Big Plays From Little-Used People Mean a Lot

I think if you go back to each game he’s started and isolate the snaps from Ladouceur you’ll find he persistently snaps to that area. It seems that way to me without benefit of replay. Romo is simply used to it—not to diminish the fact that each time he fields one, it is a valuable save.

Oh yeah, Canty!!!

Leonard Cohen? Really?

It happened to come on i-tunes when I was reading the blog. So sue me.

Hey, whatever’s in the air. I’m hip. I’m not suggesting it’s a bad choice by any means. I’ve listen to my share of Cohen. Just never made the correlation to football, I guess. Until now…it’s cool.

On that long Barber Run which set up the td to Glenn you did not mention the block downfield that Key Johnson made.

Raf said,

‘…allowing Bledsoe to loft his TD pass to Terry Glenn, who had frozen Lito Sheppard with a stop and go move.’

Didn’t the Offensive coordinator set that up nicely by having TGlenn stop and go earlier in the series for a first down?

Sorry,

I meant Stop and turn for a quick sideline out.

Great analysis. Was it just me or were there several times when Shanle was way late on following the TE or FB out to the flat to cover even before the snap? I specifically remember the play where Chad Lewis made that catch at the line of scrimmage & ran for 20 yards because Shanle was late getting over. On a much better note, my wife & I are flying to Dallas Saturday night & we have tickets to both the Detroit game & the Denver game. Can’t wait. We live in Florida. I’ve been to one Cowboy game in Dallas before, but the turkey day game is really the one I’m looking forward to. I’ve watched the game at the house for over 20 years & to be there will be unbelievable.

Good analysis! Parcels football has always been about solid guys making solid plays. The look on all those Philly fanatics’ faces at the end of the game made up for the Washington/Seattle losses.

Great analysis, Rafael. I have to look at Reeve’s play again. To me it did look like Reggie Brown just flat out drop the ball without any interference from the DB. Tony Romo’s handling of the snap was game saver all right. I shudder to think that in the same situation with Jose Cortez, he would have missed the kick wide left and blame Romo by eyeing him and putting both hands on his hip (ala the Seattle game)

yea, like I said, we made just enough to plays on Offense and Defence to win, nothing pretty or spectacular, but we fought (knowin it was gonna be a fight), and we pulled it out…we have to make a statement against Detroit too, blow them out, good game for Jones and Barber to come back after last night…just pray for no injuries!!!

I am very concerned the way Phila’s Oline pushed our Dline around. I haven’t seen that all year. They got so much push it looked like the LB’s couldn’t flow to the ball.

Cowboys.com states that Brady James is “starting to take over as a defensive leader”.

It goes on to say that [last night] “it would be hard to find anyone who played better than Cowboys inside linebacker Bradie James.”

It’s an intersting write up on him entitled “James Gang”. Check it out if ya’ll haven’t.

MAYBE WE COULD HAVE JONES AND BARBER IN THE BACKFIELD AT THE SAME TIME IN CERTAIN SITUATIONS WITH BARBER AT FULLBACK.BARBER IS A HELUVA BLOCKER AND A MUCH BETTER RUNNER THAN POLITE AND WOULD POSE AS A MAJOR HEADACHE TO DEFENSES.AND BY THE WAY,KEY IS A BEAST.I KEEP REPLAYING THE LAST 5 MINUTES OF THE GAME AND IT KEEPS GETTING BETTER EACH TIME!!GO COWBOYS

Who remembers Parcells Giants teams of the late 80’s and early 90’s? The offense was never dictated by a single RB. If it wasn’t Joe Morris it was Otis Anderson. Parcells will run the guy with the hot hand. Move the ball and you’ll stay in the game. The big run MB broke off in the 4th qtr will probably get him the start again this week in Detroit.

I went to bed at halftime. Going back and reading the posts was almost like being up and watching the game! And i wasn’t tired today.

Good job guys. This is a great site.

