1st units looked dominant.
Felix looked great, and Choice looked very good.
Austin was making some nice catches.
Didn’t look like anyone got injured (maybe Ayodele)

Special teams coverage was ugly
Too many penalties (although the 1st PI was BS)
I’m sorry to say this, but Brad was barely getting it done against Chargers backup defense, this team needs to bring in another QB there is no doubt about it.

I got a bad feeling we’re going to be hearing that he’s rusty all year long.

here for punt returns. My boy Austin is pushing Crayton for the #2 spot and will certainly overtake Hurd at the #3 very shortly if he hasn’t already.

Special teams once again was a disaster. Mquistan and Free struggled. I didn’t watch the game yet, but heard it on Sirus Radio and it sounded like alot of guys were missing blocking assignment across the line.

It’s just one preseason game so there is no reason to panick.

1- Felix looks ready to go—great sneak peak at his talent. Saw him pick up a good block too.
2 -Choice is fun to watch too and looks to be a gamer.
3 -Carp was all over and I noticed he was the one cleaning up tackles for guys who missed them.
4 – Miles Austin really helped out the QBs.
5 – Good to see Brad and Bruce Reed fail now, then later.

WHERE IS JOE AVEZZANO WHEN YOU NEED HIM?!

Austin 5 catches for 64 yards (long 21)
Crayton 2 for 31
Witten 2 for 17
Curtis 3 for 23
F. Jones 6 for 32 rushing, 2 for 29 receiving
Choice 7 carries for 40

Carpenter 6/1 tackles/assists

Jones and Austin are the highlights of the night for me

And the second string O-line, I don’t know how you can analyze the 2nd and 3rd string WRs thoroughly. (Besides Austin, he was playing his heart out)

But when Brad was playing behind the 1st team OLine for one series… he didn’t look awful. He didn’t look great, but I felt like if Romo went down in the 4th quarter, and we had a lead, we could trust Brad to dump it to MB3 and El Gato, and we’d be alright.

I know that’s not a stunning endorsement, but it reassures me a little.

I still think we need a Bernie Kosar type backup though.

but 2 things I saw that definetely need attention are special teams play and Brad Johnson; he looked absolutely terrible.

...does Austin look like he’s hanging on to EVERY PASS thrown his way?

Now I know it’s just one preseason game, but so far, four of our draft picks - El Gato, Jenkins, Choice, and Scandrick - are making the King look good.

And i co-sign with everyone else that the Special Teams, Brad Johnson, and second-string OL (sans Berger) deserve either a “D” or “F” for last night’s performance.

One more thing… the backup D-Line concerned me a little, too. They were gettin’ pushed around quite a bit in the 2nd half.

My mom has a stronger arm and more mobility

Folk’s KO depth and hang time. We are supposed to have speed to burn on this team yet the KO returner is getting the ball at the 10 and first contact is around the 25. I know last year they flirted with the idea of McBriar doing KO. But he had never done that before. Has anyone heard if he’s been practicing KOs at all?

Felix Jones did very well… b/c the NFLN fawked up I missed the first series on offense

Bartel was what he was reported to be – great arm, poor decision-making and execution. He stared down receivers, he threw a beat too late. F Jones and Choice are going to be contributors this season. And I was seriously underwhelmed by the effort of the second team defense.

redeemed my 53-man roster. I called Austin and Berger.

There will be at some point in the next two weeks, another Qb is going to be brought in to compete for a roster spot, but our second units O-line wasn’t playing all that well, Johnson didn’t have much time to set up.

Bartel is still a year away from competing for the backup role with this team.

Special team were horrible, but lets give that another week to see how things change, There will be alot of time spent on that this week. I was really hoping during the offseason that Jerry would of brought Joe Avezzano back.

Liked the running game, especially the first teams push in the middle, you already see the imprint of Hudson Houck with that unit. Jones has a second and even a third gear. Choice has great vision but when the hole is there, he hits it in a hurry, great short burst, no second gear, but he’s going to be a great third back on this team.

Like Romo’s footwork and arm angle when throwing, much improved, passes were on the money early, something he struggled with last year at the beginning of games.

Felix Jones looked good, but need to stop trying to bounce everything outside. Athough a head of the curve in his blocking, he still has some work to do in that area.

Martellus Bennett, not impressed at all with this guy. The coaches need to put their foot on this guys thoat 24/7, his body language, attention to detail and attitude is lacking. This guy comes accross as a guy that when draftes by the cowboys, three quarters of the job is done, it is not..

I thought Jenkens and Scandrick had a good start to their careers, Pac-rat though was not impressive. Mosty, I think its mental, when not going up against a bigtime receiver like T.O, in practice, he tends to lose his focus. No matter who the reciever he lines up against, he has to bring that samefocus and attitude he showed in practice when going against T.O.

I dont care about the score, Every year, Dallas always starts poorly and progresses every week leading up to the season, thats what these games are for, it’s a process. They have tape of some of their younger players in semi real type games, now they can go back, breakdown the film and show the younger player their mistakes and what it takes to correct it. Dont panic folks, Dallas will be better next week, not all that worried about special teams just yet, alot of it was that guys weren’t staying in their lanes and lost containment.

1. I don’t think Brad Johnson is going to be on the roster when the season starts. This team is Super Bowl ready but his style does not fit the style of play that this team runs with. He would bog the offensive style real quick.

