Cowboys vs. Miami: Post-game wrap-up

by Dave Halprin on Sep 17, 2007 12:16 AM CDT in Dallas Cowboys News

The Dallas defense redeemed themselves for a poor performance in week one. They still are having trouble covering receivers - let’s face it, Trent Green left a lot of yards on the field with bad throws. But the difference was this week the Cowboys secondary made the Dolphins pay with four interceptions. Romo appreciated it:

"A quarterback's greatest friend is never his O-line or receivers or running backs – it's the defense," Romo said. "When you know that your defense is going to get you the ball back in good field position, that's a huge advantage for the quarterback. I think they're better than they showed in the first game, and they proved that. I think that they're going to play like this for the rest of the year."

Jason Taylor is now a Romosexual.

"He's a very good quarterback, moves very well and is very quick," said Taylor, who had 13 ½ sacks last season. "He's got great pocket presence and he made plays today and I didn't."
"We saw it on film that he's a good quarterback who makes plays and seems out of control at times but he makes it work and they work around him that way. He's a very, very good quarterback."

JJT has also sent in his membership to the Romosexuals.

Tony Romo is the guy.
So get on the phone this morning with Romo's agents and get his signature on the dotted line. The sooner, the better.

He’s talking to you Jerry Jones.

Here’s a general Clarence E. Hill, Jr. recap.

Here’s the AP recap.

Random thoughts after the game.

Did you ever envision a Back to the Future scenario at the top of the NFC like this? Dallas, Green Bay and San Francisco all sitting at 2-0, and Washington can join them tomorrow night. Those teams at the top have a familiar ring from days gone by, don’t they? Oh yeah, Detroit is 2-0 and crashing the party.

There’s no way to avoid the fact that MB3 is the #1 RB in Dallas. Yes, JJ is the "starter" and I love the way they form a productive duo that keeps the offensive engine humming. Dallas is using them pretty well so far and I don’t expect that to change. So don’t sweat the details. But MB3 is definitely the more dominating back.

Patrick Crayton had his finger put back into place and took a few stitches before returning to the game and sparking the offensive explosion with a great punt return. Nice job, Pat.

We got to get the penalties under control. Not only the offensive line jumping offsides, but the stupid penalties that come after the play and other nonsense.

Jay Ratliff, otherwise known as The Rat, did a great job in his first game in place of Jason Ferguson. He had a fumble recovery, a batted-down pass on 3rd-down, and helped lead a defense that held the Miami running game to low productivity.

Through two games, Tony Romo has been sacked two times, once in each game. The offensive line gets a lot of credit for that. Last week they were close to perfect, this week they weren’t, but they were good. And when they weren’t, Tony "Twinkle Toes" Romo took care of the rest.

How about that Folker dude? That rookie is folkin' good.

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I'd much rather they

be sitting at 2-0 than 0-2 like the Giants and Saints, but I found it hard to enjoy yesterday's game except for the outcome.

I agree that Romo is the man. He made things happen when there was nothing there. Barber and Crayton gave it everything as well. TO took some real shots over the middle - a lot of those 97 yards were rough ones. But the O-line struggled to protect against a 4-man rush, couldn't open holes for longer than a second, and got really confused about the whole snap-count theory. And how can three or four Cowboys receivers all stay covered on almost every down?

The defense will look good on paper, but Green handed most of those to them. I'm glad they took advantage, but they seemed to give bigger cushions this week than last.

Nick was folkin awesome, although one day I'd like to figure out what was with all the weird kicks - some deep, some skipped off the ground, some low screwballs toward the corner...

OK, that's out of my system. Here's to getting better over the next 14 games...

by dunkman on Sep 17, 2007 6:54 AM CDT reply actions

From best to mediocre...

Romo for Hall of Fame.

Folk'n A+

Wide Receivers and Witten just keep getting it done.

MB3 and JJ ... seems they are pushing each other.

James had an impressive sack... LBs did their job.

O-Line was solid, but the penalties would be killers with anyone but "HoF-o" at the helm.

Secondary held up well, even impressed w/ interceptions, especially considering...

