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PRE-SEASON
Thu Aug 9 INDIANAPOLIS
(FOX) 7:00 pm
Sat Aug 18 DENVER (BSM)
7:00 pm
Sat Aug 25 @ Houston
(BSM) 7:00 pm
Thu Aug 30 @ Minnesota
(BSM) 7:00 pm
REGULAR SEASON
1. Sun, Sept. 9 NY GIANTS
(NBC) 7:15 pm
2. Sun, Sept. 16 @ Miami
(FOX) 3:05 pm
3. Sun, Sept. 23 @
Chicago (NBC) 7:15 pm
4. Sun, Sept. 30 ST. LOUIS
(FOX) Noon
5. Mon, Oct. 8 @ Buffalo
(ESPN) 7:30 pm
6. Sun, Oct. 14 NEW
ENGLAND (CBS) 3:15 pm
7. Sun, Oct. 21
MINNESOTA (FOX) Noon
8. Sun, Oct. 28 BYE WEEK
9. Sun, Nov 4 @
Philadelphia (NBC) 7:15
pm
10. Sun, Nov. 11 @ NY
Giants (FOX) 3:15 pm
11. Sun, Nov. 18
WASHINGTON (FOX) Noon
12. Thu, Nov. 22 NY JETS
(CBS) 3:15 pm
13. Thu, Nov. 29 GREEN
BAY (NFL) 7:15 pm
14. Sun, Dec. 9 @ Detroit
(FOX) Noon
15. Sun, Dec. 16 PHILLY
(FOX) 3:15 pm
16. Sat, Dec. 22 @
Carolina (NFL) 7:15 pm
17. Sun, Dec. 30 @
Washington (FOX) Noon
PRE-SEASON
Thu Aug 9 INDIANAPOLIS
(FOX) 7:00 pm
Sat Aug 18 DENVER (BSM)
7:00 pm
Sat Aug 25 @ Houston
(BSM) 7:00 pm
Thu Aug 30 @ Minnesota
(BSM) 7:00 pm
REGULAR SEASON
1. Sun, Sept. 9 NY GIANTS
(NBC) 7:15 pm
2. Sun, Sept. 16 @ Miami
(FOX) 3:05 pm
3. Sun, Sept. 23 @
Chicago (NBC) 7:15 pm
4. Sun, Sept. 30 ST. LOUIS
(FOX) Noon
5. Mon, Oct. 8 @ Buffalo
(ESPN) 7:30 pm
6. Sun, Oct. 14 NEW
ENGLAND (CBS) 3:15 pm
7. Sun, Oct. 21
MINNESOTA (FOX) Noon
8. Sun, Oct. 28 BYE WEEK
9. Sun, Nov 4 @
Philadelphia (NBC) 7:15
pm
10. Sun, Nov. 11 @ NY
Giants (FOX) 3:15 pm
11. Sun, Nov. 18
WASHINGTON (FOX) Noon
12. Thu, Nov. 22 NY JETS
(CBS) 3:15 pm
13. Thu, Nov. 29 GREEN
BAY (NFL) 7:15 pm
14. Sun, Dec. 9 @ Detroit
(FOX) Noon
15. Sun, Dec. 16 PHILLY
(FOX) 3:15 pm
16. Sat, Dec. 22 @
Carolina (NFL) 7:15 pm
17. Sun, Dec. 30 @
Washington (FOX) Noon
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Cowboys vs. Bears Game Notes
All I can say is double WOW!! Talk about a whipping. I knew the
Cowboys were good, but I didn't know they are this good. The
defense played great, the offense played great. This was simply a
total domination. If not for a collection of bad calls, silly penalties,
and a dropped TD by Crayton this game would have been 17-3 at
half-time.
Our offense got so bogged down in the first half that I thought we
were going to mess around and lose the game. Our first three
drives had us trying to convert 3rd & 12+ yards. We finally put it all
together in the 2nd half and started to fire on all cylinders.
Tony Romo was amazing again last night. There is absolutely no
doubt in my mind that this guy is the third best quarterback in the
NFL behind Brady and Manning. He was making plays last night
that neither one of those guys can make on a consistent basis. His
ability to avoid the rush and quickly find a receiver before another
guy got to him was amazing. Our line did a good job of handling
the blitz, but Bledsoe would have been sacked at least six times last
night.
