Accentuate the positive

But now that he’s here, it’s almost unbelievable.

I won’t believe it until I see it on Sunday. As soon as I heard the news, I planned on coming home and playing with him in Madden, but never got the chance. The unfortunate thing is, it will probably be a while until he reaches his full potential on this team because A. it’s a new offense and B. He’s got BJ throwing to him. If we can just tread water until Tony, Feilx and T-New get back, which we will, this offense is going to be scary.

As for Pac, I’ve given up. I defended this guy time after time, but I’m done. I’m going to assume he never plays in the league again and it’s probably for the best. He can take his “celebrate after every tackle”, “get burned by Fitz”, “I average 92 yards per punt return if you count horizontal running” back to wherever we came from.

The Mike Jenkins era is upon us.

I’ll buy into it, a man’s (or team’s) attitude is reflected in his (it’s) future.

considering the slew of bad news, I feel relatively calm about it, and you put it in a good perspective. this isn’t the end of the world. this is football. injuries happen, it’s part of the game, and we have a lot of depth and talent on this team to compensate. and most of the key injuries are short term. we’re still in decent position.

the sinks and gnats losses and the RW trade make it easier. i can’t wait to see Roy on the field. As much as I’ve been pulling for Crayton and Austin to really step up, and Austin has shown some promise, this arrangement now is awesome. PC can move to the slot where’s he’s more natural, and Austin can get in the mix and continue to learn from two great receivers. and for future years we have a more natural progression. I’m bummed for Sam Hurd because I know he wants it so bad and works so hard, but for the team, it’s a major upgrade!

oh RW2 => WR2

It’s going to be interesting seeing RW come in with Brad throwing to him. It is two big unknowns at the same time. But I do feel confident about Brad.

Brad’s strengths:
- knows the offense, ready to play
- good at reading defenses, changing plays at the line
- quick drop, recognition and release
- accurate passer
- game manager in the best sense – experienced, high football knowledge, understands situations, good decision maker, unlikely to make mistakes, protects the ball, and can keep the offense moving.

Weaknesses:
- arm strength – less deep ball, big play potential, defenses may play closer to line (although he can still throw it a lot more than the 15 yards that’s he’s known for)
- mobility – not going to make plays with his feet, and needs a good pocket, although his quick reads and releases compensate, he’s just a different style of passer.

As always, much hinges on the O-line. they really need to step up and do what we know they are capable of in both the passing and running game, and we can win any game. Hud, it’s up to you, man.

with Pac, it was a known risk. he did make some good plays. it was kind of a bonus. he helped us win four games, and gave a little cushion for the rookies. now we get a pick back and apply it to RW. good move. I have confidence in these rookies, too. Seems like Jenkins hasn’t been thrown at much, and Scandrick is making some good plays. Jerry picked two CBs despite getting Pac for good reason. They just get thrown in the fire, but it was said from the day of the draft that Jenkins was considered the CB most ready to play right away, and Scandrick was a huge steal and has looked as ready as Jenkins. Look at it this way, I think we’re still in much better shape now than we were last year when TNew was out and we had Nate and Jacque with Henry. Now S position is also hurting, but the DBs as a whole played well for at least one half against the Cards so we know they’re capable of it, and hopefully RW1 and Watkins will be back before long. They’ll be okay.

One thing I can say, it’s certainly not an uninteresting time to be a Cowboys fan!

I too am psyched about RWII playing for Dallas. Jones is looking long term with this one. Get a guy to be the eventual #1 and groom Austin to be that dynamic #2 while using TO until his skills decline too much to be of value. And in the meantime, they should be incredible together.

I hope we support them with a better pass rush.

we got Roy Williams for Adam Jones

and i’ll take that…..

Adam had his chances(sssssss) and he could not make good. Now maybe our D will give up 28 per game but our O might score 35 per game.

This team did fight hard Sunday and that’s the optimist’s point of view. I was telling my father-in-law while watching the game, that too many times Dallas needs “to be hit in the mouth a couple of times” before they respond. I think most Dallas fans thank that they should jump out in front early and never look back, I am definitely guilty of this.

I just hope that this point in the season will be one that is reflected upon as when they came together as a team during adversity and began their push to the Super Bowl.

I sincerely hope Pacman is done, banned for his career from the NFL. All he had to do was not get in trouble… how hard is that? He still doesn’t comprehend what he did and the repercussions. Apparently he’s in a very “somber” mood. He should get over it and start sending his resume out to the arena league in a hurry.

I’ve been hoping the Cowboys get Roy Williams for years now. He’s an excellent receiver who has been beaten down by years of ineptitude in Detroit. Now he comes to a winning team and has the chance to shine; I don’t think he’ll disappoint. Regarding the Lions blogger who thought the Cowboys got hosed on the trade, we’ll see in two years when Williams is our #1 receiver and all their picks have been squandered on Joey Harringtons. I’m shocked at how many picks in ’09 we have even after giving up 3 to get WIlliams. I hate to say it, but GOOD JOB JERRY!!

I echo another post above, I’m drinking this kool-aid. Getting Roy is exactly what this offense needed, despite my faith in Crayton, Austin, etc.

I’m also not disappointed our two CB rookies are thrown to the fire. Something tells me there will be good and bad, but that the good when playoff time comes will out-weigh the bad.

And make no mistake, this team will make the playoffs… we are just too good and too determined not to win games. All this “no leadership” crap I am DEFINITELY not buying.

And I am ecstatic about the Roy Williams trade!!

Witten and Crayton playing inside, TO in the slot, and RW and Austin on the outside.