Cash…….he also had other ball carriers like Carpenter and others……who while not piling up 1000 yard seasons were role players, blockers, and pass cathchers and occassionly rushers out of the backfield……….I sort of see Marion Barber developing into that Richie Anderson Mold of a utility back that can carry the rock, block, play some FB, or play that 3rd down pass catching back. I still don’t like him putting it on the carpet as much as he has but he seems to know how to recover his dribble. At any rate having guys like Tyson Thompson, Julius Jones, MBIII, and Polite will come in handy down the stretch. Especially when we start winning the games in the first half and need 45 caries to kill the clock like those old Giants teams did!

One thing about losing to Washington in the final 4 minutes…….we knew it could be done. Great job of these Cowboys, Bledsoe and others not quitting on the game! I am liking what I am seeing out of this young and improving team.

Lets Go get Detroit……oh and Philly win one this week would ya already! LOL!!! If the Philly newspaper was sold in VA i would have bought one today just to read the headlines!!! LOL!

Jon,

Good points, perhaps you are right, but I see MBIII as a primary ball carrier. Don’t forget JJ has a tendancy to put the ball on the grass himself.

Jon

The Philly papers probably are sold at Books A Millionif one is in your area—we have a couple in Richmond. I know the Dallas newsapapers are sold there.

The NFL Network showed the covers of one Philly paper, I forget which, that was very unforgiving: “Happy, T.O? Mcnabb Throws Season Away” or something thereabouts. Gotta love it!

Jon

It was the Philadelphia Daily News. I found it online here:

http://www.philly.com/mld/dailynews/

Joe,

Frazier did get his hand in there. It was a game saving play.

I think this was a good game for dallas in the sense that it was a wake up call before a rough stretch, not to mention it went in the W column.
  this little 3 game stretch in 2 weeks is really going to be difficult and hopefully everyone on the team is aware now of what it will take to come out the other side in playoff position….go cowboys.

I gotta also hand out props to Keyshawn and Peerless for their blocking on that run by Barber. I just love to watch recievers blocking down field. Without those blocks, Barber wouldn’t have run so far, and almost certainly wouldn’t have been able to get out of bounds.

bluecheese:

You must be mistaken. Key is a glorified tight end, and the Dallas WRs basically suck. Not a playmaker in the bunch. Their stats are overblown, and the offense as a whole does nothing impressive. We all know that Antonio Bryant was (and still is) the real deal, if that stupid arrogant Parcells had just tried and hadn’t traded him off for nothing, or that nimrod Morgan, which is saying the same thing. Receivers don’t need to block, they just need good stat lines. (All written with the utmost sarcasm intended.)

Winning and losing happen as teams. Blocking is a team concept. Blocking WRs help teams win, even improbable wins. Demonstration made. Case closed.

StarStruck:

That cover is one of the funniest things I’ve ever seen. Thanks for passing it along. I love watching them eat their own.

BTW:
Looking at the film, it seems to me that Barber screw it in his long run, he should have gone for the TD, after he passed KJ and his block he still had Price in front of him and a defender, as soon as Price saw him coming he start blocking his man taking him outside and guess what? Barber went that way. I didn’t saw a defender deeper, so Barber could have gone all the way. In the end, Dallas won, so I guess it is as important as Aaron Glenn’s coverage of Moss at the Washington game.

Bert:
What strucked me in that play was Price making a block, in Atlanta he was known as a player that wouldn’t take part in the running game. So, in the end, did we watched some more of Parcell’s magic?

Chandus:

If you don’t block for Parcells, he’ll cut you or bench you and put Copper in. If you block well, your playing time goes up and you get a chance to make SportsCenter catching 50-yard rainbows.

