*** Cowboys vs Raiders Game Thread***

[jsond]

The announcers say Gurode making a impact

i think their right. between him and tt we are finally starting to move the ball with effectiveness

[Boy's fan in Giant land]

What a GREAT time for TT to step it up for us...

[TruBlueCowboy]

Man, Tyson is making Julius look bad.

[Jimz31]

5 straight plays to TT.

[BigDFan5]

TT for 1 1/2

[dragon_mikal]

Getting predictable again.

[EndGame]

Damn ... Thompson is running wild. Maybe Oakland sees him back there and focuses more on the pass?

[ajk23az]

i think we should start spelling tt and jj more......

[Jimz31]

Make that 6.

[Put Henson In]

!? I hate pitch calls.

[BigDFan5]

Barber stopped short of 1st

[dragon_mikal]

?

Was that 3rd down?

Ugh.

[ZenItRam]

the OC is an idiot

[Silverstar]

2 bad calls in a row! :mad:

[cowboy4322]

stupid play call by payton

[EndGame]

Why is Barber in there now? Did JJ tweak something?

[rysko]

arg why put in marion barber on 3rd and 2

[JohnsKey19]

Wow! Thompson comes in and suddenly we're rolling!

Gurode playing well...

[TruBlueCowboy]

See... that was just stupid playcalling. What the hell? Barber and some pitch. Just give it to Tyson again and jam it down their throats.

[Dallas4ever]

Not a good all on third and 2.

[BigDFan5]

Cortez kicks and its good

[Put Henson In]

Pitch Call Is Terrible!!!!!!!!!!!!

[Westcoasthabsfan]

Have to get points here.... take the field goal

[dragon_mikal]

Cortez time...

Yikes.

New deep snapper...

Please don't show him missing!

Wow...good...whew.

[cowboy4322]

cortez better hit this

[Boy's fan in Giant land]

Now THAT was STUPID. Why in the hell wasn't JJ in there??? Should've been a play action pass in the first place.

[Jimz31]

Yes...stop feeding the guy that got you there and go with someone cold off of the bench.

[Dallas4ever]

See... that was just stupid playcalling. What the hell? Barber and some pitch. Just give it to Tyson again and jam it down their throats.

My thoughts exactly.

[Draegerman]

Deep snapper looks good so far.

[Westcoasthabsfan]

Defence needs to step up right now

[dragon_mikal]

Not a good all on third and 2.


Nah...ya think? :p:

[ajk23az]

when we the stop on d, well be right back in this thing.....

[cowboy4322]

defense needs to step it up now.

[Silverstar]

Cmon special teams...pin em back!

[dragon_mikal]

Can Zimmer and our defense do this?

I think...

Well I don't know what to think. :confused:

[JakeCamp12]

We need turnover, then go back to running the ball...Sapp and Washington are looking tired...

[BigDFan5]

return of 36 for Carr

[dragon_mikal]

Well that sure as hell ain't going to help. :(

[Silverstar]

Damn Special Teams!!!


!

[Put Henson In]

Awesome kickoff coverage! We let them keep their wedge going to the 30 yard line. Pitiful.

[Da Hammer]

with Oaklands offense we cant give up good returns on the kickoffs or punts

[Hollywood Henderson]

Cortez for MLB! :D

[Silverstar]

Watch the underneath routes and let's get some pressure D-LINE!

[fortdick]

Cortez for MLB! :D

Isn't he the leading tackle on Special Teams?

[dragon_mikal]

Come on defense...

[Silverstar]

Our LB's better wake up right now.

They are going underneath.

[Hollywood Henderson]

I think Cortez saved the SD game too with his tackling...

[Boy's fan in Giant land]

Keep The Faith. Defensive Stand Comming. 3 & Out!!!

[dragon_mikal]

Good stop by Ware.

[BigDFan5]

ware tackles Gordon for a loss of 2

[justbob]

ware is getting more comfortable

[Jammer]

Come on defense...
It seems we've been praying for the defense to step it up every game so far this year.

[Eskimo]

Ware has been doing a good job against the outside run. Nice job holding his ground and making the tackle.

[cowboy4322]

nice job D

[Da Hammer]

thats how you do it defense

[Mr Cowboy]

Thank you Kerry....you stopped yourself

[Put Henson In]

Good stand D!

