Our only problems in my eyes is take care of the ball on offense and be more aggressive on defense, we have some talented corners let them play man more and then in turn get some more QB pressure.

- We’ll be ready…

Super post, and I totally get where you’re coming from. However, there’s a line in the sand right now, and we’re both looking at the Cowboys from opposite sides.

Read my sig — this is the Dallas Cowboys, and Superbowl aspirations are as expected as the leaves changing color in New England. If we’ve got players/coaches that don’t have the fortitude to stomach these expectations, then we’ve got to get others with the right attitude.

I don’t even know where the question of true fandom comes in. Noone but yourself knows how true of a fan you are. Certainly, questioning your team and not toeing the line shouldn’t discredit you. This BS absolutely needs to stop.

And my final point: our stats and record don’t pass the eyeball test. Somebody made a point the other day about how Romo is absolutely a top 5 QB this year because his numbers and wins justify that. Well, watching him play, I’m looking at an above average QB being bailed out by a great line and a solid running game. Something’s off, and he seems to be lacking the fire.

Our record is 4-1. Great, but I’m still seeing the same tendencies and lackluster play that caused us to self-destruct last year. And I’m definitely not a believer in the button that’s supposedly going to be pushed towards the end of the season and allow us to peak. The foundation is weak, and unless positive measures are taken, the house will come tumbling down and break our hearts again.

Appreciation of the team is deserved, no doubt. I’ve moved to NE myself recently and can no longer take for granted watching the Cowboys on TV every Sunday sadly. They are the best part of my weekend. I just don’t want them to turn into the current Yankees, weighed down with overpaid stars who don’t understand the meaning of putting on the uniform and meeting championship expectations, and I definitely don’t want them to end up like the Cubs and be a good team that NEVER delivers.

I’m not even going into the defense because there’s really not much that’s sugarcoated there. There deficiencies are evident.

does not look like he is having fun anymore. Is the pressure getting to him? Is there a problem in his personal life? Lord knows the media isn’t giving him any breaks. The happy-go-lucky kid we’ve all come to love is struggling with something.

Thank you Brandon. I touched on this in an earlier fanpost and Glorydayz echoed the same sentiment but you have expressed it perfectly here.

I am 36 years old so I was 20 years old when the boys won their first of three superbowls in the 90s. I watched every single game during that time period and I can tell you that they had some absolutely maddening losses. Blown out by the eagles, losing to the freaking 4-12 Rams. How about game two when they went up 28-0 over the giants only to let them come roaring back and finally hold them off 35-28? The big difference? A complete lack of the obsessive micro-analysis prevelant in today’s MSM. No internet, either. Heck, i got a Dallas Cowboys weekly magazine that may as well have been called “The Homer Times” and I loved it. I had faith in my team and enjoyed the hell out of those seasons.

I am sticking to that same attitude and starting yesterday, I am on a media diet. No more high fat (ESPN) and more moderation on all things non-BTB.

I was at the game on sunday and I had the time of my life. After the TO touchdown I had never seen a croud go as nuts as we all did. It felt great after the win and my family was still so excited during the drive back to Houston. Once we got back into Houston I got online and couldnt believe what people were saying on ESPN and even on blogs like this one. There are going to be tough games, get excited when the Cowboys win these types of games. We can start critisising everything they do when they havent even won a game like the texans.

It was only icing on the cake to come back into houston and listen to there talk radio after that choke job. I get to hear how great the texans are going to be on a yearly basis and then see them crumble.

Just wanted to say I love reading BTB more than any other source for cowboys coverage. And I feel you on not living in the Dallas area, thank god there is a decent fan base here in H-Town.

We don’t need the blogs or the media or other fans to tell us how bad the Cowboys can play. We can see it all first hand for ourselves and it is frustrating to say the least. It’s like having a nice big juicy T-Bone in the fridge just begging to get grilled but you opt for the leftover hamburger helper instead. You know the T-Bone is there. You know it’s shelf life is dwindling and yet it remains ungrilled because you’re just too damn lazy to cook the damn thing. Turn on THE FIRE and get things freaking cooking before this team spoils. THAT’s what’s maddening. We know it’s there… So why the hell can’t we see it?