2. Although I loves the Jerry’s draft last year, I am thinking we are going to have a bust in Bennet. His hands remind me of David Lafleur.

3. I don’t think it looks to promising for our first round pick in 2006 draft, Bobby Carpenter to still be on the field in the last few drives of the 4th quarter. Quick Jerry see what Bill wants for his trash back.

Looks like a project, but we don’t need an immediate impact out of him. T Curtis is the man, he made some really nice blocks, he knows how to get open, and he made some nice catches..

With Bennett only thing that bothers me is the apparent lack of effort, the one thing I always tell people is you can’t teach effort.. I deal with a lot of college graduates straight of college and I run in to that a lot. All the talent in the world, but lack drive.

Seems like the B. Quinn situation, we have a NFL ready player in T Curt ahead of him.
Martellus Bennett didn’t mince words when he was asked to grade his performance.

“I played like [expletive],” Bennett said. “I knew what to do and I did my assignments. I just didn’t play up to par what I wanted to play.”

I like that he knows he came out flat, next game will be a good chance too see if he can progress.

It could be that the special teams have not firmed up because we are so far from final cuts. You won’t have good practices until you can set the lineup and assign roles to the players. My guess is that special teams practices will intensify later in the preseason.

Everything the second team LB’s did wrong, Zach did right. What a signing..

I was at the game, sitting in a suite with some friends after just having come back from three weeks in Italy and coundn’t wait to see a real sport (enough beach soccer and cycling already!). I was welcomed back with a stellar first series from the defense. Dallas was in SD’s backfield on all three of their first plays and looked like they were clearly the better group. The offense matched their intensity with good pass protection and Barber bouncing off a would-be tackle for loss and turned it into a 5-yard gain that helped their first drive. Nice to see Deon get a bone for the TD too.

I have to say though, that Campo’s guys looked awful out there last night. Jenkins made a nice play to recover on an out pattern and forced a punt but it seemed like guys like Ball, Oglesby, Scandrick and a host of other DB’s were overmatched against a largely average Charger receiving corps. Hamlin’s penalty was bush league.

Another lament I had was Specials. Our kick coverage was as bad as it was in Jimmy Johnson’s 1-15 season. Just horrible watching Darren Sproles and others shred us for big yards because guys weren’t maintaining their lane integrity.

Finally, and I am going to be far less PC than Halprin, Brad Johnson is not an NFL QB. Johnson’s arm makes Chad Pennington look like John Elway. It really was that bad. Some completions of short crossing patterns looked like jump balls. No velocity, no accuracy, no timing, just plain bad. He needs to take off the jersey and put on a coaching assistant’s jacket. He can only hurt this team if he has to play.

Other pot shots;

Bennett = horrible pick when the team has an obvious need for a #2 or #3 WR. I’m watching all the WR’s that got drafted after him and cringing every time one of them makes a big play for another team. I don’t care how many of you say that there weere NO WR’s that we wanted at this spot. This team can still be troubled by defenses who bracket T.O. and rub Witten as he comes off of the line. We have no legit #2 WR and that makes this a stupid reach pick.

Felix = get him in space and he will hurt people. His ability to cut at full speed was electrifying. Run him up the gut and he will struggle with the physical nature of the game this year. Johnson did’t see him open in the flat for what would have been a huge gain.

Jenkins = promising…he stumbled around a bit, but his superior athleticism was obvious.

Scandrick = great 4th corner…put a great lick on the SD QB that caused Orlando more pain than the QB, but boy, was it fun to see the Charger fans all grimace at the hit! He looks like a young Lito Sheppard out there.

Stanback = not a keeper. He’s not fluid and doesn’t run a sharp pattern, can’t separate. Uh uh.

Amendola = huge error that turned the game around, and not what the team needs at the #6 WR spot.

Austin = obviously our best #3 option right now, hands improving, speed is there.

Walden = was around the ball, I want to see more.

Carpenter = played better, but still a bust.

Hurd = will never amount to much, but can stick on this team because, well, who else do we have?

Tank = looks like he is ready…really ready.

Bartel – needs more reps, can make all the throws but his footwork is choppy.

Choice = ran hard, seems like he saw the field well, good burst.

Adam = played like Ms. Pac Man, looking like he needs a year as the #5 guy (as I expected) before being able to step up. Sure wish he had fielded that first punt instead of Amendola.

Overall, my main concern is that the coaches didn’t have the 2nd and 3rd string ready to play tonight, which is suprising after all the talk about the bad taste in their mouths from last year’s season ending loss to the NYG. We played a team that many consider ready to make a Super Bowl run if they can stay healthy (sound familiar?) and they look eerily like Dallas in that they have studs in a lot of the same places we do. QB, TE, RB, OLB, CB, PK, P, OL. Turner’s players beyond the 1st group looked much better prepared than we did and in the Season of Wade (where this team will go as far a Phillips can coach them), that is not a good omen. Still, our 1st stringers dominated them early and that is what you look for in preseason…until you have a key injury.

Go Cowboys!

I pretty much agree with everybody.
Brad lookd like Bledsoe, needs to retire as well.
Special teams has to get much much better.
Starters lookd real good, offense & defense.
All backups need to pick up their game, it was a noticeble difference once the starters came out, they got work too do!

Zach was awesome. Defense took a step forward just with his addition.