Split Decision: Cowboys 16, Chargers 14

We need all the CB depth we can get.

Going to read it now.

Those of us stuck out here (Kuwait) don’t get the live feed

one of those games where i am not quite believing we actually won lol.

so much not to inspire confidence.

while we didn’t have much, we had the two big things we’ve been missing, takeaways and red zone scoring, and those saves the day.

we did see some good things from some guys we’ve been waiting to see play…

Martellus looked very good, in sync with Kitna and confident in his catches, hard to bring down. And continuing very solid as a blocker. If only this time the receiving part continues into the season.

Sean Lee looked fantastic, that 4th down stop on the final SD drive was a thing of beauty, shoot the hole, shed the lead blocker and tackle for a loss. picture perfect. he was around the ball constantly and his tackles were strong. Can’t wait to see more of him.

Akwasi did look good on his return that was called back, he showed some nice wiggle that I could see him being a dangerous return guy, and if can be dependable on the catch.

I’m looking forward to hearing more about individual play on the O-Line, as well as more news on AOA and the other LBs.

I luv how quickly this write-up was available :)

Early on everyone was critical and calling him Brad Johnson.
But then he led some drives, but against more backups.
Overall grades?

I thought it was Church. Good to know.

Just looked out-of-sync with the receivers. Don’t know if that’s his fault or theirs or both. Had some pressure by only gave up one sack. Not bad by the two Replacements on the o-line. Defense looked good. Got caught with their pants down with the long completion and the scoring drive, but overall there was pressure and turnovers. Felt good about that.

I’m concerned about the offense, but this is still preseason. I just refuse to believe a unit with so much talent will not eventually come around and produce the points and numbers I expect them to.

I hope I’m right. Cause I think we’re walking into a buzzsaw Week 1. The Deadskins are going to make life really difficult for us. I hope we come out and smash ‘em in the mouth immediately and not give them hope and let them hang around. Establish dominance from the jump. I have confidence the D will. I’m still waiting on the O.

The Cowboys were dominated on both sides of the ball.

I cannot believe that any Cowboy fan can be happy with any aspect of their play.

on the first team as I feared he would. Of course, the first team O didn’t play much, so it’s hard to tell. Romo looked uneasy and unhappy some of the time and was barking at his line at one point. Apparently he CAN throw a fade, contrary to what some have argued.

The D? Don’t know what to say about that, but I did like what I saw from Lee.

Already seeing the “sky is falling” headlines out there now. Sigh….

him and Gurode.

Listening to these two"CLOWNS"is comparable to gargling with broken glass and hydrochloric acid!!! I live in an area that is SD country and having to listen to these idiots is worse than bad.I thought that the Raider commentators were bad(Hell Yes) but these two are just as bad.I know they are homos(oops) homers but my goodness. According to these Aholes our season is over so I guess we can take the season off. HEY STUPID, who won the game,don’t care bout nuthin but the final score,so F.O. COWBOYS RULE!!!

He did lose a KO (or PR?) but he got back on it. No harm no foul. He also had a 40 yd PR called back for a penalty. But he looked good in the little bit he got to play DB, he knocked the ball out of some tall WR’s hands, very nice play.

For all the problems with the first units, the team still dug out a victory, and I saw a lot of positive things come out of the game. I trust the defense to correct the problems, and this offense is nowhere near full strength. So getting slightly outplayed by a playoff team like SD isn’t the end of the world. It is still pre-season.

I also give credit to the Chargers, in particular Rivers who is a great QB, and their RB tandem of Mathews and Tolbert are going to give a lot of teams fits this season. They should be able to win the AFC West by a couple games.

If you didn’t watch the game you’d have thought that this game was probably because of the offensive line mashup and that wasn’t the case at all.

Brewster and Holland held their own pretty good and while there was that one time that the guy got by Davis(who has problems in pass protection most times), it was solid enough that they should have been moving the ball with three step drops.

What does concern me is that it seems like there is a game or two in a year that Romo’s accuracy looks rugged. It wasn’t as if he was making bad decisions, his balls weren’t coming out right at times, his throws just weren’t good.

