And we lose. Seems to be happening a lot these past 2 years. These 2008, 2009 Cowboys rip your heart out. It seems they have a lull in every game they play, and disaster is always a possibility. This game reminded me so much of the Steelers game of last year. But it is even worse because I know the Broncos aren’t that caliber. It makes me not even want to watch this team play the rest of the season. And Jason Garrett is just so bad right now. He aint fooling anyone anymore.

I swear I was watching a Parcells team out there Sunday. Bend but don’t break, conservative play calling. Watkins looked completely lost in coverage. I’m sure some will disagree, but I lay this loss squarely in the lap of Jason Garrett. His offensive play calling is pitiful, bordering on bizarre sometimes.

Romo’s pocket awareness was dreadful as well until he made the big play the end of the game. His awareness and escapability are what made him so good. He seems to have lost that. I don’t want Kitna to play but if this year doesn’t end well I think the Boys should explore other options.

Best interview in a long time…
http://www.dallascowboys.com/multimedia/multimedia_center.cfm?id=23548D60-C758-666C-2C59BD63A42486D8

We need to keep the thin air in Denver in mind. Passes DO tend to sail up there. I haven’t given up on this team. I still see the potential they have. The Broncos have a huge home-field advantage at all times and it saved them yesterday. This team will do well if they remain calm and continue to build on what they’ve started. They may still need to put some pieces in place, but they are only in the middle of that process, not at the end. I won’t allow two heart-breakers to shade my judgement. This is a good team that just needs to limit the mistakes, and continue to be creative on offense and defense. A dose of practicality is also called for.

I’ve seen our schedule, and the early part of the season is by far the easiest. This team right now would lose the final 5 games of the season, and unless Romo learns to be a QB again, unless the line learns how to pick up a blitz, unless the defense doesn’t collapse in the waning moments, Emmitt Smiths 7-9 prognostication will surely come true.

Then we’ll have to wait until ‘11 when McGee might be ready and Jerry (I pray) turns the team over to Stephen and the curse of Tom Landry is finally lifted. I’m tired of JJ’s filthy handprints on this team.

If Romo keeps sailing the ball high and wide he’s going to get a receiver killed.

for the o-line being completely inept at picking up any sort of delayed blitz.

Dave, I agree with everything you stated. The sky is not falling and the season is far from over, but there are some real problems that need to be addressed.

The blitz pickups, Romo’s tendency to zone out when he’s been under pressure most of the game (I’m talking about his accuracy issues, poor decisions, and most disturbing loss of his spidey sense in the pocket), the inability to commit more to the running game (I think they gave up on it instead of making any adjustments.)

Dallas should handle KC next week, then the bye week couldn’t come at a better time the week after that. They have a chance to correct some issues and get a couple guys healthy and back out on the field. It’s still early enough in the season to turn this thing around and get it going in the right direction.

Very disappointing. If a good QB falls to us in the first round in next year’s draft (which seems likely now) we should consider drafting him.

but there is not a lot of hope for this season. Wade should have been fired last year after the Philly game and his lack of presence is showing throughout this team.

Romo gets the yips in any situation now, his gunslinger mentality is gone along with his accuracy. The more I look at it, the more it looks like Romo = Jake Delhomme. Two undrafted QBs who came out of nowhere, lit up the league and just as quickly, seem to have lost their mojo.

Jerry needs to stop getting cute, draft a WR and a QB, blow up this team and get the organization back on track.

…but I’m not giving up. I’m a fan.

I think the D is playing pretty damn good and getting better. Two 4th down stops, sacks, turnovers..these guys are playing well.

Hats off to coach Joe D. Special teams is no longer a weakness.

When you look at the the two games we lost by a total of 9 points, and consider how many times our O has gone 3 and out, consider how many times our O has given the ball away and put the D’s backs against the wall, consider how many times we have been in enemy territory and failed to come out with even three points and the problems on this team are obvious.

Garrett doesn’t appear to make the right in-game adjustments. Romo’s play has regressed and he has lost his mojo. The O-line has trouble picking up the blitz. The team can run the ball, and could run it better if we could augment with a few pass completions and NO turnovers.

We all know that this team is basically divided into Offense (run by Garrett) and Defense and ST (run by Wade).

Wade is NOT the problem here.

Not this year’s version of TO or even last year’s but the 2007 version of TO is missed sorely.