Jarhead,
     Well everyone sorry it took me so long to post, but it’s hard to type when youâ€â"¢re on cloud 9. The two Super Bowls I attended involving Dallas not withstanding, this was the most amazing and beautiful game I have ever attended.
You may or may not know that I am a die-hard Dallas fan that lives in Philadelphia. Attending Dallas – Philadelphia games since 97’ and always dressed in full gear. I receive many Dallas sucks, Dallas swallows, F this, F that, and multiple other names and cruelties that I will fail to mention. Since 99’ I have left the Vet/Linc with a feeling that’s hard to describe, almost impossible to put into words. Of course you love your team even after losing attempts, but in that environment you wonder to yourself if it really makes sense to continue to attend these games and absorb the verbal and sometimes almost physical abuses you take as a Cowboy fan in Philadelphia. I have been to San Francisco, Kansas City, Pittsburgh, Washington, New York, Atlanta, Arizona, Buffalo, and Baltimore and none of those places have fans that treat opposing fans like they do here. You sometimes wonder if youâ€â"¢re in a safe environment, no matter how tough and big you may be. Even as some of these negative thoughts entered into my head with 4 minutes left in the game, thinking specifically about how safe our walk back to the car would be, I sat along with my Father, Mother, girlfriend and never entertained the idea of leaving early. What transpired from the point of Akers hitting the 20th point for Philadelphia to Akers missing a 60 yarder renewed any wavering faith, any doubt, and answered any questions I may have had about attending this game every year (God willing) until I die.
On to the game……Lots of verbal abuse walking into the stadium, both my father and I dressed in our Cowboys wear were pretty easy targets amongst all green. Had good seats, Eagles side, 30 yard line lower level, with a fine view of all the action. Not much to cheer about early in the game with the exception of the 58 yarder to Price, and the Barber TD. Dallas sucks was the constant chant, sometimes we would get A-hole, but that was only when we were really lucky. Surprise of the night was that we had two Cowboy fans behind us, and I only saw about 5 more the whole night. [ Just a note, after Akers made it 20-7 almost half of the fans left, trying to beat traffic I suppose] After Drew hit Terry the place shut up, I mean you could almost hear our little Cowboy section on TV, I mean the place went clam shell. Saw some people file back in, but still the place was half empty, reminded me of the good old days when Dallas was up 27-0 at the end of the third in Philly. So now they run on first down with like 2:20 left and Dallas calls timeout, no one was saying anything wearing green, but they still felt they had the game. Then on 2nd and 7 with like 2:20 left my life changed forever, you can not imagine what I was saying when Roy caught that ball, I don’t remember what I was saying, just that I felt like I was running right along side of Roy. I was running in place and when he crossed that goal-line I almost knocked my father down. We actually had to calm ourselves down, because its times like these some upset drunk will want to get physical with you. Some lady hit me with some lose change, which lead to my comment of “you have a better arm than Donovan.” I HAVE NEVER FELT LIKE THIS BEFORE, NOT EVEN WHEN JAMES WASHINGTON WAS RETURNING THE FUMBLE IN THE SUPER BOWL AGAINST THE BILLS. Guys the place was like a morgue, I mean it felt as if the wind just up and left the stadium. No Dallas sucks, no your f-ing so and so, nothing at all. Once or twice I head someone say why were they throwing, but other than that nothing. So I had to calm my dad down, and let him know we needed to focus on this thing because it wasn’t close to being over. Here’s where I think it got the most intense for me. McNabb came back out (to boos I might add), missed on 1st and 2nd down with pass attempts, and on third took the Ellis sack. They lined up to punt, and I could swear they were going to attempt a fake, and Dallas only had single coverage on the outside gunners, but thankfully they didn’t. You all don’t know what I said during the Barber fumble, or what I think of him as a ball player, but lucky for him he got it back. Then my father and I were yelling and pleading for them not to kick it to Westbrook, but they did, lucky he didn’t do much with it. The pass to Brown that Reeves DID break up was heart wrenching and the 60 yard attempt scared me half to death. Because I was watching Akers kick the other direction during pre-game warmups from 58 yards away and making them. Now here’s where it got a little weird, Dallas called a time out before the attempt, and right after that the wind picked up into the face of the Eagles. I guess God just had to help his favorite team. As we left the stadium, not saying a word mind you, that’s how you get into big time fights; people didn’t say one thing to us on our way out. They were breaking things in the parking lot, and throwing garbage cans, but didn’t say one thing to us. In all the excitement, I forgot to take a picture of that final score board, but everything else about the night was picture perfect. Crazy this game of football, play like a bunch of dogs, yet win and we are all talking playoffs. Well no matter what happens from here on out, it’s been a hell of a ride so far. Cowboy Nation is Riding Again, America has her team back!!!!!

