Sunday games open thread - T.O. edition
by Dave Halprin on Oct 7, 2007 11:55 AM CDT
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PrintIt’s Sunday and there’s no Cowboys game. Time to watch the rest of the league while we wait for the bright lights of Monday night. I’m interested in the Redskins vs. the Lions, Tampa Bay vs. Indy and Seattle vs. Pitt.
Here’s what I learned from T.O. being mic’ed up for last week’s game. BTW, they picked the wrong week to wire T.O., only three catches and no TD’s. We didn’t get the total T.O. experience.
- T.O. was taught to dress sweet on gameday and look good by Jerry Rice.
- T.O. doesn’t mind being a decoy sometimes. (Bill Parcells just fell over. BTW, ESPN promises that the Tuna will reveal his true relationship with T.O. last year on this week’s Monday night pre-game show.)
- T.O. conceded that he ran the wrong route on Romo’s INT last week when he and Crayton ended up running the same route in the same area. Romo thought that was funny and laughed it up while T.O. teased Romo that he underthrew him anyway but said he owed Romo one.
- Torry Holt wants a T.O. jersey for framing and T.O. agreed to give him the one he was wearing. (At which point Holt should have demanded he wash it first.) T.O. then said he wanted a ring like Holt has and Holt said he was on his way this year if the Cowboys can avoid injury.
This is an open thread for the Sunday games. Rock on.
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I'm watchin the clev/Pats game
Cleveland moved the ball with ease down the field only to get picked off in the endzone
Remember Matt Moore?
He is about to play in the Carolina v. Saints game. Carr just went down with a new injury and it looks serious. So the Cowboy cast-off is now the QB.
Matt Moore
who the Cowboys should have kept instead of Brad Johnson is about to come in for the Panthers.
by Longhorn @ Blogging The Boys on Oct 7, 2007 12:41 PM CDT reply actions
If you think
We should have kept him instead of Brad Johnson, you sir, are nutty.
Certifiable.
by Brandon Worley on Oct 7, 2007 12:51 PM CDT up reply actions
Matt Moore
is about to go in for the Panthers. With Delhomme hurt and David Carr just got hurt and was carted off to the locker room. Moore is loosening up on the sidelines.
Miami/Houston
is the game I'm watching. Green was just knocked out, looked pretty bad. Took a knee to the head and was carted off.
Trent Green knocked out....again
Throwing a cut block on a D-lineman who was in full sprint chasing on a WR reverse...Trent caught a knee square in the ear hole...vicious.
If we have a WR reverse in our playbook it better not call for Romo to throw a block.
with that hit to the head
Matt Moore
Just made a rookie throw, pressing it into double coverage.
Yes
because vets never try to throw into double coverage.
by Longhorn @ Blogging The Boys on Oct 7, 2007 1:22 PM CDT up reply actions
The Brady Quinn era
WHY
Does Shannon Sharpe still have a job?
If I can't HEAR the analysis, it is NOT analysis.
Derek Anderson
another game, more ugly numbers. ouch.
by Longhorn @ Blogging The Boys on Oct 7, 2007 1:55 PM CDT reply actions
huh??
dude, what are you smoking?? before this game, Anderson was putting up great numbers.
You're just jealous he's much better than your pretty boy.
Derek Anderson sucks
like that loser Tyler Palko.
by Longhorn @ Blogging The Boys on Oct 7, 2007 2:05 PM CDT up reply actions
great
notre dame homer and the cowboys homer going at it
chalk full of analysis
by ab03 @ Blogging The Boys on Oct 7, 2007 2:16 PM CDT up reply actions
this coming from someone
who can't read stats.
by Longhorn @ Blogging The Boys on Oct 7, 2007 2:45 PM CDT up reply actions
anderson
his numbers are inflated by the cinci game but overall he's had 2 bad games, 1 above average game, and 1 amazing game. And the above average game could be classified as better seeing as how it had a 109 QB rating.
This game is obviously bad but its also against NE.