[dragon_mikal]

Come on defense.


Good stop...Let's go down there and score a TD before the half.

[BigDFan5]

Oakland punting nice stop D

[jsond]

3 and out, needed that bad!

[Windmill]

What's up with the green stickers on the helmets?

[ajk23az]

ware is an animal today, its been a while since moss has caught a pass...

[Silverstar]

3 and out....we needed that.


Great job D!

[Jammer]

Two stops in a row. That is encouraging.

[dragon_mikal]

...

Great...

Whew...it's a touchback?

[BigDFan5]

touchback

[Mr Cowboy]

Did he say it was a touchback?

[TruBlueCowboy]

HUGE HUGE HUGE stop by defense. Did I say HUGE... HUGE.... :D

[Westcoasthabsfan]

Defence needs to step up right now

Two big stops in a row maybe they are getting their act together

[Silverstar]

We need to be getting downfield like that.

Touchback...whew!

[ajk23az]

the stickers are to honor the game in mexico...

[ZenItRam]

awesome ... 99 yards to go ...

[JohnsKey19]

We have to force a punt, or at worst, a FG here. A TD here and the game will get away from us in a hurry!

Cortez has saved 3 TDs so far. That's embarassing!

[Hollywood Henderson]

It seems we've been praying for the defense to step it up every game so far this year.
For years now...
We do need big plays...

How about TT for 99? :cool:

[JakeCamp12]

Will our defense ever be good enough to dictate a game???

[dragon_mikal]

Oh crap.

[marchetta]

What's up with the green stickers on the helmets?
It represents the international games. ie the one in Mexico this week.

[pancakeman]

What's up with the green stickers on the helmets?

http://cowboyszone.com/forums/showthread.php?t=36542

[Silverstar]

What?


*****!!!!!

[Boy's fan in Giant land]

Our D is showing glimmers of getting it all together. By mid season, they're going to be monsters.

[Jimz31]

How about a 99 yard run!!!!

[Hollywood Henderson]

Will our defense ever be good enough to dictate a game???
It already is...If the DC would know how...

[ZenItRam]

yeah!! 97 yards!

[Eskimo]

On 3rd and longs, we need to get Ware lined up outside and using his speed rush because I think it really intimidates the OL of other teams. I think he will eventually be able to use counters when he has the OL offbalance - better opportunities for bull rush and inside spins.

[Jimz31]

Our D is showing glimmers of getting it all together. By mid season, they're going to be monsters.

Just hope we aren't out of it by then..... :p:

[BigDFan5]

whoo that was close

[ZenItRam]

great throw ... geez

[dragon_mikal]

WE NEED POINTS...


*whew*

Flag...

Mwahahahaha!

[Mr Cowboy]

Defensive holding.....whew!!!!!!!!!!!!

[ajk23az]

france just had a kicked block by the cheifs...

[Eskimo]

Big PI call there to get us some breathing room.

[justbob]

thank goodness

[Silverstar]

Time for Bledsoe to get to work.

[ZenItRam]

wow ... lucky call for us. only 92 yards to go ....

[BigDFan5]

JJ for 5

[Boy's fan in Giant land]

Thank GOD the raiders are penalty happy.

[dragon_mikal]

Come on offense...let's do this.

[Eskimo]

If we can get another first down this drive will have been a success.

[Jimz31]

16 runs...8 passes.

[Put Henson In]

That was a catch!

[dragon_mikal]

is the deal?

[BigDFan5]

that was catch

[ZenItRam]

oh no!!! don't challenge!!!

[cowboy4322]

KJ caught that ball

[dragon_mikal]

If you catch the ball 5 yards inside the sideline it's a catch!

Come on...

[Jimz31]

Challenge flag.

[CanadianCowboysFan]

I think his elbow hit first so it won't be a catch.

[Eskimo]

Challenge coming up - if Keyshawn caught the ball cleanly, I think his feet were down before he hit out of bounds.

[justbob]

We need some help here

[Mr Cowboy]

This game is going by pretty fast.....we're almost to the 2 minute warning.........

[TruBlueCowboy]

Stupid challenge. Needs those timeouts if going to make this last minute drive.

