In the spirit of the election…

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I wholeheartedly agree that the Bengals are dangerous. Hopefully, last week’s Cowboys home loss against the hated Skins will provide a wake up call for our Beloved Boyz.

We’ve got to pressure the QB more on defense, force some turnovers, create more balance on offense and dominate time of possession again.

This game is pivotal for Dallas to get back on track.

Let our players play. Don’t have a 40-10 pass to run ratio (just throwing out numbers, but that’s not far off).

Also let our defense actually play. Quit playing them 10 yards off the receivers, allowing teams to dink and dunk their way to touchdowns. If they’re going to go down the field and score anyhow, at least take some chances…then maybe you’re going to get a turnover.

This is a big game for Stewart and Garrett.

The Bengals may be a bad team right now, but what they have is 3 very good WRs. Henry is going to play this week. He is a big, fast Wr with good hands. If he wasn’t such a screw up I could’ve envisioned him here at some point. Everything today is pointed to Palmer NOT playing on Sunday which is good for us.

Can we eliminate the phrase “dink and dunk” from this website entirely? Or at least censor it like other message boards do? Ever since last week I throw up in my mouth whenever I read those words…
I heard, and of course it’s hearsay, but Palmer may need Tommy John surgery at some point. Don’t tell Marvin Lewis I said that or he’ll flip out haha. As far as this week, I’ve actually read that Fitz is probably playing. I’ll look for my sources when I get a chance. That doesn’t mean we can relax by any means…but I don’t think this is a trap game. Maybe the game before the Giants (I forget, either St.Louis or Arizona). But this week we are playing pissed off football. And our first INT is coming this week. I’m guessing a safety but I’d love it to be Pacman

The Bengals will never take a step forward with Mike Brown at the helm. The Bengals have no GM so Marvin has to do all the GM duties and coaching because Brown is too cheap to hire a GM. They have talent on the edges and in the backfield, but their O-line and D-line are pretty weak. Being born in Cincinnati I am a big Bengals fan and it is frustrating to no end having an owner that doesn’t care at all about winning. I grew up in Dallas so I find myself conflicted this weekend, but since it will be better for the Bengals to get that high draft pick I will be rooting for the ’boys to get their swagger back.

The real Cowboys team, which runs and passes plays this week

But realistically, Dallas should win this by a couple TD’s. If they don’t win this, the doo-doo will be hitting the fan.

Like you said Brandon, their O-line is a mess, and their running game stinks. If Fitzpatrick starts, they won’t have much passing offense either. Palmer doesn’t sound like he’s healthy, so I’d be surprised a bit if he plays. Their season is down the tubes already, why risk serious harm to their franchise QB.

I was listening to Nick Eatman today on DC.com and he and Ed “Doofus” Werner (ESPN) got into a big argument yesterday after TO met with some reporters in the locker room yesterday. Nick told Werner that he thought it was a loaded question by asking if he got the ball enough the other day. Ed didn’t think so and some words were exchanged on how he and ESPN love making stories into non-stories. If you want to listen goto DC.com and click on the Lunch Break.

Link:

http://www.dallascowboys.com/multimedia/multimedia_center.cfm

He’s the Nick on DC.com, right? He’s objective about the Cowboys, and is not afraid to praise or criticize them, for the most part. He’s pretty much the only credible one doing their mailbag right now.

There was a verbal rumble of sorts at Valley Ranch on Thursday. Though it wasn’t quite as compelling as Herrera-Kawakami I, things got heated between ESPN’s Ed Werder and Nick Eatman of DallasCowboys.com.

As we understand it, the problem arose from Terrell Owens’ post-game comments from the team’s Week Four loss to the Redskins. Eatman wrote an item for the Cowboys’ official web site knocking ESPN and other national media outlets for making a big deal out of T.O.’s desire to get his hands on the ball.

In the column, Eatman suggested that the question prompting the T.O. sound bite that then prompted a Monday Night Countdown free-for-all on Owens was aimed at baiting him into saying something controversial.

As we understand it, Eatman didn’t realize that Werder had asked the question.

On Thursday, Werder told Eatman that Werder had asked the question, um, in question.

Per a source with knowledge of the exchange, they debated whether the question was aimed at getting a response from Owens that then could be used as proof of a problem in Dallas. As they talked, things started to get a little heated. Eventually, Werder walked away. While doing so, he made a comment regarding Eatman’s overall credibility, given that he writes for a team-owned publication.

Eatman responded by suggesting that ESPN specifically tries to get its reporters to stir things up. And there might have been an "F" bomb or two added to the message.

Werder returned, and the two continued to jaw for a bit. Though it never got physical, others eventually stepped in to ensure that it didn’t.

Eatman’s point is a valid one. At times, it appears that the ESPN machine tries to create a story, and then to squeeze every last drop of 2 percent out of it. The fact that Werder apparently got a little defensive about the situation suggests to us that, in his heart, he suspects that there might be some merit to what Eatman said.

Of course, Werder’s point back to Eatman is a valid one as well. No writer who works for the entity that he covers is truly objective, and any item he crafts needs to be viewed through the prism that the ultimate subject of his story is the source of all or part of his livelihood. So, apparently, Werder struck a raw nerve.

Thus, we’ll call this one a draw. Maybe there will be a rematch.

http://www.profootballtalk.com/2008/10/02/werder-eatman-exchange-pleasantries/#comments

GET YOU SOME! Obviously you can’t be 100% objective when you write for DC.com but damn Nicky tries to. I don’t call this one a draw. I see celebrity boxing in the near future WHOO!!! It is obvious that Werder baited T.O. as everyone tries to do. It’s pretty lame but in this day in age (I’ve said it before and I’ll say it again) integrity in the media is LOOOOOOOOOOOONG GONE!