Plantiers Wart said:Except that the DL is a mess at the moment. Shady McCoy may have a big game this week.
EP Sox Fan said:Morris had a 46 yard TD run that skewed his numbers a tad (he ran for 86 yards).
Bosoxen said:
That doesn't exactly make me feel better as they're going up against a big play offense this weekend. Giving up a 46-yard TD may skew the numbers for that individual game, but in the end, the fact remains that they gave up a huge running play.
Besides, that's some Mickey Spagnola sugar-coating shit. You're better than that!
EP Sox Fan said:Rob Ryan had to really enjoy last night. The defense is the worst in franchise history by a long shot. The whole justification for bringing in the 27846 year old Kiffin was to limit the big plays. We're not stopping big plays. Or any plays for that matter. I mean Jesus Tapdancing Christ, these assholes made Mark Ingram look like the second coming of Walter Payton. I tuned out after they went 3 and out and had to punt with a minute left in the half. Garrett called timeout during the Saints previous drive, which ended in a spectacularly easy Sprols TD, presumably so the offense would have some time on the clock to go down the field and get some points before halftime. At that point he had to know that the defense wasn't going to stop the Saints for the rest of the night and points were therefore at a premium. When they failed to pick up the 1st down on the slant to Beasley and had to punt the ball back to Brees and co, who had all three timeouts, you just knew the Saints were going to score. And when they did, the game was over.
The offense has looked like garbage since the Broncos game. Romo looks really out of sorts. The defense cannot stop anyone. At all. For shit's sake, CHRISTIAN PONDER LOOKED GREAT AGAINST THEM LAST WEEK. CHRISTIAN. PONDER. Who cares if this team makes the playoffs? In fact, getting to the playoffs will do more harm than good. I can already hear GM Jerry talking about what an accomplishment making it to the playoffs was after all of the injuries and struggles the team had to endure. Which, of course, would continue to whitewash his continuing failure as GM. You know, kind of like making it to the playoffs in 2009 against a washed up Donavon McNabb did. You would hope 6-10 would finally get GM Jerry out of fantasyland. But, he'll just scapegoat Kiffin and the injuries. And when they inevitably fail next season, Garrett will be the fall guy. This has to be the lowest I have ever felt as a Cowboys fan. Even when we were 1-15, you had hope that all of the young talent on the roster would turn the team around. Now we have aging stars, a team stuck in salary cap hell, a football operations staff that continually fails to identify and draft talent on a consistent basis (Mo Claiborne anyone?) an egomaniac owner who thinks he's a football genius, a home stadium that's a better art venue than place to watch a game (not to mention that utterly fails at providing an actual advantage to the home team). I have absolutely no hope that any of those things will change for the foreseeable future.
EP Sox Fan said:The offense has looked like garbage since the Broncos game. Romo looks really out of sorts. The defense cannot stop anyone. At all. For shit's sake, CHRISTIAN PONDER LOOKED GREAT AGAINST THEM LAST WEEK. CHRISTIAN. PONDER.
OilCanShotTupac said:
Not to make you revel in misery, but could you say more about this? I haven't heard anything about this, and I'm really interested.
I think you could say much the same about the new Yankee Stadium, but having never been to either, I'll hang up and listen.
BigSoxFan said:
The Cowboys are 21-16 at home since Cowboys Stadium opened in 2009. Plenty of teams have found the place to be pretty hospitable but obviously part of the reason for that mediocre home record is that the Cowboys have been incredibly mediocre since 2009.
As for the stadium itself, I've been to a game there and it's unlike any other stadium in the league, almost like a theme park or something. The lobby looks like you're walking into a Four Seasons hotel and not a football stadium. The jumbotron is so massive that I found it incredibly distracting and had to condition myself not to watch the screen vs. the actual action on the field. And I think that's what the original poster is referring to. Cowboys Stadium, like the Cowboys themselves, is full of too many distractions. At other NFL stadiums, the focus is always on the field. At Cowboys Stadium, fans are milling around, watching the screen, etc. I think part of the problem is that the stadium is such an attraction that tons of opposing fans always show up, which marginalizes the home field advantage a bit. When the Cowboys play a team with a national following, like the Steelers, Giants, etc., the opposing fans show up by the thousands.
Kenny F'ing Powers said:
Whats the correlation between this and Demarco Murray going down in that game? He had a helluva first 20 minutes or so of the Saints game before the defense forced the offense to be entirely one dimensional.
Greg29fan said:The defense being atrocious bothers me, but the offense is being atrocious too is unacceptable given who they can roll out there. If they are going to be involved in shootouts every week, the offense has to get it done, and like it was mentioned, they have not since the Denver game.
The fact Dez had one catch in a game is a joke. I don't care if he's quadruple covered, give him a chance to make plays. They made one adjustment in 3 quarters to get him involved in the offense.
Greg29fan said:LO Fucking L
Clarence Hill @clarencehilljr10m
Jerry jones said Jason Garrett will return as coach next year. How they finish will not impact that. guaranteed Garrett's return in 2014.
EP Sox Fan said:
Well I guess that's not a surprise. Monty Kiffin is going to be the sacrificial lamb in the offseason. GM Jerry's got to keep Red Jesus around so he has someone to blame after they finish 8-8 and miss the playoffs in 2014. That way we get a new coach just in time for Witten to retire, Ware to be a shell of his former self, Romo to be on the downside of his career etc. Instead of a roster rebuild through the draft, GM Jerry will continue his salary cap suicide by trading and or signing big name FAs to create a roster that's good enough to compete but not challenge the elite in the NFC.
Anyone want to tell me that I'm being excessively cynical here? I'm willing to listen.
LondonSox said:
Kenny F'ing Powers said:
Most Cowboy fans deserve this level of hell.
“It’s a privilege,” he said. “I mean this. I mean it. It’s a privilege. It’s an absolute labor of love and a privilege to be critiqued if the Cowboys aren’t doing good. It is an honor to get to be with the team, the league and the game.”
He continued, on the Cowboys’ lack of success: “I don’t like it. I want to do something about it to change it. But I don’t agree with what some people want me to do to change it. I hope no one thinks I am going to listen to that. Having said that, I expect it and frankly I do – it’s a big part of my life, and I cherish it.”
Jerry is just being solipsistic...not a big deal...he will soon be asking for his exes to come back to provide 'needed blowjobs'...least he could expectBosoxen said:Well, Ratliff didn't cut himself. What, exactly, is Jerry bitching about here?
Oil Can Dan said:4-0 turnover margin? Romo threw two picks, so how was it 4-0?