[jimnabby]

Bad challenge. His feet looked off the ground to me; even if I'm wrong, there's not enough to overturn.

[marchetta]

Is this going to be another Seattle incident. Did KJ's forearm come down before his feet? I think if his forearm hits out of bounds before his feet come down, then he's out.

[NYCowboy22]

Looked like a catch to me.

[Boy's fan in Giant land]

This one's going against us. Toes were in the air when the elbow hit out of bounds. Had to throw the flag though.

[marchetta]

This game is going by pretty fast.....we're almost to the 2 minute warning.........
That's because there's not a commercial every 10 seconds.

[burmafrd]

JJ was tearing everyone up last year- then after an off season and TC with BP, and his mantra about protecting the ball, not getting negative yds, etc- maybe he went and made JJ into just an average back. Now TT looks like JJ last year- is that a coincidence?

[ajk23az]

This game is going by pretty fast.....we're almost to the 2 minute warning.........


the jets/ravens game, has 30 seconds to go in the 2nd quarter....and i thought this game was going fast.........

[dragon_mikal]

Oh well...let's go to Glenn.

[BigDFan5]

damn!

[ZenItRam]

lost a TO ... i thought so ... dang dabit

[marchetta]

Is this going to be another Seattle incident. Did KJ's forearm come down before his feet? I think if his forearm hits out of bounds before his feet come down, then he's out.
Told you!

[Silverstar]

his better not be a run

[BigDFan5]

Witten for a 1st

[ZenItRam]

whitten!!! yeahh babhy

[jsond]

even if we dont score..that was huge to keep us from punting inside the 10

[BigDFan5]

2 min warning

[Jimz31]

About time Witten gets another catch.

[ajk23az]

atlanta tearing vikings up and eagles intercepted green for a TD

[dragon_mikal]

Good job by Witten...

Come on offense...

Just a bit overthrown...

[CanadianCowboysFan]

the jets/ravens game, has 30 seconds to go in the 2nd quarter....and i thought this game was going fast.........

That game started ten minutes earlier.

[Silverstar]

Keep passing Bledsoe.

Where the hell is Price?

Why did we even sign him...geez!

[SDogo]

Keep passing Bledsoe.

Where the hell is Price?

Why did we even sign him...geez!

Been trying to figure that out myself

[Mr Cowboy]

Price is inactive

[fortdick]

KC ran kickoff back for TD

OPPS! Flag

YD 24 -6 KC over Phil

[Eskimo]

Given our field position, I would rather not be overly aggressive here the way the first half has gone. Better to have weathered the storm and re-group at halftime down by a single score than risk giving the Raiders the ball back with some time on the clock to throw up some jumpballs to Moss.

[Westcoasthabsfan]

Dante hall returned a kickoff for a TD....

[dragon_mikal]

What a play call. WHAT A PLAY CALL!

[dragon_mikal]

Wow...we suck.

[jsond]

another 2nd and 10 run..that play is getting old and hasnt fooled anyone this season

[Westcoasthabsfan]

Where is Glenn today?

[rysko]

seems like cowboys always give up within the 2 minute warning, even though it's plenty of time

[rcaldw]

Bledsoe has Keyshawn love right now, spread the ball around

[ZenItRam]

can we hold them again??

[Jimz31]

What a play call. WHAT A PLAY CALL!
Which call are you talking about? There are PLENTY to choose from.

[Silverstar]

Another bad call...

[cowboy4322]

another block in the back by the raiders

[Eskimo]

Need to hold the Raiders here - hopefully they play conservative because of their bad field position.

I'd take going down 7 as a small victory after the way this one started.

[ajk23az]

does parcells "OK" the plays before they relay them to the QB??

[fortdick]

McBriar is great!

[Jimz31]

Heck of a kick again.

[Jimz31]

Need another 3 and out.

[Eskimo]

another 2nd and 10 run..that play is getting old and hasnt fooled anyone this season

We almost had a big play on this one - Allen whiffed on his block of Sapp - otherwise it looked like Julius had a lane.

[Silverstar]

We need a turnover

[Draegerman]

Looks like Oakland will be content to run the clock out.

[ZenItRam]

3 and 6 .... no big plays ... don't give one up

[Eskimo]

The rookies showing up a lot in this game - Ratliff, Canty, Ware, Spears.

