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Cowboys moving ahead, BTB has 2 million reasons to be alive

Tomorrow I’ll have the film review up.

Also, here’s some news to pass along. On Sunday at some point, BTB went over 2 million page views. Thanks to everybody for reading. You guys rock. And while you’re here, think about clicking on an ad every once in a while and check out the ticket brokers if you’re looking for those. Every little bit helps me spend more time on the blog and less on other stuff.

Also, while I’m talking about blog stuff, could everybody relax a little? The name-calling and the expletives are getting out of hand. Don’t make me go all Bill Parcells on you guys. I will channel the Tuna and pass out some tough love! Seriously though, try to stay on the civil level.

I like the way the Cowboys are handling this loss. They’re saying the right things to me. They recognize they lost to a better team, but they haven’t lost any confidence and sound determined to be as good as the elite (re: NE, Indy) by the end of the year. They also recognize they can’t make the mistakes they did on Sunday and expect to beat good teams. We’ve been getting by beating inferior opponents, except for the Giants – boy, do they look good all of a sudden. We know now what it will take to beat a superior opponent and they just weren’t ready for that yet. But they might be later in the year. If we can get a healthy secondary and Tank Johnson can add some spark on defense, and possibly Terry Glenn shows up at some point, we could be a very good team.

Here’s Greg Ellis.

"Well, it's good to be 5-1 right now," veteran linebacker Greg Ellis said. "That's the good part of winning those games early on. It's just the sixth game of the year. You won the first five.

"Right now, this loss hurts. Obviously, there's no panic button to push right now. New England, they're further along with their football program than we are right now. And it showed (Sunday)."

Right on. Understand that those five wins mean every opportunity is still open to this team. But they need to improve.

Bradie James:

"The reality of things is that maybe we're just not where we need to be right now. Maybe we haven't arrived yet. That was a really good team. And that's where we want to be."

Again, recognize that you need to get better but have the goal in mind of where you want to be.

Tony Romo:

"We'll bounce back from this," he said. "It was a learning experience for this team. I've seen plenty of times in recent history that the team didn't win the big game in the regular season and they still come out at the end of the season. We're hoping to be one of those teams."

Rock on.

But one guy might be getting a little hyped. Our man Patrick Crayton is all juiced up.

"I told my coach yesterday, ‘If they make it to Arizona, we will see them again,’" said Crayton. "If they make it to Arizona, we will see them again. Seriously, I’m not backing down from that statement. Yesterday I told my coach that and I’m saying it now."

OK, that’s confidence talking, I guess. But P.C. wasn’t about to be p.c.

"Offensively, they are the real deal. I'm not going to lie about that," he said. "Defensively, I can tell you no, they're not. They're not (that good) at all. The only time they stopped us is when we had penalties. If that's stopping us, it is what it is.

"Defensively, they are not the real deal."

Hmm...OK, we did move the ball on them, but still, that’s a good defense over there.

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once again, thank goodness for Folk

5-1 is a lot better than 4-2. We're still in good shape.

Call us the Purple People Eaters. - Patrick Crayton

by Nelson on Oct 16, 2007 1:32 AM CDT reply actions   0 recs

He may be too amped ...

But I like the fact that Crayton is fired up. We need a high-energy emotional leader on offense. Sure, Romo is the leader, and that's who the players look up to ... but someone has to be pounding on helmets and keeping players warmed up.

Let him who hath understanding Reckon the number of the beast For it is a human number, it's number is 31.

by no1cowboysfan on Oct 16, 2007 3:03 AM CDT reply actions   0 recs

Wow.

Crayton didn't just guarantee a win on Sunday, he guaranteed the whole enchilada. Trying to make Namath look like a wussy drunk, Patrick? Oh, wait...

Perhaps Patrick Crayton might want to do something in the league before making such lofty predictions? One great game and the guy grows boulders in his pants.