Jarhead……ewww rhaaaaaa

I’m loving how the Cowboysplus.com writers – specifically Jacques and Goose – have changed their tune. Before the season they posted multiple articles about the team’s age and how that was going to kill them. Then today Jacques wrote this:

"That should provide an emotional and psychological boost to a team with 31 players with two years or less of NFL experience. "

BTW, Wade, nice post. I usually skip the books with no paragraphs, but that’s a great story.

Wade,

Awesome insight. Thanks for that. Sounds like Philthy fans are as bad as advertised.

BlueCheese:

They are bad, but they are front runners. Roy shut their mouths pretty good last night!

Len:
Sorry about the lack of paragraphs.

Len,

We like to give ol’ Jean-Jacques the business but when other members of the Metroplex circle started giving him the business in print for that remark you knew things were changing. (And BTW, I have it on good authority from a friend who works for FoxSports that J.J.’s longtime moniker among his colleagues is “Jean-Jock Sniffer” for his sycophantic manner.)

oh really? that’s hilarious. and I wasn’t aware other members of the media had questioned the age thing. Goose also wrote about the age thing before the season started, but of course he’s never wrong.

star,

photos of mcnabb…….being mcnabbed again! PRICELESS!

Time may heal all wounds, but sweeping Philly after last years first loss and that 20 second play with McNabb running all over then throwing a bomb………well time didn’t help but beating the dirty birds in Philly on a Monday night……and the way it happened……..Oh my……nothing is as therapeutic as THAT!!!

Anybody notice those arrogant Philly fans that were showing up and calling us all has beens living in the past with Troy, Mike and Emmit…..well have not shown up LATELY!!!!

wade,

great story……you could hear the wind getting sucked out of the fans when Roy went in!!! It beat all I ever seen on TV!!!

Awesome about the Time out and the wind……..and I knew Akers had a shot at it, but figured he was still a little gimpy from the injury…..hitting from 58 in pregame…….no wonder Reid went for the FG.

I think you are right, the whole in Texas stadium has always been so he could watch his favorite team…..what is little head wind for the eagles from the big guy!

great recount…..wade!

Great post, Wade! I was right there with you throughout your account of an unforgettable night! Yeah, I too was jumping up and down when Roy caught the ball and â€Å"Shanle” er James threw down McNabb for what could be a few games, if not the season.

I had to throw in that Shanle reference, because even our newspaper, the Review Journal, here in Vegas said it was Shanle throwing the block on McNabb. Madden said the same thing, before correcting himself later.

Youâ€â"¢re very brave to attend games in Philly! Thanks for a wonderful account of the game in â€Å"Enemy Territory!” Stay safe.

Go Cowboys!

Rafael,
Great analysis! My heart skipped a beat on that extra point. I didn’t exhale until Suisham booted it through, after Romo’s great save!

Brady is certainly beginning to shine. Although Shanle has done OK filling in for Dat, I think Dat will be starting again, alongside James, and I wouldn’t be surprised if Burnett starts to play more than Fujita.

MBIII has done well filling in for JJ, but that fumble near the end, was scary! I think JJ will start against Detroit, with MBIII in there on obvious passing downs. I’m surprised that Thompson was not used in the running game. He would have been great running to the outside, with his speed, when Philly was stacking their D at the line.

I’m so glad that we won the game after the bye, because the O-Line and D-Line both looked rusty and lethargic after 2 weeks off. The bye week helps with injuries, but it can also induce some rust, and it showed against Philly, who, although banged up, played a lot sharper. We really need to beat Detroit, because we face some tough teams ahead, beginning on Turkey Day!

we did look rusty……and reminiscent of the San Diego game where we did not get going til the 4th Quarter……..when this team finally shows up for all Four QUARTERS…….well I hope it is in January…..cuz if it is even the Colts will have a Loss!

Is it just me or do our running plays look slow in developing….regardless of the back. I don’t know Rafael have you noticed it on film…..it sure seems like it at real speed but then maybe it ain’t.