[Put Henson In]

We have no faith in our 2 minute offense.

[BigDFan5]

Ware whiffed on the tackle

[dragon_mikal]

We are going to win this game. I have a feeling.

[CowboyDan]

how good is Canty.....wooo!

[Eskimo]

Good pursuit by Canty - Raiders will have to punt and not get a shot downfield now.

[Draegerman]

The rookies showing up a lot in this game - Ratliff, Canty, Ware, Spears.


And the good news is that they will only get better as the season goes along. :)

[Woods]

We are going to win this game. I have a feeling.

Hope you are right! We are due vs. the Raiders.

[Jimz31]

Will we kneel if we get the ball back?

[ajk23az]

We are going to win this game. I have a feeling.


didnt you just say we suck a little bit ago, lol? just playing

i do too, well open up the passing game a lot more in 2nd half..................hopefully

[dragon_mikal]

Let's take a shot down the field now...yea.

[BigDFan5]

Hail Mary

[Eskimo]

We have no faith in our 2 minute offense.

When you're on the road, have bad field position and battled your way back into the game - I think it was the right decision.

Randall Williams just gave us a shot at running a Hail Mary.

[Jimz31]

Defense played ALOT better in the 2nd qtr.

[dragon_mikal]

didnt you just say we suck a little bit ago, lol? just playing

i do too, well open up the passing game a lot more in 2nd half..................hopefully


We do suck...right now. We sucked during the 1st half last week too.

[justbob]

I don't mean to be negative ---but I can't believe this is not worse then what it is ---If oakland will implode in the second half ---just maybe we can stay in it

[jsond]

We are going to win this game. I have a feeling.

given that stats we r lucky to only be down by 7. raiders get the ball 1st in 2nd half. IF we can hold them then I think we can make a run at this.

[BigDFan5]

oh well

[Draegerman]

Well, no harm no foul. I'm just glad that Parcells decided to take a shot before halftime.

[CowboyDan]

god the Faiders get penalized a lot. Somebody get them a rulebook........after the game of course.

[Westcoasthabsfan]

I too have a feeling that the Boys will come back and win this game today

[Jimz31]

Bledsoe....terrible today....

5/13 for 53 yards and 1 INT.

[Draegerman]

We do suck...right now. We sucked during the 1st half last week too.


And thank God we had you to report that for us last week as well. ;)

[Dallas4ever]

The way thie first half was going for the Boys it could've been worse.

[jlust22]

Man, that was a pathetic half of offensive football. Our running game still stinks and has for most of the year. Bledsoe needs to get it going in the 2nd half after a pretty bad 1st half going 5-13 for 53 yds.

[Jammer]

I never thought the Cowboys would hold the Raiders to only 10 points in the 1st half. Of course I never thought the Cowboys would only have 3 points in the 1st half either.

[Boy's fan in Giant land]

We are going to win this game. I have a feeling.

Agreed. Good halftime adjustments give us a clock eating lead. Moss may put us down one or more times, but we come out on top. Yet another cardiac finish.

[Cbz40]

Another half to play..........we are in this game.

[Jimz31]

2nd half.....defense will continue playing better. And the offense can't play much worse....they HAVE to play better.

Was it not like this last week?

[marchetta]

The Raiders are making the same mistake we made against the Redskins. When you have momentum, and everything is going right, you have to put the game out of reach. They had momentum the entire 1st half, and on managed 10 points. This will come back to haunt them. If we keep Moss in check, we'll shut them out in the 2nd half, and win easily.

[dragon_mikal]

And thank God we had you to report that for us last week as well. ;)


I was running from a hurricane last week.

[CanadianCowboysFan]

2nd half.....defense will continue playing better. And the offense can't play much worse....they HAVE to play better.

Was it not like this last week?

Not quite, the d was playing worse and the offence better but just shooting itself in the foot.

[fortdick]

Canty and Ware have saved our butts on D. We gotta throw to Witten!

[Jammer]

I hate halftimes. I want the game on NOW!

[justbob]

we need the halftime so i can get a drink ---wait -- I don't drink -yet

[Mr Cowboy]

When was the last time you saw our kicker kick out of the endzone?