Guarantees are so....oh....Jimmy Johnson. Been there, done that. Just play the game.

by FunCowboysFan on Oct 16, 2007 3:23 AM CDT reply actions   0 recs

This line

"He was then apprised of the popcorn eating the Patriots did coming off the field"

I'm sorry, but that's hilarious. That's the "swagger" we all praised a little more than a decade ago. That's the kind of thing Mike Irvin would have done. Emmitt would have sheepishly accepted some while pretending he didn't know what it was all about. The OLine would have chowed down while legitimately NOT knowing what it was all about. Jimmy Johnson would have been tossing pieces into Jerry Jones mouth.

by FunCowboysFan on Oct 16, 2007 3:35 AM CDT reply actions   0 recs

You're sure of that?

Seems like these Pats take cockiness to a whole new level.

by Pete on Oct 16, 2007 10:06 AM CDT up reply actions   0 recs

Crayton is right

Pats weakness is their defense, they didn't stop us, we stopped ourselves by committing way too many penalties. If we only committ half as many penalties, we put up a lot more points and its a different ball game.

You'll see their offense exposed when they play Indy, thats for sure.

In Romo we Trust

by Terry on Oct 16, 2007 8:10 AM CDT reply actions   0 recs

Their secondary...

Honestly isn't any better than ours...Ellis Hobbs is terrible. After watching Sunday, what separates Rodney Harrison from Roy Williams? Samuel and Newman are both top flight CBs, but other than that, there's not alot that stands out...The difference is without question the front seven. Seymour/Wilfork/Warren is INSANE on the DL, then you have Colvin/Bruschi/Thomas/Vrabel/Seau...That group up front can dominate a football game, no question about it. I'm not convinced our DL can wreck the same kind of havoc thatir group can, at least not until Tank is in the fold eating up blocks, then we'll see...If you can contain that Patriots front 7 and give your QB time to read and react, you can beat that defense because the secondary just isn't that good.

by N41D on Oct 16, 2007 9:18 AM CDT up reply actions   0 recs

The Pats defense is above average

but their offense makes them look better.  Their offense puts so much pressure on opposing teams that every drive is a "must score" so the opposing offenses are pushing and taking more chances so the Pats D has more opportunites for big plays.

by Billito on Oct 16, 2007 9:09 AM CDT reply actions   0 recs

I agree with this

Once a team is behind to the Pats they become one-dimensional and the running game is curtailed. This allows the Pats defense to play mostly for the pass and limits any team - even one as skilled as the Cowboys.

by lee3022 on Oct 16, 2007 6:37 PM CDT up reply actions   0 recs

Jerry will have his turn as GM in the offseason

to pay back the pats.  JJ will be in the Randy Moss Dante Stalworth bidding to make the pats pay through the nose for both of them.  The pats are known for being stingy and cap savy, but this time they will have to pay the piper to keep moss and stalworth and I do not think they will be able to keep both.  JJ will work hard to drive up the price, he may not want to have moss due to the possible conflict of egos but he could take away stalworth as a replacement for glenn if he cannot return.

by cowboy78 on Oct 16, 2007 9:25 AM CDT reply actions   0 recs

A little more stroking for BTB

For those of you who use news.google.com:

BTB made the frontpage!  In the aftermath of the Cowboys-Patriots game, BTB was listed as one of the main four-five news sources about the game.  Those two million page views really pushed the site forward.

Hats off to Dave and everyone else who works to make BTB a success.

by Bama Fats on Oct 16, 2007 9:32 AM CDT reply actions   0 recs

You didn't need to win this game

Imagine the pressure and big ego that would have resulted (ex: TO). You would let it go to your head and talked smack etc... and then gone out and lost your next game. Seriously, your still #1 in the NFC and now the team is actually focused on getting better instead of talking about how good you are.

Carolina Panther Fan

by Jaxon on Oct 16, 2007 12:20 PM CDT reply actions   0 recs

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