Cowboy Bert I would rather have TO than Antonio Bryant. Bryant is in a contract year with a new club. He will disappear after he gets what he wants on the free agent market and quit on routes and never block like he did for us for how long. Quit whinning about that bust in the draft and look at our record. Who cares if KJ is a glorified TE, like Madden pointed out you can still throw to KJ like Bledsoe did last night when he is covered cuz he is 6’ 4" and 220…….did you see the FS on his back after trying to whack KJ? AB would still be in the hospital and would not have run the correct routes anyway. He had his chance and Crayton would have put him on the bench this year anyway. He did not return kicks as well as Crayton if at all and he did not block and he quit on routes. That is ok if your name is Randy Moss and you have 15 TDs a season……otherwise it means you are looking for a job!

Awsome stuff Raf .. John Madden also pointed out how Dat Nguen called out “WATCH THE SHOVEL” just before a shovel pass to hold philly to a field goal rather than td. Simple obsevation and communication on Dat’s part to make a BIG stop.

Cowboy Bert, Get over it!!! Antonio Bryant plays for the BROWNS … next subject PLEEEEEAAAASE…

To our Marine Corps friend in Philly … I’ve just spent $1000.00 so I can be with my dad at the Deadskins game. Orbits.com for $300 in air fare and $699.00 for two seats in section 118 DALLAS COWBOYS sideline about the 20 ydline so we can have some quality priceless time together. My dad is the best … I teared up a bit reading your post … thank you. I’ve never been to a game with the old man before but countless phonecalls during great moments. I only get to see him about every 4 years or so … GO COWBOYS!!!

Thanks again Rafeal for this site … you should get some kind of an award or something ….

Rafael, nice job. You’re still head and shoulders above the Dallas sports writers.
Wade, good to hear you made it out. What a win. Now its time to focus on Detroit and Denver.

Will,

Bert was being sarcastic.

I’m just getting back to the blog after a long absence, and first, let me say, I love the new layout. This looks great. Nice job.

You guys know that I’m a happy man right now. I always thought we would get one win over Philly, but TWO? That for me was a dream, and now it has come true. There is no better feeling than to know that DALLAS dealt what is probably going to turn out to be the death blow to the iggles season. As much as I’d like to see us win out, I’m pretty much satisfied that we beat those guys twice. Now if we go back and beat up on the Dreadskins, the season will be a success for me no matter what our record turns out to be.

I nearly had heart failure Monday night when Williams picked off that pass. I had the remote in my hand and was about to turn the TV off, having given up, but I did that last year when we played Seattle, and got the shock of my life the next morning. Didn’t expect that to happen again, but I decided to be a good fan and go down with my team. Goood decision. Dallas wins, nothing else matters. On to Detroit.

I was struck by how much Bledsoe (in this game) reminded me of Hasselback when we played Seattle. During the entire game we pressured him into dumb errors and bad 3rd down throws and when the game was on the line he made just enough plays to win.

It seems to me a playoff quarterback has to do this. The pressure is magnified dramatically in the playoffs and a couple of plays usually makes the difference. Bledsoe may be the real deal and this game may have proved it as much as any other he has played.

Wade,

Great post!
 I was considering travelling to Philly for the game, but I couldn’t get away from work. Plus my buddies and Die Hard NFL fans all got weak in the knees at the prospect of going to a game in Philly with a Cowboys fan. Damn!!

Did we need to see some TT at RB in that game? Nothing else was working, but maybe BP thought DBledsoe would get killed if the RB failed to pick up a Blitzer.

Jon, did you happen to notice that safety who tried to whack KJ is on their injury report this week, with a concussion? For some perverse reason, I find that kind of funny/fitting.

Anyone read the article in the Ft. Worth Star Telegram “Parcells Finds His Zone of Comfort”? Worth the time to read for sure.

Hey Cowboy Fans,

Raf,
Once again nice breakdown, though another major contribution is from Dat. Philly was moving the ball quite easily against our Defense, when on 3rd down he alerted the defense by recognizing the formation for a shuffle pass. If you noticed the entire defense met Westbrook at the line!
If philly converted & got 7 instead of 3, no chance for a Dallas comeback! I have watched every Dallas game this year & this was the first time they were outplayed. EVERY team has at least one game like this.The fact is they won. I have enjoyed watching these rookies progress each week but if we do get in the playoffs make no mistake about it. Our veteran players: Ellis, Glover, Dat, Newman etc are going to decide how far we go !!! They now what to expect & there is no substitute for experience !

