Hopefully we have turned the corner on the defense and now possess a solid backfield. Sensabaugh is the X factor. If he is a solid at safety we should be a top10 defense this year.

Rookie Impact: I sure hope so, especially on ST since we may give up a roster spot to hold 2 kickers and we all know what the field position battle means.

Riddle me this: I loved that line as a child! Answer: They drafted Hakeem Nicks in the 1st who is a NFL ready possession receiver and Ramses Barden in the 4th who has the potential to be as good or better than Plax ever was ( I would have love to have had him on our team, damn man he went in the 4th! ). While Derrick Ward was OK, yes just OK! They replaced him with Andre Brown out of NC State, and while he is only a 6th round pick, when you have a O-line that can open up holes for your running backs, they don’t have to be Superstars! Off the main points, but contrasting the Cowboys the Giants offencive line depth got better with the acqusition on William Beatty out of Connecticut in the 3rd ( this is who I was hollering for the boys to take instead of Williams, I think we could have got him were we got Brewster, but that water under the bridge). I’m in no way a Giant’s fan, but have to admit I think the 2009 draft has the potential to yield big dividends for them for years to come. That’s how you over shadow the negatives with positives, plus the media loves to write anything T.O. and loves to hate the Cowboys anyway!

4th and Long: I must say now that it appears my favorite candidate, Hawkins, and the one I thought had th best potential to make a nitch for himself on the 53 man roster as a return man and Wes Wilker type slot receiver has gone North, I am a bit, well, less excited about the whole thing, not that any of these guys had/has anything but the slimmest chance to even make the PS anyway.

Holley has the intangibles to be a NFL WR ( I was impressed with him in that hold the ball drill they did were they turned on the sprinklers, he was the best! ), but well don’t we have project guys just like him?

Jones is the most unimpressive player in the mix at WR. Here is a guy with no heart ( don’t tell me you cant see it! You show this guy a NFL pay day and I’ll show you wasted money! ) Now, he may be an option for Blocking TE with sneaky speed for receiving or better yet, If he is that damn strong, pack 30 to 40 lbs of muscle on that frame and we would have a Left Tackle!

On the last tidbit: Go figure!

Thanks for the appetizer!

Our rookies will make the most impact on Special Teams, which could be a big boost for us given how bad ST’s were the past 2 years. It’s not a “sexy” part of the game, but it does account for a 1/3 of the game. Joe D is the reason ST will be good.

The media is right less than 1/2 the time. How much stock should we really put into the media? I’ve pretty much stopped reading most of the mainstream media coverage. It’s all over the board, and they rarely substantiate their opinions by hard facts. I’ve looked at our roster and did some comparisons to the media “contenders” and I see that we have fewer “glaring” holes. I’m a homer, but I like our chances this year (health permitting).

4th and Long needed to get better players, but I’m sure they selected the ones they did primarily for better drama, not to actually make the Cowboy’s team. C’mon how hard is it to cut the 80th man? But think of all the free publicity Jerry got…

The main reason the Cowboys underperformed last year…injuries. Take away the Brad Johnson games and we don’t look as bad statistically.

many predict that our offense will only be “average” without him. I too, wondered if this were true, then I realized T.O. wasn’t the best player on our team…that distinction goes to Romo or Ware. Take those 2 guys off the field, and then see how good we are. I even put him behind Witten and Barber. T.O. had good numbers while he was here the past 3 years, but I’ve concluded that it was more because of Romo than T.O….I wonder how his numbers are going to look now with Trent Edwards?

What really drove this home for me was hearing what T.O. has been saying since he’s been released. The guy can’t shut up about the Cowboys. Does anyone have any more doubts that this guy was a big distraction on the team?

but to be fair Osi’s return, though it won’t help them on offense, should make up for a good measure of what they’ve lost overall.

“Is there an anti- Cowboy bias in the media? Here is a recent scenario. The Cowboys release a certain aging receiver and they are slammed by the sports media and predicted to struggle in 2010.

During the same off season the New York Giants lose their number one receiver in Plaxico Burress, lose another receiver in Amani Toomer, lose a 1000 yard rusher in Derrick Ward and lose their successful Defensive Coordinator Steve Spagnuolo and still the sports press picks the Giants to win the division and possibly the Super Bowl.

The Giants and the Cowboys split their two games last season indicating that the gap between them is relatively small and yet the loss of the Cowboys number one receiver is predicted to have a greater negative impact than the Giants loss of several starters. Go figure."

I hope this isn’t meant to be serious… There’s a lot more to it than this Jim.