Sure, I’d take a 13-3 season and a loss in the playoffs to a 3-13 season and no playoffs, at least you can enjoy the wins. It’s just that we know this team can do better and yet we’re so often reminded by their play on the field that somethings missing. It’s not talent, it’s fire.

why we’re all confused about this Cowboys team. This team is doing what just about every other team does: take on the persona of its coach.

Wade’s happy to be here, has made it know he’s not interested in hurting anybody’s feelings, and is jgenerally a happy-go-lucky kind of guy.

To me, the ’08 Cowboys have thus far fit the above description in a lot of ways, what with their inability to thoroughly dominate inferior teams (save for the 1st half of the Cle game), glaring lack of intensity during long stretches of games, and silly mistakes from lack of intensity and focus.

We can bring in all the Zach Thomases we want, but until we get a head coach that demands intensity from himself first, we’re simply not going to be an intensely focused team.

To me, intensity and focus is as important a facet of the game as special teams, offense and defense. It’s hard to win against good teams when you don’t win the intensity battle.

Everybody has talent, everybody has good schemes. Intensity is usually the tie-breaker against the good teams, in my opinion..

Do you think with these same players this team would be better or worse if Parcells was head coach instead of Wade?

My dad loves wade phillips as a person and hates him as the head coach of the Dallas Cowboys. We talked about this for a little while the other day and he firmly believes Dallas would be better off with parcells than Wade. He thinks the team just looses focus sometimes in the game and Wade just kind of stands there with his thumb up his ass.

I’ve started a FanPost a couple of times in the past two weeks, but I think Brandon and Tuna have explained it perfectly. Are the Cowboys playing their best? No. Do we expect too much? Yes. The most important thing in my mind is not that the Cowboys peak in October and November (as they have the last few years), but that they peak in December and January.

When Indy won the Super Bowl a few years ago, they had a very different season for them. The previous two years, they blew out everyone all season long and then lost in the playoffs. But their Super Bowl year, they had tough games all season long. Early in the season, they eaked out tough wins against decent teams. They weren’t perfect, but they found a way to win the tough games. Sound familiar? The Giants weren’t the best team in October last year, but they played tough games and got better late in the season. Sound familiar?

Have I enjoyed the wins this year? Only one…the Eagles game (I live in South Jersey which is prime Eagles country). Romo is easily my favorite player (although Felix is moving up the chart quickly), but he’s driven me absolutely nuts in the past few games (I can’t count the number of times I’ve screamed “Damn it Romo!” at the TV screen). But you know what? Our team is winning. There’s a reason for the popular term “Any Given Sunday.”

Now the same pressure is on Romo, yet this time there’s a lot more scrutiny than there was 16 years ago. ESPN, NFL Network, blogs, internet writers, sports magazines, all looking to get their opinion heard.

Yeah, including one Troy Aikman, who is as guilty as anyone of comparing the early 90’s teams to this one. I always get the feeling that deep down he’s hoping Romo keeps failing, only to preserve his own legacy…

To move on to AZ, the team leading the NFC west..

This is a high scoring offense, who is playoff bound, we need to be ready!!!!

Henry vs. Fitz, Henry should have a pick this game, he will see at least 10 balls thrown in his direction..

that Newman could be lost for most of the season. The question would be, if that’s true is to place him on IR or list him inactive and hope to get him back in late December or the playoffs. This injury is going to be long term regardless…

If the media and us fans are actually just saying what we think Wade should be saying instead of sugarcoating everything. Perhaps it’s up to the fans and media now to dish out the tough love. We know the players are reading it.

Some of the players comments sound to me like maybe they are getting thin skinned, perhaps that’s a direct reflection of Wade constantly trying to protect them. If you tell me I suck at something I’m gonna bust my ass and yours to prove you wrong, not complain about how unfair your criticism is. Just another reason why it seems like there’s just too little fight in these guys.

What all this comes down to for me is; You don’t feed a starving man by throwing recipes at him, you feed him by putting actual food in his belly. The fans are hungry, and it’s about time for the players to (at the very least) act hungry and demand some meat, and to stop settling on recipes.

(end rant)