I just wish that this team could just fracken once draft and develop their own receiver; the Giants seemed to have done that rather nicely. The Cowboys in stark contrast prefer to throw money and draft picks at other team’s failed projects, i.e. Roy Williams (whom I’m sorry has not looked anywhere near worth everything Dallas gave up for him).

I don’t get it. They seem to draft tide ends, running backs, and corners well. Why not just once apply that scouting knowledge towards a wide out.

However, I suppose Jerry will continue to look for more undrafted players to carry on the newest Cowboy tradition of fielding a mediocre receiving core year after year

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This team is playing to the level of it’s competition. Blame that on the coaching staff. The level of talent at WR is questionable. Blame the GM for that. Romo’s accuracy and timing is terrible. Those two passes to Hurd in the end zone were thrown late. Have to blame Garrett and Romo there.

When the game is on the line, I want to see Romo behind center….because I’m a Giants fan and I know Romo sucks and will blow it. But seriously, the Boys lost to to pretty good defenses and are only a field goal from being tied for first at 3 and 1. I do think that your secondary sucks and Newman is waaaaayy overrated but you still have D. Ware and Ratliff is a beast. You’ve got one of the best backfields in the league in your 3 headed monster and Whitten is all world at TE. Many thought the Giants were lacking at WR but I think it’s clear that your WRs may be the weakest in the Beast. At times, I do think that Wade Phillips is trying to upstage Jim Zorn in coaching incompetence and Jason Garrett should have taken a head coaching job when he had the chance, talk about stock dropping.

Season is only a quarter over and your at .500. It’s not 4 and 0, but it’s not 0 and 4 either. As a Giants fan, I know that the Boys will be hanging around, despite the slow start. See you at the finish line.

We’re just not that good, period. We don’t have a go to receiver; Martellus Bennett doesn’t realize that these games count. Our O-Line is old and slow, we can’t pressure the QB on a regular basis. Our so-called best CB plays not to get beat. I say go with Scandrick and Jenkins and the hell with Newman.

Against a bad Carolina team and a Denver team that was against the ropes in the 1st quarter is atrocious.

wow, can’t believe it, but it’s true…

This team now has him bus driving. He’s playing slow, and he’s not a slow player. His play style is fast and aggressive, and so far this year we haven’t seen it except in the Bucs game. Yea, he makes stupid mistakes when he plays fast, but he also wins games. Now? Now he’s slow, he’s still turning over the ball, and he’s not winning games. Bring back the old Romo :\

That didn’t even resemble Romo on the field yesterday. Very depressing.

He seems to be tight and playing not to lose. Is the pressure of fame and fortune getting to him?

it seems its a little of both. There were times when romo just sat in the pocket and nobody was getting open, and there were other times Romo would miss wide open receivers.

Why is this team so different in their play style from week to week?

This is more of a rhetorical question, because I know the answer. When we line up under center two backs, or two tight ends, we grind out the yardage. Last week we destroyed Carolina with counters and misdirections… This week we get back in shotgun, and run those same weak draws against a defense that was bringing tons of middle gap pressure. We certainly saw the difference of this offense without the dynamo Felix Jones.

Romo looked awful, but I don’t think it’s all on him. This team needs a little more continuity, and needs to have a gameplan. Games like that one make it hard to believe in this coaching staff.

This CAN be a very good football team. I’m just starting to believe it won’t be unless there is a serious philosophy change with the coaching staff.

The WRs have something to do with it also, but like many of us have said we won’t go very far if Romo contiunes to turn the ball over.

We have no playmakers at WR…none! our most explosive threat is a RB. none of these players can make plays with their feet, like you saw with Brandon Marshall last night….we need that explosive player.. we need a Desean Jackson, Percy Harvin type player that would scare the crap out of defenses…..we have slow Crayton and Hurd to count on…..not good..Ogletree….it’s time to give the give some playing time.

Not very good. Since Romo broke his hand last year he hasn’t been the same. I posted last year that he was trying to be more of a pocket passer and he was having issues with accuracy then. He is still having the same problems, I see him throwing off his back foot. The ball sails without a proper follow through. Something is seriously wrong with Romo at this point.

After the Giants game I posted that Romo won’t be able to get the job done to get into the playoffs. I was slammed as was others who posted this. Opinions are the eye of the beholders. We all want to have hope for this guy and our team. I still want to, even after this terrible loss. Romo isn’t playing good football. He is playing average football and isn’t consistent. If he can’t throw a good ball, why is he even in there? He needs to be benched while he tries to get back his accuracy. McNabb was benched last year, it sure seemed to help light a fire under his you know what.

