Cowboys @ Vikings: Jared Allen Inadvertently Guarantees Cowboys Victory

Be proud of your declaration of being first.

and till that day I will keep watching and hopefully that dream becomes a reality . ……Yes I will gloat because I will be on top :)

in regards to Farve. I must admit I have been one of his supporters since he got traded to GB. I just hope he has a few alzhemeir moments this weekend

of BSPN camped out outside his his house.

(Except for Pat — and if you read the article by the reporter he was talking to, you’d know he was laughing when he said it). That Jared made a guarantee is just something that Dave Harpin made up. Let me say something “controversial”: there will be players on BOTH sides kicking butt. Including the losing side.

As for Favre, who apparently set this off, here are his actual words — in a response to a question about whether he’s thinking about his plans for next year, by the way, not a question that even has the words ’Cowboys" in it:

Honestly, I see us sitting here next week having this press conference again. If that doesn’t happen, to me it will be a shock.

Here is the definition of shocked from dictionary.com:

a sudden or violent disturbance of the mind, emotions, or sensibilities: The burglary was a shock to her sense of security.

A “shock” is not “something I don’t expect to happen.” The opposite: A shock is something that can happen, and would upset you if it did happen.

But, for those “verbally challenged” like Sensabaugh whose vocabulary may be limited, Favre clarified this for you today:

Brett Favre didn’t learn he had supposedly guaranteed a Vikings playoff victory Sunday over Dallas by turning on the television, scanning the Internet or even reading a good old-fashioned newspaper. Rather, the quarterback found out about his “guarantee” when he received a few calls from his home in Mississippi.

He wasn’t amused. “First of all I’m not guaranteeing anything, and the last thing I ever want to do is be bulletin-board material,” Favre said Thursday. “Of course, I gave the Cowboys a ton of respect. They deserve it. They are playing outstanding. They are playing — and I’m speaking NFC — as well if not the best maybe in the league. San Diego, obviously, would argue that. How could I sit there and say, ‘Well, next week possibly [we] could be home?’ That very well could be true, could be over, for both teams. I’m sure people want to take it [as] he’s guaranteeing a victory.”

Welcome to the lightning-rod world of Favre, where sometimes statements that are meant to be innocuous can garner headlines. On Wednesday, Favre said: “Honestly, I see us sitting here next week having this press conference again. If that doesn’t happen, to me it will be a shock.”

On Thursday, Favre said all he was trying to do was make it clear he has confidence in himself and his teammates. He admitted that is something he probably should have done more of during the course of his 19-year career. Favre, 40, also did not hide the fact it irritates him to end up having his comments come under a microscope.

“I guess nothing surprises me, but you’re damned if you do, damned if you don’t,” he said. “If you don’t say enough, you say too much.”

It’s Twitter, not a research paper.

aren’t the DMN’s blog ads loud as hell? Whenever I check it, some lady starts screaming labor pains. Makes me not want to go there as much.

I think we all know that Wade is coming back, but some guys just do better, when the pressure is on. Maybe Jerry thinks that the team and Wade are both doing better because they are fighting for Wade’s job.

it’s something i first noticed Mark Cuban doing and JJ seems to do it too now

Todd Ganther leaving is a significant loss for Dallas. He was a major upgrade over the previous defensive line coach and the teams young lineman have played better this season.

That said, I have a lot of respect for Paul Pasqualoni. He is a top notch coach who was a head coach for 14 years and a defensive coordinator for 3. He is a passionate guy who knows football and Dallas is fortunate to get him on staff at the position coach level.

He has a reputation for helping players focus on the details of the game. Both Witten and Ware have given him credit for helping them improve their craft when he was their position coach. As a college head coach he help develop Dwight Freeney, Marvin Harrison and Donovan McNabb among others.

I am glad to see Dallas grab him before he got job offers from another team. A little bonus for the Cowboys is that as Miami’s Defensive Coordinator this season he coached against the four AFC opponents that they will face in 2010.

Now if he had gone out and spit on the star in the Death Star, that would be a different story. Do you think he has time to fly to Arlington before Sunday?

then my confidence just went way the eff up. I want 5+ sacks, please. Thanks.

Go death rattle!

so it turned out great :)

j/k man :)

would hold tryouts during the playoffs?

and I enjoy reading it