And it looks like he's turning it around. 2td, 3int is still bad but not as terrible as it was starting out to be.
by ab03 @ Blogging The Boys on Oct 7, 2007 2:55 PM CDT up reply actions
the bottom line
is that he's much better than Quinn which is the reason why he's the starter and will continue to be unless he gets hurt.
wow, Steelers are crushing Seahawks
looks like there really isn't much competition for the Cowboys in the NFC this season.
I think injuries are the only thing that would prevent us from playing in SB XLII
Chad Pennington is horrible
The 2 high school QBs I saw play Friday night have much better arms than Pennington.
I'm not sure he can actually throw the ball more than 25 yds.
atlanta-tenn game
a real stinker.
neither team wanted to win. even the leftwich era is off to a rocky start. INT in Tenn territory after Vince Young gets intercepted in Atl territory.
But ATL gets 1st and Goal from the 1 and can't get the tying TD. Vince Young always seems to win these games, and half the time its in spite of himself
by ab03 @ Blogging The Boys on Oct 7, 2007 3:16 PM CDT reply actions
Giants won
So the Giants won, meaning Dallas has beaten a team with a winning record. Meanwhile the Patriots haven't beaten a team with more then one win to it's name, but everyone is ready to crown them 16-0 right now.
I don't get it.
Derek
Redskins-Lions Game
Saw both Cowboys o-line castoffs Rob Petitti and Steven Peterman start, and Peterman looked pretty bad. The Redskins were constantly pressuring Kitna, and he doesn't look nearly as mobile as in years past. He was sacked five times. The Redskins defense looks to be very good again, back to their old 2005 form.
The Redskins offense was spotty but effective, and their performance was helped by an inept Lions defense. Their run defense was actually pretty good, but the Lions secondary doesn't cover well, and they can't tackle.
The Skins look like a solid playoff contender; the Lions look like a team that could contend for a wildcard spot only because so many of the NFC teams are bad this year.
Home field disadvantage
The Broncos have a horrible record playing at home ever since they built their new stadium, but especially recently. They're 2-5 in their last 7 including the win by icing against the Raiders this year. For some reason they're a much better team on the road.
Derek
Wow.
Browns actually looked like they had a chance in that game, despite Anderson repeatedly killing their drives with INTs (esp. in the endzone--sad). Turnovers were the difference: Browns 4, Pats 0. Browns also lost Jamal Lewis after just 1 play.
Meanwhile Pats were abyssmal on 3rd down: 2 for 12. They also gave up 353 total yards to the Browns, and were only 1 for 4 in the redzone. That's all DESPITE the fact that the Browns turned the ball over 4 times and Pats didn't at all.
A truly dominant team should've destroyed the other team much worse. Of course, all we'll continue to hear this week is how the Pats are the greatest team in the history of the NFL, blah, blah.
Don't get me wrong. Pats still look really good. But they are not as frightening as they looked before, and they do have some warts that are starting to show.
by Cowboys Dominance on Oct 7, 2007 4:23 PM CDT reply actions
Not to Worry
If Dallas beats New England next week, we'll be reminded Adalius Thomas, Dan Koppen, Steve Neal and Asante Samuel weren't at full strength, and Richard Seymour didn't play, so our victory really didn't count.
On the other hand, injuries to Jason Ferguson, Anthony Henry, Greg Ellis, Terry Glenn and Oliver Hoyte aren't worth mentioning.
You see, in the eyes of Cowboys haters, Dallas never actually wins a game. The other team makes dumb mistakes to give it away (Grossman's interceptions), is riddled with injuries (Rams), or the classic old standby, all the calls went in Dallas' favor. But technically speaking, Dallas doesn't ever win any games.
HA!! LOL!
The Cowboys hate does get old, doesn't it?
by Cowboys Dominance on Oct 7, 2007 4:40 PM CDT up reply actions
Don't Folk with Karma..ask Matt Leinhart
Less than a week ago Leinhart was whining and complaining about having to share time at QB with Warner and this was after his team actually WON the game. Today he breaks his collar bone and is out indefinitely...now he won't have to worry about sharing anything with Warner for a while. And to add insult to injury, his 2nd ranked USC Trojans were upset last night by...you guessed it, the unranked Stanford CARDINAL.
