The Eagles worry me. Now, our secondary and front four is much, much better than the Rams, but still, the Eagles looked sharp. They always play us tough, and McNabb has had huge games against our secondary in the past. If we have Newman back, that will be huge, but still….losing to the Eagles ruins my entire week.

My favorite endzone celebration was Barry Sanders’. That said, I think the NFL is having it’s cake and eating it too. By placing so much emphasis on this rule they are assured of garnering attention for the league and the players. This is just a brilliant scheme to keep the NFL in the spotlight. Plus it makes the NFL appear to be listening to the stodgy crackers that sponsor the league.

>> roughly the same team lost to New York >>

Lest we forget, the game still came down to one last pass in the end zone. Had RW McQuarters and his stupid band-aid face not stepped in front of Romo’s throw, we’d be talking about someone else as the defending champs.

Dallas lost that game more than NY won it. Owens wasn’t even 100% to play in the game up until a few days beforehand, no?

I still contend, even after the impressive SB win, that the Giants were more a product of good timing and luck than anything else. Dallas put the beatdown on them not once but twice during the regular season, and I have full confidence we’ll do it again.

Oh, and what you said about the upgrades. Obviously he missed the draft, ALL the FA signings, and I’m guessing he didn’t watch much of the actual first game either.

>> and so far my all-time favorite would have to be T.O. downing a bucket of popcorn into his helmet last year against Green Bay. >>

Mine too!

But it all comes down to who is playing better at the right time, the giants were playing better at the end of the year going into the playoffs while the cowboys were not. I dont care where the cowboys are rated, ratings doesn’t win you games….

This cowboys season really doesn’t start until December. Everyone knows they’re a great team on paper and will win their share of games, but come december, this team has to playing sound and consistant football down the stretch, something they haven’t done in years.

with the statement <<>> AND the fact that the New York D lost 5 starters… so we got better, the Giants probably did not get better… HOWEVER, until NY is eliminated from the playoffs, be that they don’t get in, or get in and lose.. it won’t matter… as they can always say… ‘Dallas beat them twice during the regular season last year… so until they beat them in the playoffs the defending SB champs are the team to beat….’
belive me, i live in NY Giant country and there is NO argument you can give to even a level headed giant fan to say that the Cowboys are better than the Giants..

The Cowboys have made significant upgrades in talent, too bad that jerk isn’t intelligent enough to do some research. Lets see, where shall I begin. How ’bout this.

We draft a dynamic stud in Felix the Cat replacing Julius 3 yards and a cloud of dust Jones. Running game instantly becomes better, much better. The O line is much more cohesive with guys like Bigg Davis having a year under his belt playing with this line.

Passing game is better as well because Romo improves as each second passes by.

On defense, Thomas>Ayodele, Pacrat>Reeves and Scandrick>N Jones. Thats some serious upgrades right there, not to mention players such as Tank and Spencer have improved a lot.

What about the Giants? They certainly aren’t the same team that beat the Cowboys last January, thats for sure. You don’t loose guys like Strahan and Osi and stay the same, doesn’t happen.

Don’t forget about the Crickett Anderson, who we lost the 1st game of the season and with stanback, austin, and hurd all showing great strides from last season… Even the offense is that much better.

in no way shape or form can anyone say that this team is the same as last years. were much much better!
once Tony took that big hit, i luvd the fact that the O-Line took it personal, and went right back to SMASHING!
Far as T.O goes, they HATE it , but one thing for sure they cant stop it
I cracked up when he lined up to run the 100 yrd dash, too funny!
the eagles wont look so good after were done with them!

BTW, how can you possibly say that MB3’s injury was a result of his inability to carry the load? Dude has 16 carries on the season (and I’m not sure what carry the injury occurred on). He had at least that many carries 7 times last season. The only thing this is evidence of is that he is capable of getting hurt and playing through pain.

No question. Just think if Dallas had gone up to CLE without T-New in the lineup last season. I seriously doubt we would have held the Browns to 110 yds passing. Also, I doubt we would have seen MB3 smashing his way to 80 yds rushing, we would have had to endure JuJo running into the line for 2 or 3 yd gains all day. We sure wouldn’t have gotten to see El Gato and Choice marching the ball down the field while running the final 10 minutes of the clock in a blowout.

I cannot wait until Monday night to watch Dallas take down the Iggles. Last season the Boys destroyed them 38-17 in the first meeting. I think it will be lower scoring on both sides this time, but with the same result.

I loved Kenny Gant! Thanks for throwing a shout out to him. The best thing about that guy was watching the game with people who didn’t like the Cowboys and how irritated they would get at him. I don’t know how many times I heard “I hate that Sharky Shark guy!” in the nineties.

My question about the celebration, besides the hypocrisy over praying, is what if a guy accidentally falls down while celebrating? Is that a penalty now, too? Can’t T.O. just say that he got winded in the middle of his celebration and had to lean down to catch his breath?