One thing is certain, Romo will never get us where we want to be…

calm the f**k down already. We don’t need Crabtree, we don’t been to bench Romo, we need to go to KC, beat the Chiefs, go into the bye at 3-2, and go from there. Only 1/4 of the season is gone, plenty of time to correct mistakes. But if they don’t fix what needs to be fixed, they’re in for a 7-9 season, and that’s being nice.

At what point do these stop being “bad games” and instead, prove that the Cowboys are just a bad team, who happens to have a good game every once in a while and who can beat bad teams.

He is WAY off the mark. Roy Williams has a busted rib because of it. Romo can’t hit the side of a barn right now. If a QB can’t throw, bench him period. Kitna would do better, no question. Best game to do it would be KC, a beatable team.

A perfect time for Jerry to get a playmaker or two on offense and some on the defense….he also needs to unload some dead weight because he have a ton of it…

So I’m thinking of sending some Omaha steaks and a Dallas travel guide to Shanahan and Holmgren. Anyone want to pitch in?

In all seriousness, while some have said that Wade has done a well with the defense, we are currently ranked 26th overall in the category. Suffice it to say, that’s not well. And while Dallas ranks 4th in the league in offense, Jason Garrett clearly isn’t the “red head genius” we all crowned him to be in 2007. He might be good enough to keep around, but I think Holmgren’s west coast offense would be a great fit (nice short passes for Tony to complete).

The 2010 can’t get here soon enough.

I remember a couple of seasons that started off badly and we still won it all. As of right now we have beaten who we were supposed to, and dropped close ones to teams that are as good as us. That doesn’t mean this team sucks, or is even mediocre. It means there are things to improve on. This season is not even close to being over and until there are 12 more losses in the books for the season, I will cheer for my Cowboys.

1) Ogletree over Austin (Ogltree was timed faster, he’s a better route runner, and from everything I’ve seen so far he’s smarter and more reliable) Sorry Miles, you had your shot.

2) Romo, get back to YOUR game, you’re not a bus driver nor should you try to be

3) Felix; Give him the rock a minimum of 12 times a game I don’t care about his past health, if he gets hurt he gets hurt, you CANNOT be afraid of injury or you WILL get injured

and thats a fact

On my siggy, maybe it’s not retroactive to all my posts, we shall see. Ignore this post, talkin to myself

well, i am not giving up, as i am sure none of you are either, but somthing has to change… and i have been saying it, same as many of you, since last year… MOST of our problems lie with the coaching staff…

a group of no names with less talent can win games because they have the attitude and they are prepared…
conversely, a group of talented players (and i am NOT saying we are the MOST talented, but we have a lot of talent on this team) can under achieve because they do not have attitude and are NOT prepared…

Romo has talent, but right now he SEEMS afraid to play football… now you don’t have to be a ‘gunslinger’ to play football you can play smart, but that does not mean be afraid to ‘make the throw’ that is why you get paid…

like last year i am calling for Wade’s head RIGHT NOW… if we wait until after the season, we will go 7 and 9, have a mid round draft pick, and no coach until Feburary… if we make the change now (and we all know this is inevidible) we can play out the season with a new coach, new fire, and even if we don’t win more than the aforementioned 7 games, at least we had most of this year under the new staff so everyone can get used to everyone and the new staff can get rid of the guys they don’t want and draft to fill those needs….

face it our core is there… MOST of our role players are there, they are just not being used right…

i say, in this order:
1) Cowher
2) Shannahan
3) Gruden
4) Holmgren – who i don’t really like but would take over Wade

isn’t ogletree smaller than the cowboys’ mold for wr? he needs to get on field. we do need offensive coordinator and head coach next year. oh and def coordinator too.

I don’t like the way Crabtree has handled himself. He seems like a primadonna.

Ogletree deserves a shot, he looked good in preseason. I know Wade doesn’t like to play rookies but he waited too long last year to find out what Tashard Choice could bring to the party.

Just to put things in perspective, Jeff Fisher and the Titans are 0 – 4. They went 10 – 0 last year. That’s pressure.

I can see why Tony Romo would NEVER throw to miles austin again. Most of the time he either drops the ball in a critical situation…….. or runs the wrong route. Sure he was open on the play, but was that where he was supposed to be. Austin is another billy davis, a size speed guy who is nothing more than a special teamer. This should be his last year on this team. time to clear out hurd and austin and develop new guys next year.