Marion Barber continues to show why he is the best running back
on the team. Julius Jones again looked good in the open field, and
I think he looks as good as ever. The thing I'm noticing is that
Barber seems to be better than he was even last year. He is
running like his "dreds are on fire" according to a Sportscenter
anchor. That pretty much describes the passion he runs with. You
also can't overlook the fact that he has broke two long runs in three
games. He definitely doesn't have good speed, but he has a knack
for breaking long runs. Lots of guys are like that. Frank Gore and
an aging Emmitt Smith were slow, but they always seemed to break
free even though they would get caught from behind on most of the
plays. Julius Jones on the other hand is fast enough to break big
runs, but he can't ever seem to get past the one guy he needs to.
This defense is getting better in a hurry. The run defense was
stout with Cedric Benson getting only 46 yards on 16 carries. Jay
Ratliff is doing a heck of a job against the run as are all four
starting linebackers. I saw Spencer and Ware make several plays
behind the line. Remi Ayodele also looked good in limited time. He
had a big strip on Cedric Benson in the 2nd half.
The pass defense is quickly maturing. Terrence Newman had a
quiet night playing the nickel, but that isn't a bad thing. I can't even
recall a play when they threw his way. Jacques Reeves gave up a
few underneath passes, but he had a pass break up. Anthony
Henry had another monster game with two more interceptions and
at least two pass break ups. He leads the NFL in interceptions with
four and his pick six was a thing of beauty. He turned around just in
time to jump up and make an over the head catch. He then made a
few nice moves on his way to the endzone.
The safeties had a good game as none of the Bears completions
were down the middle of the field or deep except for the Desmond
Clark catch and run. That play wasn't even that big of a deal if Roy
Williams could have at least made the easy tackle. He did make up
for it with a late interception. This unit still gave up 195 passing
yards, but if they keep forcing turnovers they can give up 250 a
game and the other team still won't score enough to win.
The pass rush seems to be getting better. DeMarcus Ware finally
came through with two sacks. Anthony Spencer added a sack
when he came free through the middle on a twist. The lack of
blitzing was still a major theme last night. This front seven isn't
blitzing anymore than Parcells did. The only difference is that we
now stunt and twist on every play. I honestly can't recall a play
when we had more than five guys rushing. We were still able to get
good pressure though and it forced Grossman to throw into double
coverage a lot.
Terrell Owens has been a lifesavor for the Cowboys this season. I
don't blame you if you hate his guts, but you better thank your lucky
stars he is still with this team. We would be 1-2 at best without him
because none of the receivers have stepped up. I used to think
Crayton could be a decent starter, but he was doing better as the
3rd receiver. It would help though if he caught the ball.
The were good and bad things from the special teams. Matt
McBriar did an amazing job as always. Hester never had a chance
on any of his punt returns. McBriar specializes at kicking the ball
50 yards with tons of hang-time and he aims it where the returner
gets the ball three yards from the sideline. Nick Folk had an up and
down night. The blocked field goal was his fault. His trajectory was
much to low for a chip shot field goal. He did nail a 44 yarder in the
2nd half though. He is kick-offs were really strong too when he
kicked deep to Hester. Our kick-off coverage was amazing. Hester
struggled to get back to the 20 yard line on his three deep kick-off
returns.
All I can say is double WOW!! Talk about a whipping. I knew the
Cowboys were good, but I didn't know they are this good. The
defense played great, the offense played great. This was simply a
total domination. If not for a collection of bad calls, silly penalties,
and a dropped TD by Crayton this game would have been 17-3 at
half-time.
Our offense got so bogged down in the first half that I thought we
were going to mess around and lose the game. Our first three
drives had us trying to convert 3rd & 12+ yards. We finally put it all
together in the 2nd half and started to fire on all cylinders.
Tony Romo was amazing again last night. There is absolutely no
doubt in my mind that this guy is the third best quarterback in the
NFL behind Brady and Manning. He was making plays last night
that neither one of those guys can make on a consistent basis. His
ability to avoid the rush and quickly find a receiver before another
guy got to him was amazing. Our line did a good job of handling
the blitz, but Bledsoe would have been sacked at least six times last
night.
Marion Barber continues to show why he is the best running back
on the team. Julius Jones again looked good in the open field, and
I think he looks as good as ever. The thing I'm noticing is that
Barber seems to be better than he was even last year. He is
running like his "dreds are on fire" according to a Sportscenter
anchor. That pretty much describes the passion he runs with. You
also can't overlook the fact that he has broke two long runs in three
games. He definitely doesn't have good speed, but he has a knack
for breaking long runs. Lots of guys are like that. Frank Gore and
an aging Emmitt Smith were slow, but they always seemed to break
free even though they would get caught from behind on most of the
plays. Julius Jones on the other hand is fast enough to break big
runs, but he can't ever seem to get past the one guy he needs to.