I'm tellin' ya man...don't Folk with Karma...don't ever, ever Folk with Karma.
Collinsworth just said the Pats game
might be a flex game they could negotiate away from CBS.
we have to root for the Bears tonight
I get the feeling, however, Romo will have a hard time rooting against Favre.
Gaither starting for Baltmore
they got a number one OT for a fifth rounder next year
by Arkcowboys on Oct 7, 2007 6:16 PM CDT reply actions
Jerry Jones
please please do whatever it takes to sign Albert Haynesworth; he is an absolutely dominant beast in the middle of a DLine. DO IT JJ, DO ITT!!!
by Longhorn @ Blogging The Boys on Oct 7, 2007 6:28 PM CDT reply actions
very sad
that those high round DT's don't seem to be working out. If the cowboys do get a high 1st round pick (seems less and less likely), maybe they should go after dorsey.
but haynesworth is a stud with a mean streak. I'd want him
by ab03 @ Blogging The Boys on Oct 7, 2007 6:36 PM CDT up reply actions
he's also been known to step on
player's faces intentionally. I don't think Gurode would be happy with signing him.
gurode
not sure if he would care.
i bet haynesworth apologized to gurode after it happened and usually players tend to accept those apologies. I could be wrong.
by ab03 @ Blogging The Boys on Oct 7, 2007 7:02 PM CDT up reply actions
proof
http://sports.espn.go.com/nfl/news/s...
Its not an indication that they would be best friends but there is also no indication that gurode would be pissed about it.
by ab03 @ Blogging The Boys on Oct 7, 2007 7:06 PM CDT up reply actions
Is there something I am missing?
We seem to be satisfied with Ratliff, R. Aydele, Tank Johnson for our NT? Why would we go for Haynesworth? Especially after what he did last year to Gurode?
Not what we need. If anything, we could use another CB.
satisfied?
do you realize how much better haynesworth is then ratliff and ayodele? probably better than tank johnson although it is probably closer. still, people say johnson benefited a lot from tommie harris.
by ab03 @ Blogging The Boys on Oct 7, 2007 7:04 PM CDT up reply actions
ok
so when the cowboys were looking at johnson before ferguson got injured, it was because they thought johnson would come in as the third NT? sure.
by ab03 @ Blogging The Boys on Oct 7, 2007 7:57 PM CDT up reply actions
what are you talking about?
We didn't have a backup to Fergy, we had to re-sign Ayodele after he was cut by another team.
So the Cowboys were looking at Johnson as a backup to Fergy.
what are you talking about?
we had ferguson and ratliff. you are saying that the cowboys were looking at tank johnson as a third stringer?
by ab03 @ Blogging The Boys on Oct 7, 2007 8:30 PM CDT up reply actions
Ratliff wasn't our backup NT intially
He was our emergency backup plan in case Fergy got hurt, which he did.
Ratliff is a DE, but Phillips had no alternative but to put Ratliff as backup NT since we cut Ayodele. Now that we signed Johnson, Ratliff can now go back to rotating in with the DEs if Tank turns out to be good enough to start, which is questionable.
They were looking at Johnson
even before Ferguson got hurt.
Ratliff has been doing great since he has been put in at NT. Ayodele is there for back up. Once Tank Johnson is eligible to play, he will be in the rotation. There is no way Johnson was going in there as a third stringer. He would probably be eventually starting.
So, again, why do we need another NT?
nope don't want him
I heard he is playing hard because it a contract year and some GM's have there doubt about him
by Arkcowboys on Oct 7, 2007 10:38 PM CDT up reply actions
Boring
This has been one of the most boring NFL Sundays in recent memory.
Bring on the 'Boys!
by Rob Zuber on Oct 7, 2007 8:13 PM CDT reply actions
Funny
They picked up the phrase from one of the Bears players they interviewed this week.
by Rob Zuber on Oct 7, 2007 8:57 PM CDT up reply actions
romo
hope he saw what a stupid favre pass can do to change the momentum of a game.
by ab03 @ Blogging The Boys on Oct 7, 2007 9:56 PM CDT reply actions
i like
i like what ron turner is doing w/olsen wide
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