Redskins Week Crumbs

Hey Cowboy Fans,

RAF:

I remember watching Duane Thomas play & you are right he was so talented. His problem was he was a bit of a head case. His biggest blunder was when he called Tom Landry " THE PLASTIC MAN". That was I beleive his last year with the team. I don`t beleive he went anywhere else. One thing a player did not do back then was talk back, especially publicly about his head coach. It was not tolerated & that`s probably why no one else called him.
Boy have times change when you look today at a TO type of player.

Hey Cowboy Fans,

since you metioned Duane Thomas, since I have been watching Dallas ( up until Emmit retired) they have always had a great running back:

Duane Thomas
Calvin Hill/ Walt Garrison (FB)
Robert Newhouse (FB)
Tony Dorsett
Herschel Walker
Emmit Smith/ Moose Johnson (FB)

These 5 Star running backs spanned
over 25 years with Dallas & were all
GREAT Players.

Then you look at A Team like Miami who hasn`t had a descent RB since the mid 70`s with Csonka/ Morris.

We have been very fortunate in this area.

None of the Redskins three starting corners (Springs, Rogers, and Harris) have practiced yet this week. Although, all are listed as probable one the injury report. As is Lavar and he did not practice either.

C. Samuels did practice.

Good points about the Redskins game, although I wonder how much of BP’s talk is meant to lull Gibbs into thinking he’s going to play the offense tight in this one.

I would really like to see the Cowboys jump all over them on the scoreboard early in the game and then salt the clock with the RB’s. I don’t mean go up by 10 in the first half like on MNF in the first game. I am talking hanging some big numbers on them and putting them away early. They really are not that good of a team, and if ever a team got lucky against the Cowboys it was in that first meeting in September.

I heard on ESPN this evening that all three of the Redskins regular corners are not going to play and that Gibbs had to call up guys from the practice squad. Mark Schlereth (former Redskin, and a homer like Theissman) even picked them to win the game. I think that is the first time all year that he picked the Cowboys to win.

We better beat them. If we can’t beat a middle of the pack team with an injury riddled secondary and a fading QB, how can we possibly beat Carolina or anyone in the first round of the playoffs.

About the great Cowboys running backs over the years…that seems to be the tradition of this franchise. Dominant defenses and effective rushing offenses seem to be the common thread with all of the Cowboys Super Bowl Championship teams.

Sterling:

Make that all effective NFC East teams. If you can’t run and can’t defend the run, you will never win late games in Washington, New York, or Philly. Parcells knows this well, and is why he built this team like he did.

We’ve been talking several times this year about must win games.

This IS the biggest game of the Parcell’s era. Has his team arrived? Do these Cowboys have what it takes.

Sometime during training camp, BP was asked what he thinks about this team. He answered “Well, I like them, they have talent, but let’s see what they’ve got when their hit in the mouth”.

They’ve been punched, blind-sided, and kicked in the balls. They’re still standing.

But this season comes down to one game. THIS GAME.

Win, they can take the East. Lose, they’ll probably miss the tournament.
Cowboys-Redskins.
On the road.
Season on the line.

DAMN! Does it get better than this?

By the way, any more negative chatter; b.s. about woulda, coulda, shoulda; or thinking about next year should cease.

This blog is homer territory for the next 3 days.

I suppose the best running back we’ve had was Herschel Walker! Why him you ask? Although he was a pretty good RB, what he brought to Cowboys after he was traded to Minnesota is what I am referring to. He definitely was a major contributor to our next 3 super bowl.

Toast,

I have a friend who says Herschel should get a space in the ring of honor with a purple backing to his name. Everyone would know what it meant.

Sterling:

Interesting … I hadn’t heard that news from EPSN. If it is true, the the Redskins should be getting a visit from the NFL Accounts Receivable department – all players on the injury report were “probable”. They can’t exaggerate or falsify an injury report to the league.

http://www.redskins.com/team/injuryreport.jsp

Looks like they only got Springs and Harris on the list and they’re both probable. Now of course if the Skins webmaster is anything like the DC.com webmaster, the entire team could be out and we wouldn’t know about it.

Poke

Raf,
Well put.. At time Walker was playing for us, we were going nowhere.. a mediocre team at best. It was the Lord’s will to rebuilt his favorites team.. a trade with a enormous consequences… and the rest is history.

Where can I get Superbowl or regular season games on DVD?

FJ
For some reason that I have never understood (copyright issues with the networks?) NFL Films NEVER releases (or rarely ever) full game footage.