This defense is getting better in a hurry. The run defense was
stout with Cedric Benson getting only 46 yards on 16 carries. Jay
Ratliff is doing a heck of a job against the run as are all four
starting linebackers. I saw Spencer and Ware make several plays
behind the line. Remi Ayodele also looked good in limited time. He
had a big strip on Cedric Benson in the 2nd half.
The pass defense is quickly maturing. Terrence Newman had a
quiet night playing the nickel, but that isn't a bad thing. I can't even
recall a play when they threw his way. Jacques Reeves gave up a
few underneath passes, but he had a pass break up. Anthony
Henry had another monster game with two more interceptions and
at least two pass break ups. He leads the NFL in interceptions with
four and his pick six was a thing of beauty. He turned around just in
time to jump up and make an over the head catch. He then made a
few nice moves on his way to the endzone.
The safeties had a good game as none of the Bears completions
were down the middle of the field or deep except for the Desmond
Clark catch and run. That play wasn't even that big of a deal if Roy
Williams could have at least made the easy tackle. He did make up
for it with a late interception. This unit still gave up 195 passing
yards, but if they keep forcing turnovers they can give up 250 a
game and the other team still won't score enough to win.
The pass rush seems to be getting better. DeMarcus Ware finally
came through with two sacks. Anthony Spencer added a sack
when he came free through the middle on a twist. The lack of
blitzing was still a major theme last night. This front seven isn't
blitzing anymore than Parcells did. The only difference is that we
now stunt and twist on every play. I honestly can't recall a play
when we had more than five guys rushing. We were still able to get
good pressure though and it forced Grossman to throw into double
coverage a lot.
Terrell Owens has been a lifesavor for the Cowboys this season. I
don't blame you if you hate his guts, but you better thank your lucky
stars he is still with this team. We would be 1-2 at best without him
because none of the receivers have stepped up. I used to think
Crayton could be a decent starter, but he was doing better as the
3rd receiver. It would help though if he caught the ball.
The were good and bad things from the special teams. Matt
McBriar did an amazing job as always. Hester never had a chance
on any of his punt returns. McBriar specializes at kicking the ball
50 yards with tons of hang-time and he aims it where the returner
gets the ball three yards from the sideline. Nick Folk had an up and
down night. The blocked field goal was his fault. His trajectory was
much to low for a chip shot field goal. He did nail a 44 yarder in the
2nd half though. He is kick-offs were really strong too when he
kicked deep to Hester. Our kick-off coverage was amazing. Hester
struggled to get back to the 20 yard line on his three deep kick-off
returns.
Tim's Talk: Week 4
1. Wow is all I can say. The Bears were a game I marked as a loss
early in the year in trying to predict how the Cowboys will do. What
a statement game. The Cowboys responded by being aggressive
on offense and taking advantage of the mistakes of Rex Grossman,
which is what I said would they would have to do but I was wrong
about it being a nail-biter.
2. Keep in mind the 1999 Cowboys went 3-0 and then finished the
season 8-8 and a first round loss to the Vikings. That season also
marked the firing of Chan Gailey and the retirement of Michael Irvin.
In fact Irvin got hurt in the game following the 3-0 start. Why am I
being a pessimisst you say? I am not. I am just saying try to keep it
real. The real test will be in December. The Cowboys usually start
strong and then in December, the fade begins. Can they keep this
up for a season? I hope so.
3. One thing I am sure of is Tony Romo is the man. He will be the
guy, Super Bowl or not that will probably leading this team to the
ups and downs for the next ten years. He made great decisions,
showed great poise and was able to move out of the pocket and get
open receivers. Plus TO loves the guy. How many QBs have
maintained a good rapport with Owens in his career. How many stil
talk to him? This is an area that is sold on. We are set. No more talk
of that botched snap.
4. Running game really sagged if you wipe out that long run at the
end of the game, we really did not do well. Marion Barber is still the
best back. I keeep hearing that the Cowboys will not break away
from their current system of splitting the carries. I also hear Julius
Jones will not be back next year. So what happens next year? Is
Barber the feauture back or are we going to go get another back to
complement him? And don't say Darren McFadden, refering to the
Browns number 1 pick. It is still too early to be monitoring that. All I
know is that Barber needs to get more carries.
5. Terance Newman looked good being a nickel back but from the
looks of things he was in pain afterwards. Not a good sign.
6. Hey, Flozell Adams was his usual reliable self, a hold, a sack
allowed and a false start.
7. 10 penalities called for nearly a 100 yards. I mean I know some of
the penalties were questionable but man, we will not win the Super
Bowl playing this way. It needs to stop.
