How was that game?

Yeah, they are bad, but they have talent, especially on defense. We just barely escaped from a worse KC team…It doesn’t surprise me about NY losing to NO, but I am surprised about how bad it was. NY defense is overrated, especially the pass defense.

I don’t let a little thing like looking shaky early in the season deter me either. Go CowPokes!!!

prior to the KC game, the Cowboys had the fewest penalties in the league.

I expect the team to have few mistakes against the Falcons.

The loss means something, but not a lot. They barely made the playoffs and went to the NFC championship game. Their O-line has some obvious problems though, McNabb will not make it if they don’t improve.

don’t compare this Cowboys team to the greatest dynasty of all time, no Cowboys team will ever measure up to that team.

I’ll be happy with improvement.

on how much we suck. What team do you see in the league (besides maybe the Saints) that doesn’t have their fair share of problems? Where does it say that a team has to be perfect to be good? Where is the middle ground between Superbowl and fire the head coach?

Here are all the division leaders. I’m going to analyze them so people can see that this is a tough league and you can still be a good, succesful team even with some flaws. And just so no one gets angry, this is subjective, anecdotal, and only one man’s opinion.

Patriots (4-2): They lost to the Jets by scoring only 9 points and last week lost to the Broncos by 3. Sound familiar? Sure they dominated yesterday but tell me they don’t have concerns about their defense…

Bengals (4-2): A last second loss to the Bronco’s to start the season was forgotten by 4 straight wins, but they lost to the 3-3 Texans yesterday. They seem to be middle of the pack statistically on both O and D and have won a lot of very close games – do they really scare anyone?

Colts (5-0): This team looks pretty good, but what do you expect from them? Peyton always makes them strong in the regular season. Still, they barely beat the Jags and Dolphins, and have beat up on the NFC west and Titans since.

Broncos (5-0): I don’t even want to talk about them haha. Strong D and running game. And I know his win %, but it’s still Kyle Orton, I mean come on…

Giants (5-1): They are good, we know that. But we also know we are capable of beating them and people are now starting to wonder, is their defense that good?

Vikings (6-0): A missed FG by the Ravens and a heroic Brett Favre play keep them undefeated. Their other wins over the Browns, Lions, Packers and Rams aren’t very impressive. Who doesn’t think Brett Favre will wear down over the season?

Saints (5-0): They are awesome, I don’t know how we’d beat them. But that’s the first team I’v thought this about, which isn’t too bad.

49ers (3-2): All I have to say is Shaun Hill is their QB and Gore is injury-prone. But they play in the NFC west so they’ll have a decent record.

So to all the pessimists out there: I agree, we have problems, but show me a team that doesn’t. Just what do you expect at this point in the season in the NFL these days?

I hate Dawk as much as the next guy, but he’s no coward!

Shawne Merriman and Ronde Barber… Does anyone else think reuniting Merriman with Wade would be a good thing? Ware needs help…

I’ll take that. We come out and beat Atlanta, and we’re right back in the thick of things.

I love it how when we beat KC in OT, we still stink. But the E-gals lose to the Raiders and they just had a bad day.

However, this season is essentially over. We are in it right now, but the way we are playing should make it apparent we are going nowhere.

If Wade Phillips ever said something like that to the team, I would want him fired immediately. A winning record with 11 games left to play – no way, not at all is the season even close to over.

I must agree with a future psychopath bent on stealing the last oil platform in Australia.

The season ain’t over until it’s over, but as I said, it’s essentially over. Now, if the Cowboys start playing up to their talent, it ain’t over.

he was also one of their bigger CBs, the rest are all well below 200lbs.

http://www.thefalcoholic.com/2009/10/19/1091269/report-cb-brian-williams-out-for

As someone who lives in Atlanta and has to deal with Falcons fans constantly, it is pretty clear that their D can be had. Their secondary is not really that strong and they don’t seem to have any player that they can stick on Witten in the middle of the field. If the Cowboys are smart I think Witten will have a huge day because Olsen and Cutler showed where those cracks lie in the Falcons coverage. I would also make sure to emphasize Miles Austin on those slants because Johnny Knox showed how bad Atlanta’s secondary is at dealing with someone that can get off the line well.

As for our defense, I think it will be difficult to fully stop their offense. If I had to make a gameplan though, I would pop in the same defense more or less that they ran against Carolina. Surely Matt Ryan is better than Jake Delhomme, but the idea of stopping the run and focusing on their top receiver sounds about right to me. Obviously that leaves Tony Gonzalez with some opportunities, but with Sensabaugh hopefully returning, I would prefer to take my chances there than let Turner or White get going.

He only won while with the Bucs.