The absolute lack of a pass rush. This D-line is mediocre at best.

With Newman back, we can more aggressively rush the passer. But in this game, why risk the big play when their offense proved they couldn't consistently get 1st downs? I think we played a smart defensive game.

Hat tip to Jason Garrett - he is proving to be one of the best off-season moves.

Cowboys and Tar Heels

by DalaiLuke on Sep 17, 2007 7:09 AM CDT reply actions

This was hilarious in a macabre sort of way

From the S-T:

"I just heard it snap, and when I get up off the ground I looked at it and said, 'That's not right,'" said Crayton.

by dunkman on Sep 17, 2007 7:54 AM CDT reply actions

hahaha

Pat has a sense of humor

Burt-D

by Burt D @ Blogging The Boys on Sep 17, 2007 10:20 AM CDT up reply actions

LMAO

"That's not right"

I would've passed out and fell over.

by APerfectStar on Sep 17, 2007 4:43 PM CDT up reply actions

Romo

I'm a Romo-sexual as well but I think he did get pretty lucky to not have a pick or two yesterday, there were a lot of balls that got deflected in the first half that managed to not find a Dolphin. He did very well to only have one sack against all that pressure however. Right now I think I would say the quickie Romo scouting report is: very good at buying time, very quick release, has a knack for making the big play, sometimes has accuracy issues, has had issues with decision-making in the past but getting better at that.

by mikedallas23 @ Blogging The Boys on Sep 17, 2007 10:01 AM CDT reply actions

I think I saw

a couple of passes he shouldn't have thrown, like one to a doubled TO that hit him on the shoulder pads, and the triple team coverage on Witten he tried to beat. But overall, I think he was much more conservative than last season. A few passes that looked like misses I can almost guarantee were throw-aways because of coverage. The pass to Curtis was genius because that's either a completion or it hits the turf.

Except for hitting TO's pads, the other deflections were the receiver's fault.

I'm with Terry on accuracy. He's actual astonishingly good in that area.

by dunkman on Sep 17, 2007 11:58 AM CDT up reply actions

welcome to the Romosexual club

I guess everyone is now seeing what I've seen in this kid all along, that he has inate skills that you can't see or teach which makes him special.

He's very accurate, makes great decisions, and goes for the throat which I love. Yesterday, he made our O line look good because he has such great athletic ability and pocket presense.

He's going to lead us to multiple SB titles, take that to the bank.

In Romo we Trust

by Terry on Sep 17, 2007 10:09 AM CDT reply actions

money quote from JJT

Romo completed only 14 of 29 passes for 186 yards, but that doesn't begin to tell how he controlled the game because he was the best player on the field.

He usually is.

In Romo we Trust

by Terry on Sep 17, 2007 10:23 AM CDT reply actions

Second best

Barberian is the BEST!!!

Burt-D

by Burt D @ Blogging The Boys on Sep 17, 2007 10:58 AM CDT up reply actions

thats funny Burt, really funny

In Romo we Trust

by Terry on Sep 17, 2007 4:02 PM CDT up reply actions

JJ must have an incriminating

pic of Jerry and/or Wade...each time they talk about JJ's 3.2 ypc to MB3's 6.2, he must start reaching into his back pocket, staring menacingly at them........

I've just never seen a 2nd round pick get more love for being so non-productive. It's only two games this year, but haven't we seen this before? I know I certainly have. But then again I suscribe to that crazy scheme of wanting the best players on the field as much as possible.

The sad part is this: if they think MB3 is re-signing with this team when his contract is up they are absolutely crazy. Thanks for costing us what looks to be one of the better RBs in the game Wade...hope your 'happy to be here and don't wanna ruffle any feathers' attitude works out great for your checkbook ya moron.

by Starred4Life on Sep 17, 2007 6:45 PM CDT reply actions

Barber

already got more touches in the last game.

They're not going to take out an ad or put up a billboard to announce who the "feature" back is. They're just going to allocate playing time based on success. You won't hear about it in press conferences, you'll just see it on the field. As it should be.

by dunkman on Sep 17, 2007 7:18 PM CDT up reply actions