The first move that Tex would make, would be to send Flozell Adams to bench, regardless of depth, or lack there of. Flozell Adams is the poster boy of dumb Cowboys football. He’s the common ingredient in all the December meltdowns, and if the beleaguered Adams can get away with frequent penalties, then so can the rest. Tex’s statement move, bench False Start Flozell and send a message that sloppy football will no longer be tolerated.

see why it would call for a suspension, but I’m not exactly objective either.

Flo seems to personify this teams struggles. He can absolutely silence some of the best pass rushers in the game..and he can single handedly kill a drive with bad false starts (ya I know he’s deaf) and holding calls. He either looks all world, or worthless.

But, as a hypothetical who do we start at LG if Flo is benched/suspended? I guess you put Free out there and then put McQuistan at RT. This is not a recipe for success, too unproven tackles is probably more damaging than an occasional false start or bone-head play.

        I do think Flo is becoming more and more of a liability and phasing him out is probably good for the long term prospects of this line. But, at the moment the Cowboys do not have the personnel to make this an effective switch this late in the season.

I think (might have been in the same game), Flo came out for one play for some reason. They left Free at RT and moved Bigg out to LT and brought in Proctor to sub at RG. I don’t know if they would do that for an entire game. Maybe use Proctor at RG, and flip Free to LT and Bigg to RT.

I’d rather not find out. But I wouldn’t blame the league for handing down a one game suspension. That was just a totally boneheaded move by Flo.

Okay, I admit it, I enjoyed watching Flo go postal. This team needs a little fire. I’m not saying to go do something stupid and get suspended, but you can bet your paycheck Tuck said or did something pretty wretched to cause it. This team needs to bring that fire to the field and take it out on the opponant there. There would have been no suspension for body slamming Justin F… after the ball is snapped. The Giants have always been a mouthy team. Flo was probably just as pissed off as the rest of us after we blew a 10-0 lead.

but no way a suspension. Who knows what all is being said. They’re not playing chess out there. Despite all his issues, its been a luxury to not have to really worry about left tackle for nearly 20 years. Let’s pray we luck out again.

When Shanahan is the coach and Kubiak is our OC.

Dallas fans actually looking at this reasonably and agreeing something needs to be done (with the exception of a couple who I will address shortly). As a football fan, I can understand the tripping to try to protect the quarterback, but I can’t justify taking a cheap shot at someone as the teams are heading to the locker room at halftime. As a Giants fan, I am just pissed the the tripping resulted in Tuck being injured and the potential for him getting injured while getting blind sided.

There is no excuse for blind-siding someone well after the whistle has been blown. Trash talking is a part of the game even if it happens idiotically (how many times did Barber get up after a four yard run and act like he just rambled off 68 yards and a touchdown even though he was stopped in the backfield the two preceding plays…conversely, how many times did Bradshaw do the same thing). Rivalries produce trash-talking and if people can’t handle it and address it on the field during play, they should go back to mama and cry to her.

Based on Flozell’s history, the suspension seems like the most appropriate thing. He has been warned with fines enough times. I think repeat offenders that take cheap shots need to be fined with a warning of suspension and then suspended…that is the only way to make them stop. Dawkins has been getting fined for years and he doesn’t care…his teammates love when he lays someone out with a helmet-to-helmet hit even if the guy has to be carted off the field. There is no place for it.