Last year's first match up between the Cowboys and the Redskins started with me being extremely tired after a day-long drive from Chapel Hill NC with M. Sanz to his house in New York. The Cowboys lost in one of the most embarrassing fashion's in their teams storied history.
In this year's first match-up, thanks to skype and M. Sanz (my boy gotta get a hit too) I was able to see (when the connection allowed) to see the Cowboys gain some redemption from Beirut.
This game was sloppy, and like last year's came down to the wire, but the Cowboys knocked the over-achieving Skins out of first place and now share that spot with the Giants. Let's not get too excited however. I don't want to sound overly pessimistic but the Cowboys looked pretty bad against a team that is not that good. Yes, the Skins defense has been underrated but Rex Grossman is the equivalent of a New York Mets 5th hitter...which is equivalent to the 8th batter on any other major league team. He blows. The week before, we barley escaped with a victory against a SF team that is also terrible and has an even worse QB. These Cowboys are not yet ready for real teams. Still...this start to the season beats the hell out of last years.
Some of the many negatives from the game...The play-calling was suspect today, the offensive line struggled---what the fuck is going on with these shot-gun center exchanges? I thought it was just an Andre Gurode problem but his replacement, Phil Costa, snapped early 4x today. Part of this is Romo's fault clearly. This MUST be addressed in practice, its downright childish. Also, the receiving corps is about as productive as Stuart Scott's eye without Miles Austin in the lineup. Dez needs to get healthy and prove that he can be a consistent threat, and Ogletree needs to seize this once in a lifetime opportunity and play with more consistency.
There were some positive signs however. Game balls have to go to Felix Jones, who finally over came an abysmal start to the season and broke for his first 100+ game of the season. Demarcus Ware and Sean Lee continued their dominance. Victor Butler has proven that he deserves more playing time and Jay Ratliff came through at the end when it mattered most. I really think this defense will evolve into a scary machine in a few weeks time when the secondary is fully healthy and Rob Ryan's scheme is fully implemented. One more game ball... Dan Bailey. Balls to the wall with his kicks today. It's disgraceful that we need to kick 6 field goals to win a game but he made everyone, under pressure. We all know Buehler would have missed around 2 of those.
two last thoughts..D'angelo Hall...you're and idiot and next time you think about talking about hitting a quarterback you should remember that you have two 1/2 sacks in your career. So I guess you have one, but you got help with it. Also...Tashard Choice... you blow.
In this year's first match-up, thanks to skype and M. Sanz (my boy gotta get a hit too) I was able to see (when the connection allowed) to see the Cowboys gain some redemption from Beirut.
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Some of the many negatives from the game...The play-calling was suspect today, the offensive line struggled---what the fuck is going on with these shot-gun center exchanges? I thought it was just an Andre Gurode problem but his replacement, Phil Costa, snapped early 4x today. Part of this is Romo's fault clearly. This MUST be addressed in practice, its downright childish. Also, the receiving corps is about as productive as Stuart Scott's eye without Miles Austin in the lineup. Dez needs to get healthy and prove that he can be a consistent threat, and Ogletree needs to seize this once in a lifetime opportunity and play with more consistency.
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| Bailey bailed our the Cowboys with his leg |
two last thoughts..D'angelo Hall...you're and idiot and next time you think about talking about hitting a quarterback you should remember that you have two 1/2 sacks in your career. So I guess you have one, but you got help with it. Also...Tashard Choice... you blow.
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