Rob2,
Welcome Back! You’re right about the Cowboys ruining the Beagles’ season. If they had beaten us both times, they’d be 6-3 and we’d be 4-5! That is wild! Does this look like teams going in opposite directions, or what?

I too didn’t think we’d sweep the series against them. I knew we could beat them in Dallas, but not 33-10! Then to go steal one in Philly! Wow!

I hope they don’t look past the Lions, because they’re scary with those receivers. However, I don’t think BP would let them look past the Lions, and they’re in disarray at QB. The Cardinals made them look real good.
Go Cowboys!!!!

Jesse NY and others

From Randy Galloway:

“I polled several NFL people last week, and, to the man, they said the last place they’d want their teams to be was in Philly on Monday night.”

I think this sez it all, these guys were going to play their best and it is hard for any team (including the Colts) to beat any team when they play their best, unless of course you also play your best. Dallas clearly did not have their best game but made the plays to win. This was a great outcome for Dallas in many ways.

Thanks Onepaniolo

It’s nice to be back. You mentioned Detroit. Perfect. That’s exactly where the focus should be now. We’ve vanquished the demon eagles, and we’re looking at a great opportunity to make this a successful 11 day stint. If we win this one, the worst we could do it 2-1 after thanksgiving. I’ll take that, but like you, I’d rather be 3-0 at the end of this thing. I think it can be done, as long as we don’t suffer a let down. I think we’ll be prepared to jump all over those guys because no one wants a repeat of the first 56 minutes of this last game.

Wouldn’t it be great if we could run that 2 minute drill 5 or 6 times a game? We’ve looked good in it. That sense of urgency would be nice in the first, second, and third quarters.

Also, RHA, thanks for the post about Parcells comfort zone. I never knew the guy’s name was Duane.

rha,

I totally agree with you !

This was no easy task for any team.

Bottom line is they won.

When people are talkng about the Redskins or the Seahawks are they saying they were totally outplayed by Dallas ?

No , all that matters are the W`s & L`s

I concur Jacq Reeves made a very good
play knocking that ball out.Defending an
under thrown ball without getting interference is one of the hardest plays
in football.

I am still amazed by the depth on this team compared to a year ago.

Board,

On Monday, I heard that Philly fight song when they were leading, and I have heard that stupid Redskins song more than I’d like – once is enough.

My question is, Is there a Cowboys Fight Song?
Did I miss that Cowboy Fan class?

Anybody know??

Becker,

You are right about that Reeves play. How devastating would it have been if he had gotten called for pass interference? That would probably have cost us the game. I’ve seen it happen before. When I saw the play, I though the pass was caught, and I thought to myself, here we go again. I was still scared to death when I found out about the drop because of Akers. God, that guy can kick. Even a 60 yard field goal had me nervous because it would have been a dagger in our hearts. Instead Roy stuck the dagger in theirs.

I just saw a highlight of McNabb moonwalking in the endzone. Someone should tell him you’re supposed to win the game, then celebrate.

Technically, the Redskins fight song was the Cowboys at one time. Technically.

There is a fight song, but to my knowledge, there are no words.

A cheesy band with about 5 or 6 members that used to play it live in the end zone during the early years.

Now they have it taped coming over the PA. It’s real 70’s, but a catchy tune. Don’t know if they ever made it official, though.

On that note, remember that Clint Murchison had bought the rights to the Redskins fight song and basically had a feud about it for a few years. Just don’t think they ever got around to creating their own.

Plus, it wouldn’t fit the Cowboys’ image of a professional team vs the rah, rah college crap of a fight song.

I have nothing to add.

This is why I visit the Cowboys Blog often. Smart analisys by Raf, and smart comments from all the regulars.

I’ve been asked why I don’t come here, and my reply is that I do come here, I just never have anything useful to add.

Good job all (except that guy that’s still on Antonio Bryant’s jock).

