[AJM1613]

Originally Posted by kmd24

Your Dallas hate blinders are on.

Oh yeah, I love the Giants.

First, I assume you realize that Shockey, Snee, and Toomer all played in week 5 and that you are merely addressing the week 17 game by your highlighted comment.

And they beat you by SIXTEEN, at HOME. Because Manning is the reason most Cowboy fans have given to prove that Dallas is the better team, I didn't feel the game without Manning was as relevant.

If you look at the play-by-play of that game, you will see a fairly conservative game plan that was undone by a fourth quarter defensive collapse fueled by a 43 yard pass intereference penalty, a roughing the passer penalty, and a fumble by guys who won't see the field in 2005. The Giants were very fortunate to win that game. Don't play it off as if the Giants turned in some dominating performance.

But they still won, with half their current team not playing (eleven starters, backup runningback and slot receiver).

The additions to the Dallas secondary this year are huge when you consider the players manning the RCB position last year. Henry, Hunter, and Aaron Glenn will be vying for the CB position opposite Newman. Newman is still early in his career and may continue to develop into a quality corner.

If Hunter and Glenn win that spot from Henry, you wasted some serious money.

Dallas added Jason Ferguson to the DL. This guy will shore up a position that has been manned by castoffs since BP's arrival. The improvement at NT will be huge. This addition is often overlooked, but it will be the first time Dallas has had a proven player there in quite a while.

Blade was a fine player in 2003.

The biggest remaining question mark is at FS. If you can say that Jacobs, a guy who has never proven anything in college, let alone the NFL, will be an improvement over Ron Dayne, one of the most productive players in college history, then I feel safe in saying that Justin Beriault will be an improvement over Tony Dixon.

What do you think the chances are that Beriault starts? He was a sixth round pick remember, don't expect too much. Dayne is a good example of what college production gets you at the NFL level.

I don't know much about the Giants and their plans for 2005. They may have made moves that give them a chance to improve quite a bit on offense. What I do know is that it is very likely that Dallas will have improved dramatically on defense.

Actually they improved quite a bit on defense too.

And you accused me of having my "Dallas hating blinders" on?