Pride missing in Dallas loss to Rams; 20-10

by Dave Halprin on Jan 1, 2006 11:28 PM CST in Dallas Cowboys News

A maddening, inconsistent, up and down season, ended with the Dallas Cowboys pulling out something new. For the first time this year they played without any pride. Getting dominated at home by the St. Louis Rams mercifully ends the Cowboys second half collapse. A team that once stood at 7-3, layed down on the final game of the season.

Bill Parcells, who watched helplessly from the sidelines, must be pondering all kinds of things tonight. Besides his retirement, he may want to ponder on Rob Peitti, Torrin Tucker and how the offensive line ever got in such a mess.

Playing the blame game now would exhaust my time and patience, better saved for the long weeks ahead, when we can dissect every detail of every disaster.

Yes, there's plenty to like about the Cowboys, too. The young and talented defense is on the rise, experience for the rookies this year will pay off next year.

But tonight's game was a character game, and the Cowboys failed. Dallas showed nothing on a night when they were playing for nothing. One would've expected more.

Offseason coverage on BTB

Changes to the team are coming, and we'll be following them here at BTB. If you see news about Cowboys players, potential draft picks, free agents we should be pursuing, post it in the diaries or in comments. The more information flow we have the better for everyone. I'll do my best to keep you guys up to date on whatever I find, but help from you guys would be appreciated.

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not all is lost

Yes, the season ended on a disappointed note, but the base of the team is now in place, the talent on this team is alot better than three years ago, so the offseason works begins now, but that being said, Grizz, just wanted to say what a great job you have done providing a place for us all to get caught up on all the cowboys news. Stopping in daily to read your articles and reading the other Cowboy fanatics diaries and comments makes me feel like putting the pads on and get out there and start hitting, althought the offseason traffic might slow abit, I'll be checking in to catch up on all the cowboy news and diaries. Great Blog Grizz, keep up the great work, I appreciate all your effort and time you put into this Blog and all the fellow Cowboy fanatics that contribute so much with all their comments.

by Deke on Jan 1, 2006 11:44 PM CST reply actions

I agree

Yes, Grizz does a great job with this blog and we all appreciate his time and effort. I'm looking forward to another great offseason for the Cowboys and sharing any information I recieve regarding free agency and the draft. Hopefully the final pieces will be put into place this off season.

by Terry on Jan 2, 2006 12:15 AM CST up reply actions

Good news

Dallas has the 18th pick in the 2006 draft. We should be able to fill at least one hole in the roster with an immediate starter. Thanks to all the fellow Cowboy fanatics for making this site great. And a special thanks to Grizz, you the man!

by APerfectStar on Jan 2, 2006 1:54 AM CST reply actions

Thanks

I love doing this blog and hope the offseason is successful so next year we can celebrate in the playoffs and maybe the Super Bowl.

This team is not far away from contention.

Tom points out we have the 18th pick so time to start thinking about how to use it. Free agency comes quickly, and we better look at offensive tackles. We need the other bookend for Flozell, who I've come to truly appreciate in his absence.

by Dave Halprin on Jan 2, 2006 1:23 PM CST reply actions

We will be Drafting 16th -19th

We have the ability to draft as high as 16 or as low as 19 based on the strength of schedule victory that has to be worked out as we are all tied with Miami, Vikings, and San diego with a 9-7 record, ofcource that will rotate in subsequent rounds, example, we might draft 16th in round one and then draft 19th in round two and so forth, rotating with the other teams I mentiioned.

by Deke on Jan 2, 2006 1:43 PM CST reply actions

look at the first round with Strength of Schedule

Sel Team W L T Pct. SOS
1 Houston 2 14 0 .125 .535
2 New Orleans 3 13 0 .188 .523
3 Tennessee 4 12 0 .250 .512
4 N.Y. Jets 4 12 0 .250 .527
5 Green Bay 4 12 0 .250 .531
6 Oakland 4 12 0 .250 .539
7 San Francisco 4 12 0 .250 .539
8 Buffalo 5 11 0 .313 .500
9 Detroit 5 11 0 .313 .504
10 Arizona 5 11 0 .313 .508
11 St. Louis 6 10 0 .375 .484
12 Cleveland 6 10 0 .375 .508
13 Baltimore 6 10 0 .375 .523
14 Philadelphia 6 10 0 .375 .531
15 Atlanta 8 8 0 .500 .492
16 Miami 9 7 0 .563 .457
17 Minnesota 9 7 0 .563 .484
18 Dallas 9 7 0 .563 .523
19 San Diego 9 7 0 .563 .559
20 Kansas City 10 6 0 .625 .504
21 New England 10 6 0 .625 .508
22 Washington 10 6 0 .625 .539
23 Carolina 11 5 0 .688 .449
24 Tampa Bay 11 5 0 .688 .449
25 Chicago 11 5 0 .688 .457
26 Cincinnati 11 5 0 .688 .477
27 N.Y. Giants 11 5 0 .688 .492
28 Pittsburgh 11 5 0 .688 .492
29 Jacksonville 12 4 0 .750 .465
30 Seattle 13 3 0 .813 .430
31 Denver 13 3 0 .813 .500
32 Indianapolis 14 2 0 .875 .457

by Deke on Jan 2, 2006 3:45 PM CST reply actions