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Jason Campbell needs to be a marked man

Ok. We're good. I mean really good.

But our division is good too. And others are starting to peg the NFC East as the "best division in football." We've got the Super Bowl Champs, the resurgent Eagles and Redskins and, arguably, the best team in the league.

Please, don’t even try to argue that it’s not the best division in the league. The way things are going, the NFC East could make history. It has a chance to become the first division in the modern era (post-1970) to finish with winning records, top to bottom.

It’s not that we didn't see this coming. A year ago, no team in the NFC East had a losing record, the sixth time a division had every team at .500 or better. Are these teams lucky or just plain good? Definitely more of that latter, although there’s some luck involved.

Jason Campbell is a young QB with a mountain of potential. He played really well against us last year, throwing for almost 350 yards and two scores in Dallas. It took some T.O. heroics for us to pull that game out.

No one's saying Campbell is near Romo. But he can hurt us. We need to get pressure on him and keep pressure off Romo. The Deadskins are hurting with injuries. Jason Taylor is sitting this game out.

I'll take it.

Shout to BoNez and his fanshot here.

Zach Thomas and Bradie James break down the art of the blitz.

"Sometimes when you time up a blitz, you go off their motion, that helps a lot," said Thomas, who had 19 ½ sacks in 12 seasons with Miami. "And sometimes if you think they're going on first sound, they'll get up there real fast, and the quarterback will be coming right behind them. Then you look at the play clock, too."

James looks for another indicator.

"Sometimes a quarterback might hit the center before [the snap] with his hand and you know [when the snap's coming]," said James, who had a career-high three sacks last season.

Felix has a boo-boo. They say it isn't serious though.

The Dallas D has done several things well so far: get sacks, hold opponents to field goals (save the Eagles debacle) and play well in coverage. Josh Ellis argues that we need more turnovers and I don't disagree with him. 

IRVING, Texas - It's one of the oldest clichés in coachspeak: Whoever wins the turnover battle will win the game.

Through 47 games this season, that has been the case in all but eight contests. Most teams aren't good enough to overcome giveaways, and enough takeaways can help even marginal teams win games.

Of those eight games in which the fewest takeaways prevailed, the Cowboys have won three of them. They lost in turnover ratio 1-0 in Cleveland, 2-1 against Philadelphia, and 2-1 Sunday in Green Bay. So how is a team with a 5-2 turnover differential still undefeated through three weeks?

Part of it has to be the strength of their offense, which is averaging a league-best 440 yards per game and scoring 32 points per contest, third best in the NFL.

Only the Broncos and Chargers are averaging more points each week.

T.O. is a lot of things. A celebrity. A loudmouth. A phenomenal athelete. A Pro-Bowl wide receiver.

He's also a hustler.

Not in that way like this guy or these guys. I mean he hustles. Always have. Never gives up on a play. Always blocks.

JJT noticed too. He's wondering why others are late to the party.

IRVING –You can say what you want about Terrell Owens, the occasionally petulant receiver who whines – like they all do – when he doesn't get enough passes thrown his way.

No one, though, has ever questioned his effort or intensity. Not Jeff Garcia. Not Andy Reid. Not Donovan McNabb. And very unlike Randy Moss, whose inconsistent effort is among the reasons Minnesota and Oakland got rid of the game's best receiver.

That's why it's hard to figure out why so many of you seem shocked at T.O.'s hustle in the Cowboys' 27-16 win over Green Bay the other day.

Based on e-mails I received, a few of you were incredulous that T.O. sprinted nearly 55 yards down the sideline shielding Felix Jones from defenders on the rookie's 60-yard touchdown run.

Jason Witten. Real man, rolemodel and advocate who's speaking out against domestic violence.

A lot of interesting tidbits about this game. Campbell took an old guy's job just like Romo. T.O. needs two TDs to pass Marshall Faulk on the all-time touchdown list. Shaun Suisham was missing kicks for us left and right but he's played pretty well for the Deadskins. D-Ware has sacks in six consecutive games and he'll have to go through or (more likely) around the massively talented Chris Samuels.

T.O. is getting into the energy drink business. Every celebrity energy drink I've had tastes like warm p--$. I don't expect this to be anything different.

Let's not forget the thrashing they gave us last time we played. We rested a lot of people in that game and we weren't fully healthy. It still sucked though.

This movie though, I get the feeling, will not suck.

 

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The MSNBC article

is your typical regurgitation of the same old narrative. He implies that Dallas’ roster is built on bringing in high-profile players when in fact what is paying dividends is what they got through the draft. The only bonafide studs they got through FA are Owens and Bigg. Zach might be one, but so far he’s just an improvement. The core of this team is all draft or UDFAs like Romo and Austin.

Never wrestle with a pig. You both get dirty and the pig loves it.

by dunkman on Sep 24, 2008 5:34 AM CDT reply reply actions actions   0 recs

Campbell will play well and get his yards

because he’s a good young QB, but I fully expect Romo and his boys will have their way with that defense. Without any pressure, I expect to see Tony post well over 300 yards and at least 3 TDs.

