than this yearâ€â"¢s; since they seem to base everything on last seasonâ€â"¢s outcomes, Iâ€â"¢m guessing the team coming off 10-6 gets a lot more love than the one coming off of 6-10.

older what the heck? our qb is 8-9 years younger, our rb is in his second year , our back up rb is alot younger then eddie was last year, te is in his 3rd year, we have young o-linemne we are grooming, the ones that are older are pro bowlers. the only thing getting older is wr and they are not even really old.. if we had jerry rice then ok we are older. i think they want rookies in all of our positions??? i dont get there logic, but i bet they raved about the pats right? i just bought it so im gonna go read it and yell at the magazine.

whats funny to me in the s&s magazine in the beginning of the nfc east preview they say how bp has to depend on kids for defense, but in the dallas section they say we are to old. is it me or is that controdicting? and straight 3 stars for everything? maybe im making to much out of this magazine….

There is some kind of bias going on, we get a 75, and Miami gets a 76 rating? Are you kidding…..We are worse than a team with no QB, No O-Line, 1 Quality receiver, and an aged defense with no secondary?

IF things go as I hope they will, I’ll be very interested in seeing if S&S has the stones to admit they were wrong. I can’t imagine Dallas finishing behind the Giants this year. Is it possible, of course, anything is, but I just don’t see it happening. IF everyone stays relatively healthy. I’d expect to see Dallas finishing behind Philadelphia by a game or two, while the defense gets it together. I’d like to think we could overtake Philly the year after, especially with some nice draft picks on offense, which is where I expect Parcells to concentrate his draft efforts. I read somewhere that the WR class next year will be even better than this year, so we could see some things happen for the offense then.

IF the defense gets it together by the middle of the season, we could be looking at a quantum leap towards reclaiming the division for the next season, and I’ll be the one of the happiest guys on the planet when that happens.

The giants are not slouches, but I highly doubt that Eli Manning will beat Dallas even at home this season. The eagles will be divisional champs year after year until Dallas is strong enough to knock them off, which might take a year or maybe a few more.

Wait? We were the 11th worst team last year(11th overall pick) and we are now the 7 worst?!? Did we get worse at any position? No, Every position is the same or an upgrade

QB-Same, Just younger

RB- WAy improved- HEalthy JJ, OROY in A-Train, M.Barber III, 2nd round talent.

TE-Improved- Witten still improving, and we get one of the best blocking TE’s in the league back form injury, in Cambell

WR-improved- Morgan should be more knowledgable of the offense and healthier, crayton and Copper lloked good last year, and Key and Glenn are bck form injury.

OT-Same(same players, Floz and Vollers)

OG- improved- more in shape LA, and Rivera. WE have 2 of the best 5 guard in the lague

C-same, Johnson is as solid as solid gets.

D-Line- Improved, we have depth, we will have our studs fresh all game and all year.

LB-same- Dats solid, we have young studs in BRadie and Demarcus, Simgelton is a good pro, although nothing spectacular.

CB-Improved, we have a formoer pro-bowler as our 3rd corner, Henry is a young pro-bowl type talent, and Newman really came on at the end of last year

S- Same, Roy, will we at his natural position, we habve several optoins at FS. And if worse comes to worse we resort back to Lynn, which means, we’re the same as last year.

K/P-same

Tell me again how we got worse??
Good God, the bloggers form this site could/should write a better magazine

Ron, I agree with your analysis. How that publication could drop us down from 11th worse to 7th worse defies all logic. Yes, we have improved in all areas you mentioned above, but we have also improved in a bigger way than most of our direct competition. Other than maybe the Vikings, I can’t think of any other team that helped themselves as much as the Cowboys during the off-season.

everybody predicts the guyswho are on top will stay on top. This s&s stuff isnt worth the paper its written on. I like what rafeal said about checking their last season predictions( i bet they said wed go 10 and 6). No one will give the boys much credit this year until our D comes together after a few games and becomes dominant again, and we start winning some games. Then the ENTIRE SPORTS COMMUNITY WILL GET ON THE WAGON! believe that. After watching big d all my life, ive seen this three or four times w/dallas. When theyre hot, everyone loves em, when thyre not, everyones taking turns to rip on em. These guys arent going to stick their neck out and make an actual PREDICTION! Theyre just gonna spew the same crap everyone else is-NEW ENGLAND AND THE BEAGLES- well ill go on record as saying that philly’s done fora while, and ne’sgetting close. You only get so much time at the top.Dallas will make a wildcard slot this year.

I’d like to know what all those writers are smoking, ‘cause they don’t have a clue. The Cowboys will prove them wrong, and win at least 10 games this season.

I expect at least 10-6. Anything less than that would fall short of two years ago, and I think (on paper) we have a significantly improved team.

yeah i agree……..and even if we overachieved two years ago……..we now have a legitimate RB (actually at least 2 possibly 4)……..a quality TE…….a former Pro Bowl QB and potential pro bowl QB………three CBs as opposed to one………some new meat at LB and DE and DT……we kept every veteran that contributed except Darren Woodson. While Darren was huge and will always be missed……..he was only one player.

I agree that less than 10 wins will be disappointing for this football team. You know 10 wins got you in the playoffs the last two years, but that ain’t always the case……we could well have to win 11 or 12 to make the playoffs……..

We will though. Julius Jones will gain 1500+ yards on 23 avg carries a game. Plus Parcells wants him to catch it more as well. He could have a Marshall Faulk like year……..he certainly showed some Faulk like elusiveness. That alone should be worth 10 wins and winning the TIME OF POSSESSION game which is always crucial in the NFL.

Bledsoe has less fumbles and ints than Vinny……..that alone would be a huge improvement. He is going to love chucking it to Jason Witten.

Defense, Defense, Defense…….well those ROOKIES……..and especially Parcells new Water Boy………need to live up to his compliments. If they do……….we are going to be NASTY on Defense…………and improving every week as those guys get the hang and figure it out………and our Veterans are fresh with less plays every game………….

and oh yeah………4-3 ain’t going away boys. It will still be used a whole hech of a lot. This will be the implementation year where everybody learns it, plays it and knows where they fit in it. Any newcomers after this season will catch on quickly……..but we are still going to be lining up in the 4-3 a whole hech of a lot of the time.