Poke

Fighter

As I understand it, Murchison discovered that there was no copyright on the song, so he got the copyright as leverage over the Reskins ownership to garner their vote granting his Dallas Cowboys expansion team entrance into the NFL, a move the ’skins hierarchy opposed. But the tactic worked and the rivalry was born.

Thanks guys,

funny we had the skins over a barrel before we got in the league.

I agree it doesn’t go with the Cowboys image, I didn’t know if there was or wasn’t a song.

MB is not a FB. We don’t know if JJ would have taken to the house on that draw. MB did the right thing, he got as many yards as he could and he stopped the clock. JJ hasn’t done enough in his short career for there not to be a debate on who should start at RB. MB hasn’t done enough to be the clear cut starter. I do like how he runs inside but he need to hold on to the ball. Our offence needs to step up as a whole and yes it starts with the line. Bledsoe needs to play smarter when face with a blitz. The WRs need to get open quicker.

indirectly…….Roy Williams has knocked out TO and McNabb in the 2nd Philly meeting in back to back years.

Now we all know it was Bradie James block…….and a good one at that. McNabb should have just let Roy go. Nonetheless Roy picks it takes it to the house and Bradie gets a shot at McNabb. I think it will be a long time before we see him running around free in our backfield or anybody from the eagles dancing on Stars!!!!

McNabb sitting against the Giants. If I were the Ealges I would put him in surgery now. Why wait he could have complications or take longer to heal. Groins and hamstrings and things like that can take longer to come back from then peole realize. To his credit he is a warrior and a gutsy class act…….too bad he is also an Eagle!!! He actually deserves better fans!!!

You know Bledsoe made the same mistake against the Seahawks. Veteran and Pro Bowl QBs can and do still make plenty of mistakes.

I like the leadership of Bledsoe in press conferences. I also like that he has been a lot more than a bus driver in the 4th Quarter. Hey this guy may not be here for Super Bowl 45 but my guess is he can get us there before that!

What a great win…it goes to show you that even in the face of great adversity, and no way to come back, our cowboys told themselves “never say die…”. I honestly think we can make a deep run in the playoffs, and maybe even another super bowl…When our offense gets clicking, no one can stop us. And now that our defense is getting turnovers (not to mention TDs) we have become a force to be reckoned with. I can guarantee you guys that there is not one team that would not fear the Dallas Cowboys in a game. My only complaint would be that Bledsoe could hit Witten with the ball a little more. Am I the only one that has seen that he is often open underneath some of the deeper routes? And as for our fullback position, I really think we’re good, because many times you’ll see a TE back there who in my opinion, has much better hands, although I must commend Polite because he’s made a couple of catches in tight situations (see first Eagles game)

Oh, and by the way, you have no idea how good it felt to go to school on tuesday, and many people who had turned the game off early, and also happen to be Eagles fans, told me sarcastically, “HOW BOUT THEM COWBOYS??!” when me and some of my Cowboy comrades told them that they won, they were shocked…you should have seen the expression on their faces. Reminded me of that one part of Chappelle’s show with Rick Jame’s when he slapped charlie murphy…“What did five fingers say to the face??? pause….SLAP!!! *Eagles fans are shocked and in disbelief…That was COLLLLLDDBLLOOOODED!!!!”

Rob2,

When you see Jaqs play in slow mo it really looks great.

I was afraid The eagles were going to use Cortez on that final FG…..and with our luck he would have made it!!!!!
Man that would have Blown !!!

Becker,

I’ll be playing it back when I get home tonight. I wonder if they would have given Cortez a shot at it if the game had been tied just to rub our noses in it, but with it on the line, they had to go with their best guy. Cortez has the stronger leg, which might have served them better, but Akers is more accurate and has had the “hot hand” so I probably would have gone with him too, but Spags mentioned the same thing on DallasCowboys.com. It really would have blown, you’re right.

Cortez has the stronger leg? He missed for us from 22 yards……Akers was making 50+ field goals in pregame?

You gotta say Akers is the better kicker…..i still don’t understand why the Eagles put Cortez on the roster at all.