Direct quote from their web-site: “IF YOU WERE INTERESTED IN OBTAINING A FULL GAME: Unfortunately full game prints, as you see them on TV, are not available from NFL Films or from any other source.”

Very frustrating – I would have thought they could make a lot of $$ out of this.

Only game I have seen commercially released was the Ice Bowl game with the Packers in the Cowboys History DVD (on Amazon).

While its definitely a breach of copyright for people to sell games they’ve copied themselves – not sure if its illegal to exchange them….

Sterling:
I thought Schlereth just said that the Redskins’ top 3 corners would have to play with injuries, and I didn’t hear him mention practice squad guys.

Fighter 15:
I agree that no more discussion of ‘next season’ should be allowed until this season ends.

FJ,

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Duane Thomas played for the Redskins following his departure from Dallas. He ran a TD in against Dallas in a game from RFK I watched on TV but I don’t remember the year.

Maybe someone in the know can clarify this (urban legend?) for me. I had heard (on TV? or from frat brothers at the time?) that each of former Cowboys FB Robert Newhouse’s thighs was 44 inches in diameter – 10 inches larger than my waist size (34) in college. True or not?

…and I still remember Walt Garrison’s “just a pinch between your cheek n’ gum” spot. Almost as good (and funny) as Earl Campbell’s “Skoal. Brother!”

Imagine what it would’ve been like had Campbell donned Cowboys silver and blue (instead of Houston’s powder blue and white!)

Agree with not looking forward to next season already. Dallas shoudn’t be looking forward to the Giants though either. Redskins are NOT a middle of the pack team. Many “Power Rankings” have them ahead of the Cowboys actually. And having to play at FedEX is going to be a big disadvantage for the Cowboys. That stadium is one of the loudest and most hostile places to have to play in. Cowboys will have to bring their A game and a little luck to make it out of there with a win!!

i dont think playing at fedex is that big a deal.we have had much success there and there is always a lot of cowboy fans to. its going to be around 40 degrees at kickoff,no precip,great football weather for a great cowboy win!!!!

Sounds like good weather then!!! Hopefully playing outdoors on real grass won’t matter.

I have seen a fair amount of Redskin haters there too. Funny thing is, most of them aren’t from Dallas orginally. They just like to piss off the Redskins fans.

I know I won’t be wearing my Cowboys jersey. It gets too rowdy, especially in the 400 levels where I have tickets. I felt lucky to leave there with my life last time when a Redskin fan “outed” me as a Cowboys fan to the entire section…

lol was54321 – that’s funny stuff (redskin fan outed me as a cowboys fan) – got your cover blown huh? : ) i’m glad you’re ok, but i would have given anything to see your face

i think everybody on the blog will 4-give u for not wearin’ your jersey under those circumstances!

I’ve worn Roy’s #31 in FedEx field twice. Got screamed at and pelted with ice cubes till i stood up (drunker’n a skunk) and told the section what was up. As I lay down the rules, QC hits the Rocket for 80yds down the right sideline. They shut up. They left quietly with hanging heads like good, well-behaved redskins fans.
Then, it was raining a bit, I was unsure of my footing as I returned from using the bathroom, (and after high fiving literally dozens of Cowboys fans sporting the colors) and I slipped as I went to get into my seat. My knee bent sideways the wront way – I heard it rip like burlap tearing or twigs breaking. ACL, MCL, Meniscus, Cartilage – gone. I fell down a row and found myself lying backwards, staring at various groups of Cowboys fans, pointing at me laughing. I’m lying, back to back, on top of a Redskins fan who was in front of us through the game. The back of my head is on the back of his head and my back is on his back. His face is down between his knees. He’s screaming, “AAAAH!!! AAAAH!!! AAAAHHH! AAAAHHHH! AAAAH! I KNEW YOU COWBOYS FANS WOULD COME AFTER ME! AAAAH AAAH AAAH!”
My buddy was laughing so hard his face and body were twisted and there were tears on his cheeks.

That’s the game where Emmitt told a DC reporter he loves playing in DC. “I love it here. It’s like my second home.”

We’re gonna kill ’em.

Raul:

I hadn’t checked the injury report, my fault. I was just going off what I heard on the ESPN NFL Live show, and they are probably not the best source to listen to. The host made a comment joking about the name of a cornerback from the practice squad that may be starting against the Cowboys because Shawn Springs, Walt Harris, and Carlos Rogers hadn’t been able to practice all week. I didn’t mean to getting anyone’s hopes up too high.