[Cbz40]

Good kickoff....no return

[BigDFan5]

Lets go Defense

[dragon_mikal]

We are letting Kerry Collins pick us apart.

Come on defense.

[BigDFan5]

INT dropped by Dat

[dragon_mikal]

Penalty on us...yay.

[BigDFan5]

offsides ware

[dragon_mikal]

1st down Raiders...

We need to stop em.

[dragon_mikal]

We are getting run over by a scrub running back.

[BigDFan5]

Glover is getting blown up on the DLine need to get Ferg in there

[cowboy4322]

we're getting gashed again

[Mash]

Is Ferguson playing?

[Silverstar]

Let's go D!


They are beating us with the run???


Not good at all.

[Mr Cowboy]

Canty seems to have supplanted Ellis at that end position

[dragon_mikal]

Where the hell is our run defense?

[Mr Cowboy]

Everything Norv is calling right now is working

[Silverstar]

This does not look good folks.


Our defense is not fired up in this half.



:banghead:

[Draegerman]

Jordan is killing us.

[cowboy4322]

the run D is seriously starting to make me mad

[fortdick]

the run D is seriously starting to make me mad

What run D?

[dragon_mikal]

We are getting ate up. Bad.

[mbanx]

How the hell do we hold LT to 70+ and portis to 50+ and Lamont Jordan lights us up?

[BigDFan5]

should have been a hold on truett

[Westcoasthabsfan]

Jordan has 80 yds so far today..... YIKES

[ZenItRam]

where was the holding call?

[cowboy4322]

keith davis is horrible

[Silverstar]

Davis just got beat...go figure. :rolleyes:

[Mr Cowboy]

best we can hope for is a FG

[dragon_mikal]

What run D?


Haha.

Ha.

[JohnsKey19]

You have to serious question the coaching in the locker room. Each game, this team seems to come out of the locker room VERY FLAT, either at the beginning of the game or after the half, OR BOTH.

[justbob]

norv has our number ---he will call the plays to pick us apart -just like he did when he was with Dallas

[dragon_mikal]

Hold them to three points.

[ajk23az]

How the hell do we hold LT to 70+ and portis to 50+ and Lamont Jordan lights us up?

weve gotta respect moss a lot more then either of sd or washingtons #1 WRs

[Silverstar]

Raiders are holding like crazy!


Damn refs.... !

[dal0789]

Wow the raiders are about to score agian.

[Woods]

You have to serious question the coaching in the locker room. Each game, this team seems to come out of the locker room VERY FLAT, either at the beginning of the game or after the half, OR BOTH.

I'd put that on the players. They are supposed to be "ready".

[ZenItRam]

we desperately need a big D-stand here

[irishwaste]

This is ridiculous.....

[dragon_mikal]

I see a lot holding on the Raiders offensive line. A lot of holding.

is the deal with the refs.

[Cbz40]

They are holding on every play

[cowboy4322]

the raiders are holding every play

[Draegerman]

weve gotta respect moss a lot more then either of sd or washingtons #1 WRs

That's my guess too. Notice that we haven't heard much from Moss after the first quarter?

[dragon_mikal]

We are going to hold them to three.

[Westcoasthabsfan]

the raiders are holding every play

Obviously not if the Stripes arent calling it

[dragon_mikal]

YES! Great job by the defense.

[ZenItRam]

wow ... that's huge ...

[Mr Cowboy]

Dat comes through for us.............

[Dallas4ever]

Way to hold D.

[cowboy4322]

good job Dat

[Windmill]

Time now to attempt to establish a running game. By then the game will be over.

[Westcoasthabsfan]

A missed FG here would be nice

[jsond]

whew! still gonna be tough to comeback but that was huge. wtg dat!

[ZenItRam]

where did our pass rush go??

[Cbz40]

At least we held them to 3

[Silverstar]

Let's go SPECIAL TEAMS!!!!!!


BIG RETURN!!!!!

[ajk23az]

way to go d!...that was gigantic.....now where the hell has glenn been all day, time for him to show up!!!

[fortdick]

Well, that ought to make Hollywood Henderson happy. Dat is his favorite player, ya know!

[Jammer]

Way to hold D.
Letting them drive 80 yards for a FG is "holding" them?

[cowboy4322]

A TD here would be huge.