Philly fans are the worse. But it is great to be a Cowboy fan in Philadelphia today. I love it. I wore my Cowboys colors to work yesterday and the masses were mumbling something about luck. I also made a bold prediction 4 years ago that the Boys would get a ring before the Fleagels, it just might happen. Nuthin like being the lone Cowboy fan at a bar in Philly and getting harassed all night only to be pulled from the fire by Roy W.
Just an observation but McNabb’s psyche is sure fragile. Did you see him with his head down by himself on the bench. He needed TO yelling and firing him up??? Maybe TO was both a good and bad influence for the Eagles. He just can’t control his opinions when in front of the press.
He is a terrific force on the field.

Jon, I agree. The big five mediots: ESPN, Foxsports, CBSsportsline, SI and NFL.com, not one article mention of the Boys. What the hell is going on? Do the Cowboys have poop on their uniforms. And are there this much organized hatered against the Boys. What’s the deal everybody.

If the Giants had won yesterday after the way they played, the mediots would have lauded them as a good team that found a way to win even when they played poorly. When the Seahawks beat us at the end they moved up in the rankings same way with the Skins. No use in bitching about it, the Cowboys are the Republicans of the sports world to the liberal sports media.

Also I don’t like Suisham. The starting field position for the opposing team after a kick off was at or beyond the 30. Still haven’t seen him kick a field goal of decent length.

After a Week Two improbable come from the behind win against us, the Skins got lots of ink. We do it Week Ten and in effect drive the final nail in the coffin of the previous four seasons’ division champs, and you don’t here much about us.

ESPN is so ejaculatory over everything in in the NFL except the Cowboys…SportsCenter devotes about five minutes a night to the TO saga…Dan Patrick spent an hour today on Randy Moss and his pause when asked about Norv Turner…heard Colin Cowherd say he thinks that Giants are better than us…

Oh well, I guess the Boys should use it as fuel for the fire.

Poke

Jon,

I have a friend who’s a surgeon and he thinks the Eagles and McNabb were stupid not to have the surgery right away. He would have missed five games — five games in which they went 1-4. Could they have done any worse without him?

CNM Dallas fan,

Darkness is speading!!! Over Philadelphia!!!!

Yes Jon, Cortez DOES have the stronger leg. I never said he was the better kicker. Why do you think they brought him in? Akers is clearly the better kicker, but Cortez was brought in for kickoffs. Because he has the stronger leg.

uh….
Where be the Leo Cohen references?

I can tell you guys that this is the best group of cowboys fans here and this post has the best comments that I have read here yet.
  
I don’t contribute much, but I will say it is great to be able to hear all of your thoughts and opinions on a team that I have loved since the 70s. Thanks to all.

And yes I do live in china for a 2 year contract so seeing the games can be difficult if at all. it is great to have this site as well as nfl.com to help with the experience. Until coming here I had only missed seeing one game since 92 and it is really a bummer not to be sitting on my couch on sunday waiting for the games. I am 14 hours ahead of Dallas so the noon games come on here at 2:00am monday morning : (

I wondered why the eagles signed Cortez too especially since Akers seems ok from his leg injury.Thats why i tossed out the thought about eagle signal stealing on the other post.No doubt akers is better then Cortez just figured on a 60 yarder they might give
Cortez a shot at revenge……but as they say Andy sees him in practice we don’t.

Poke,
 glad to see your making comments….
thats what this blog is all about.

AlanTdot,

took out a quote from Suzanne, the line about “there are hereoes in the seaweed,” because I didn’t want things to digress into a discussion of Leonard Cohen of all people.

Raf,

I said before the season began McNabb and company were due for a season ending injury and a let down after such a run. Better make the most of opportunities. While I don’t see them all out collapsing…..

They have youth at WR, No true RB, and don’t seem to stop rushing unless it us in round 2…….their secondary has been banged up and failing of late.

As a Coach or GM I would have felt it for the best of the franchise to put McNabb is immediately.

Plus whether they admit it or not that hit he took could very well have made things WORSE! They are telling you all he had to do to get ready to play and all that. If he were a rb they would have put him, a WR too…….so why not cuz he is a qb. He has thrown some ducks. Bad decision by Reid and Company…….I think visions of Super Bowls dancing in there heads……or as I prefer it GREED……got the better of them.

Well he and TO can spend quality time together now that McNabb is out too.

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