In Romo we Trust

by Terry on Sep 24, 2008 7:32 AM CDT reply reply actions actions   0 recs

Hmm...

>> tastes like warm p—$. >>

Is there any other kind?

by Pete222 on Sep 24, 2008 11:13 AM CDT reply reply actions actions   0 recs

lol

"They need security in the world, Craig!"

by Tuna Helper on Sep 24, 2008 11:25 AM CDT to parent up reply reply actions actions   0 recs

you know...

i’ve always wondered that! lol.

"They need security in the world, Craig!"

by Tuna Helper on Sep 24, 2008 12:16 PM CDT to parent up reply reply actions actions   0 recs

This game scares me a little

You never know what will happen

Cowboys fan since 1978.. I was 3 years old

by Mullin on Sep 24, 2008 11:49 AM CDT reply reply actions actions   0 recs

clowns scare me.....ever since i read IT by S.KING....

I don't need a compass to know which way the wind shines....

by hashishkabob on Sep 24, 2008 12:17 PM CDT to parent up reply reply actions actions   0 recs

+100

that was one creepy clown but the one that started it all was the clown doll from poltergeist.

Ignore the Mainstream Media, EMBRACE THE HATE!!!!

by cowboy78 on Sep 24, 2008 12:22 PM CDT to parent up reply reply actions actions   0 recs

yeah.

Pennywise haunted my dreams. Seriously dude.

"They need security in the world, Craig!"

by Tuna Helper on Sep 24, 2008 12:26 PM CDT to parent up reply reply actions actions   0 recs

Same here

though I didn’t read the book, I watched the miniseries on TV at an impressionable age…yikes. It’s amazing that I’m not scared of clowns. And I’m not even going to get into Killer Klowns from Outer Space.

by grapejoos on Sep 24, 2008 12:38 PM CDT to parent up reply reply actions actions   0 recs

LOL

That was a funny movie, especially the part where one of the clowns is in the pizza box.

~Texas Massacre 08~

by TheHeat on Sep 24, 2008 5:26 PM CDT to parent up reply reply actions actions   0 recs

lmao!

oh my god. that was hilarious. i need to see a picture for myself. lol.

"They need security in the world, Craig!"

by Tuna Helper on Sep 24, 2008 2:48 PM CDT to parent up reply reply actions actions   0 recs

LOL

Hide the sharp utensils, and wedge a chair under your bedroom doorknob.

T-New, shutting down WR's for Dallas since 2003

by APerfectStar on Sep 24, 2008 6:41 PM CDT to parent up reply reply actions actions   0 recs

I meant that the Cowboys can't overlook Washington

Because they beat Philly and GB

Cowboys fan since 1978.. I was 3 years old

by Mullin on Sep 24, 2008 12:30 PM CDT to parent up reply reply actions actions   0 recs

TH

Has the key to the game, pressure on Campbell. We keep consistent pressure on him and he will make mistakes.

"If you see me up in the mountains with a lion, I ain't lyin
don't help me, help the mountain lion"

by Wmillion on Sep 24, 2008 1:07 PM CDT to parent up reply reply actions actions   0 recs

This game makes me a bit nervous too.

When Cowboys play the Scums, anything can happen. This game has Trap written all over it.

I’m hoping no one in Dallas takes this one lightly.

T-New, shutting down WR's for Dallas since 2003

by APerfectStar on Sep 24, 2008 6:52 PM CDT to parent up reply reply actions actions   0 recs

the next 4 games are trap games

Skins, Bungals, Cards and Rams are all teams we should crush.

In Romo we Trust

by Terry on Sep 25, 2008 8:46 AM CDT to parent up reply reply actions actions   0 recs

Hey everybody! Come see how good we look!

/Anchorman

Anyway, I’m looking most forward to seeing Zack and Miri Make a Porno. It’s gonna be amazing… Kevin Smith + Seth Rogen + Elizabeth Banks + Craig Robinson + Jeff Anderson + Jason Mewes = Comedy Overload.

by no1cowboysfan on Sep 24, 2008 2:06 PM CDT reply reply actions actions   0 recs

If, I were the new GM of Lions..

1st thing I would do would is trade Roy Williams..

DMN weighs in..

"If you see me up in the mountains with a lion, I ain't lyin
don't help me, help the mountain lion"

by Wmillion on Sep 24, 2008 3:35 PM CDT reply reply actions actions   0 recs

What if his first move was to re-sign Joey Harrington?

That would be so great!

T-New, shutting down WR's for Dallas since 2003

by APerfectStar on Sep 24, 2008 6:45 PM CDT to parent up reply reply actions actions   0 recs

OUCH

Joey Harrington has the worst luck. Not only has he always been on crappy teams, now he’s getting cut in part because of the shockey injury, 4 days after getting signed. I feel bad for the guy.

by sportsfloormats on Sep 24, 2008 10:29 PM CDT to parent up reply reply actions actions   0 recs

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