Dallas Cowboys Notes: Phil Costa to Start Sunday at Left Guard

People are giving up before it’s over.

My math tells me that the Cowboys have to lose 3 more games before the season is actually over.

My statistical knowledge and logic is on vacation until this happens.

That about sums it up, and I fully agree with it.

Also, if you can’t be good, put Tony on IR and give him the time and peace to heal properly.

over the past two years for everybody to have a relatively smooth transition to his cadence and count?

Seems to me there’s a lot more potentially snafu things going on around Valley Ranch than snap count, Wade.

i think it would be wiser to move gurode to G and let costa start at C. not only is kitna used to him, it puts the rook in a more protected position where he has more practice. since gurode has a lot of experience at G and is a vet, it seems like this would be an easier transition than asking a rookie with one week of practice at G start there.

as for continuity along the line, that was shot a long time ago. kosier, then holland. davis, then holland, then back to davis. i just don’t see how continuity is such a high value.

a) False Starts
b) Lots of Sacks
c) Botched Snaps
d) Crappy/Non-Existent Running game
e) Errant throws that will be tipped and or picked off

However, I is it too much to expect the following:
a) That the special teams return units give us favorable field position since our offense is going to be riding the little yellow school bus without Romo at the helm.

b) That the defense finally grow a pair and prove that they have the mental toughness and intestinal fortitude to show up and dominate week in and week out like they have been billed to do so. Now more than ever, we need this defense to step up and carry the offense; it’s only fair since Romo has carried this team on his backs since mid-2006.

c) Sticking with comments about the defense: I am calling out Newman to step up his game and make some plays on balls, and not just intercept passes thrown directly at him. I am calling out Mike Jenkins to stop getting flagged for pass interference. Seriously, right now you are the Alex Barron of the secondary, and your weekly pi calls are coming at the most inopportune times making which becomes a buzz kill for whatever momentum we might have. I am calling out Sensebaugh, ever since you failed to make a play on that deep sideline throw to Sidney Rice in the divisional playoffs last year you have become a black hole at strong safety. Great, it’s one thing for it to be too much for you to be a ball hawk, but it’s another thing for you tackle worse than my 18 year old sister. Seriously, CMON MAN! For all the bone head plays Roy Williams 31 made, at least he hit people. Ball and Scandrick are too garbage to warrant being called out, however, that doesn’t mean Bradie James and Keith Brooking are beyond reproach. Seriously, you two are supposed control the middle of the field and not let tight ends and RBs kill us in the passing game. What gives? Especially Brooking, last year you were the emotional leader of this team, you killed yourself on every down and before every game in the pre-game chants to fire this team up and make plays. This year I don’t see that from you. This leads me to ask whether or not you’re a front runner with fake intensity that only manifests itself when the times are good. I thought you’d be the one person on this defense who did not want the unit to continue to be embarrassed after the Vikings ran up the score in the playoffs. However, outside of the Redskins and Texans game, where the hell have you and your defense been?

d) I am calling out Jason Witten. Seriously man, what gives with all these bonehead plays that seem to keep manifesting each successive week. Have you taken one too many hits to the head? Did that long catch and carry 3 years ago in Philly when you lost your helmet also result in lost brain cells? It’s not a good sign when in every game I think of ways in which your lapses in mental focus will come back to bite us. The ball either bounces off your ankle for a pick 6; the ball goes through your hands off your chest for a pick; a well timed throw goes incomplete cause you forgot to turn your head; or you get false start penalties; or you drop passes when we need to pick up a first down; or you fumble the ball when you’re going down to the ground and only have one hand securing it. As one of the team’s leaders, you are supposed to be less prone to bonehead plays than everyone else.

e) Wade Stop looking so derpy befuddled on the sidelines when something goes wrong, you’re the damn head coach, however, you make Mike Singletary more of a viable option than your portly woe is me display.

f) Campo, seriously, the next time one of your DBs screws up, instead of looking like you have no clue what’s going on, get into their faces and demand they play correctly.

GO KITNA!!!!! KITNA’S COWBOYS CAN DO THIS!!!

Which I don’t think he will be, then I’d love for them to insert McGee and see how he does in a real game. It could speed up the timetable for deciding on his future, and more important, show how seriously Dallas should be looking for another young QB to groom. McGee has the ability to scramble which might be a necessity behind the OL.

Maybe Kitna gets injured, and they find out that way, although I’m not wishing anything bad on Kitna.

Jerrys still trying to fill the seats & atleast keep the money flowing in. as bad as Kitna is atleast he’s a name people have heard of & they can still even win some games with him. once you see McGee its either bc Kitna got blown up or its a complete disaster & it doesn’t matter anymore. then you’ll see a bunch of young players sneaking into the game as it goes on…