8. Back to the questionable penalties. Let them play ref! I mean that
block in the back call on Jason Witten or the stupid pass
interference call on TO. Stupid, stupid, stupid. Plus ignoring the rule
on stopping the clock on change of possession at the end of the
half. I hope this ref crew will be fined.
9. Tommie Harris and Lance Briggs injuries sure helped a lot.
10. There is still a lot of people saying that the defense has still not
proven it can shut down a good team. They take into account that
the teams the Boys beat were mediocre offenses. Granted that is
true. But a good defense is supposed to make a bad or mediocre
offense look bad. Remember, Rex Grossman has looked good
before. So pretty much, the Cowboys were the team that finally
sacked Grossman to the bench. Force him to make mistakes and
make a mediocre back like Cedric Benson look mediocre. I don't
think the defense is great yet but it is not bad. I would say it is a
good defense.
11. It sure looks good that Steven Jackson and JP Losman will be
out for the next two games the Cowboys play. On paper it looks
good but lets not look ahead to that game on October 14th.
12. You know you would think Roy Williams would learn how to wrap
up on a tackle instead of looking for the big hit all the time.
13. Well Matt McBriar seemed to win the battle as Devin Hester did
not make any big plays on returns and was no more than a decoy
on offense. Hester also muffed a few bad kicks. Maybe all that
kicking away from him made him forget how to catch the ball.
1. Wow is all I can say. The Bears were a game I marked as a loss
early in the year in trying to predict how the Cowboys will do. What
a statement game. The Cowboys responded by being aggressive
on offense and taking advantage of the mistakes of Rex Grossman,
which is what I said would they would have to do but I was wrong
about it being a nail-biter.
2. Keep in mind the 1999 Cowboys went 3-0 and then finished the
season 8-8 and a first round loss to the Vikings. That season also
marked the firing of Chan Gailey and the retirement of Michael Irvin.
In fact Irvin got hurt in the game following the 3-0 start. Why am I
being a pessimisst you say? I am not. I am just saying try to keep it
real. The real test will be in December. The Cowboys usually start
strong and then in December, the fade begins. Can they keep this
up for a season? I hope so.
3. One thing I am sure of is Tony Romo is the man. He will be the
guy, Super Bowl or not that will probably leading this team to the
ups and downs for the next ten years. He made great decisions,
showed great poise and was able to move out of the pocket and get
open receivers. Plus TO loves the guy. How many QBs have
maintained a good rapport with Owens in his career. How many stil
talk to him? This is an area that is sold on. We are set. No more talk
of that botched snap.
4. Running game really sagged if you wipe out that long run at the
end of the game, we really did not do well. Marion Barber is still the
best back. I keeep hearing that the Cowboys will not break away
from their current system of splitting the carries. I also hear Julius
Jones will not be back next year. So what happens next year? Is
Barber the feauture back or are we going to go get another back to
complement him? And don't say Darren McFadden, refering to the
Browns number 1 pick. It is still too early to be monitoring that. All I
know is that Barber needs to get more carries.
5. Terance Newman looked good being a nickel back but from the
looks of things he was in pain afterwards. Not a good sign.
6. Hey, Flozell Adams was his usual reliable self, a hold, a sack
allowed and a false start.
7. 10 penalities called for nearly a 100 yards. I mean I know some of
the penalties were questionable but man, we will not win the Super
Bowl playing this way. It needs to stop.
8. Back to the questionable penalties. Let them play ref! I mean that
block in the back call on Jason Witten or the stupid pass
interference call on TO. Stupid, stupid, stupid. Plus ignoring the rule
on stopping the clock on change of possession at the end of the
half. I hope this ref crew will be fined.
9. Tommie Harris and Lance Briggs injuries sure helped a lot.
10. There is still a lot of people saying that the defense has still not
proven it can shut down a good team. They take into account that
the teams the Boys beat were mediocre offenses. Granted that is
true. But a good defense is supposed to make a bad or mediocre
offense look bad. Remember, Rex Grossman has looked good
before. So pretty much, the Cowboys were the team that finally
sacked Grossman to the bench. Force him to make mistakes and
make a mediocre back like Cedric Benson look mediocre. I don't
think the defense is great yet but it is not bad. I would say it is a
good defense.
11. It sure looks good that Steven Jackson and JP Losman will be
out for the next two games the Cowboys play. On paper it looks
good but lets not look ahead to that game on October 14th.
12. You know you would think Roy Williams would learn how to wrap
up on a tackle instead of looking for the big hit all the time.
13. Well Matt McBriar seemed to win the battle as Devin Hester did
not make any big plays on returns and was no more than a decoy
on offense. Hester also muffed a few bad kicks. Maybe all that
kicking away from him made him forget how to catch the ball.