At least those problems are correctable and the offense and defense will have more than enough to work on this weeks.

but the Bengals released the C who use to block for McFadden and Felix…Luigs? but he might be dealing with an injury so might not be a near term answer but any comments?

The kid is a beast. The San Diego first stringers manhandled our first stringers, but I’ve seen this before where we got beat bad in the first half and came back and played great in the second half.

Our real issue right now is the O-line. If they’re not looking hard at what to do with Davis then I’ll worry. San Diego was shooting the A & B gaps all night long. Montrae freaking Holland outplayed Bigg. How about that second level block Costa threw to spring Miller for the first down? Costa is playing his way onto the 53.

Free has been the best lineman this preseason?

I was at the game last night and I have to say, NOTHING about that game was good.

First, Qualcomm Stadium is now, officially, the worst stadium anywhere in the NFL. the parking setup is atrocious, the jumbotrons should be called microtrons and even the hot dogs sucked.

Well, the Cowboys’ 1st stringers played like that.

The offense was putrid. 47 yards from a half’s worth of work. I couldn’t tell if Tony Romo was the QB or Jim Everett. HE had his normal, early game passes that sailed high and behind open receivers, but I really believe (and I’ve written about this before) that when Romo makes this “all shoulder and no legs” throw, he can’t find his target.

The O-line looked more like a set of five prion guards overrun by several inmates on many plays. The first half running game was nonexistent. They averaged 2.3 YPC for the game, but I think most of that was in the second half, as Norv said in his post-game.

I don’t know WHAT THE $#% they have been practicing in Texas and now, Oxnard, but this offense is just not good right now…and I cannot pin this all on the front 5.

What concerns me even more is the defense. The fact that they were pushed around (and I mean BLOWN OFF THE BALL) by a the Charger O-line suggests that everyone has taken for granted that our run defense will be as stout as last year’s when there is absolutely no evidence to support that claim. In fact, if Dallas took this defense into game 1, they’d lose and it wouldn’t be pretty, either.

One more thing. I see a lot of the same posters on this thread saying that this meant nothing, but I can go back to pregame posts where those same BTB’ers were assuming we would dominate a team without McNeil, Vincent Jackson, Jamal Williams, etc.

I must say that it FEELS like too many fans have found ways to write off the failures of this preseason and are believing the hype.

It’s not time for panic, but a total lack of concern on BTB for what was largely a no-show by the starters last night is a recipe for a lot of anger and shattered expectations in about 6 weeks.

and they gashed the Cowboys on everyone

all seemed to have a great game. it always seems like C.Gordon is getting an INT & he should be a great addition to this defense. it almost sounds like Gordon is playing better then Scandrick bc i haven’t seen or read anything positive on how Scandrick is doing.
 i can’t wait to watch the game today on NFL Network to see how it looked bc for a win it sure sounds like SD dominated both sides of the ball.

on that sack? He navigated his way by 3 blockers without hardly slowing down. We are going to have a beastly pass rush this year that I predict will lead to far more turnovers. Especially if we can get Rat a breather or two. I’m not worried about the D at all. The offense is definitely a concern, but I’m not going to panic yet. We have enough assets to make something happen.

from everything i read or seen points to Spencer having a great season. teams can’t double Ware anymore without wondering what Spencer is doing, plus Spencer is great in coverage & against the run. Ware & Spencer could make something special happen this season…

Did Calvin Watkins sleep during the game and dreamt about this shit?

Sean Lee. The second-round pick looked a little lost out there. He was behind on some passes in the flat and was late in covering the tight ends. He did play a lot and as the game wore on and got better. We thought he was thinking a little too much and not reacting.

if we want to win the SuperBowl are we good enough as a team?

QB? CHECK
RB? CHECK
WR? CHECK
TE? CHECK
SPECIAL TEAMS? CHECK
K? Jury is still out
DEF CHECK across the board

the weak spot is obviously the O-line and the first 4 are all reliant on the O-line play to be successful.