After watching Jax out-physical the Steelers

[Big Country]

I don't feel bad at all about the Cowboys... Maybe Big Ben was still feeling the effects of his 104 degree fever, or his appendectomy from 1 week ago was still more bothersome than normal... I don't know.

But the Jacksonville Jags look like the REAL deal... They are big and physical and they hit hard for 4 quarters. I can't wait to see Jax vs. Indy next week.

The Pittsburgh offense has done damage to some teams in the past with their run first, run hard style, but the Jags took the physical game right to them. I don't think I've ever seen Hines Ward take the pounding he did last night... Plus, late in the game the announcers said Pitt did not have a rushing first down...

Pittsburgh without a rushing first down hasn't happened in a game since they played the Cowboys in the 60's... don't remember the exact date. Did anyone hear that segment?

 

[JonCJG]

And their D was missing a stud DE.

Scary.

 

[SteveOS]

I'd still feel much better if the Boys were 2-0 tho.

 

[THUMPER]

I don't feel bad at all about the Cowboys... Maybe Big Ben was still feeling the effects of his 104 degree fever, or his appendectomy from 1 week ago was still more bothersome than normal... I don't know.

But the Jacksonville Jags look like the REAL deal... They are big and physical and they hit hard for 4 quarters. I can't wait to see Jax vs. Indy next week.

The Pittsburgh offense has done damage to some teams in the past with their run first, run hard style, but the Jags took the physical game right to them. I don't think I've ever seen Hines Ward take the pounding he did last night... Plus, late in the game the announcers said Pitt did not have a rushing first down...

Pittsburgh without a rushing first down hasn't happened in a game since they played the Cowboys in the 60's... don't remember the exact date. Did anyone hear that segment?

I don't think Big Ben was the problem (healthy or not) The Stealers couldn't run at all on the Jags and their offense is designed to use the run to set up the pass. Without a running game they were sunk.

 

[superpunk]

Jax is gonna struggle with more dynamic passing teams. That's why we had more success than the Steelers, and why Indy continually has their number. They can get physical against WRs, but they're not the greatest "cover" corners. It did make me feel alot better about our fellas that we dropped 17 on em with a dismal Bledsoe performance, and on the road.

 

[JeffInDC]

I don't feel bad at all about the Cowboys... Maybe Big Ben was still feeling the effects of his 104 degree fever, or his appendectomy from 1 week ago was still more bothersome than normal... I don't know.

But the Jacksonville Jags look like the REAL deal... They are big and physical and they hit hard for 4 quarters. I can't wait to see Jax vs. Indy next week.

The Pittsburgh offense has done damage to some teams in the past with their run first, run hard style, but the Jags took the physical game right to them. I don't think I've ever seen Hines Ward take the pounding he did last night... Plus, late in the game the announcers said Pitt did not have a rushing first down...

Pittsburgh without a rushing first down hasn't happened in a game since they played the Cowboys in the 60's... don't remember the exact date. Did anyone hear that segment?

I couldn't agree with you more. Yes, I wish Dallas was 2-0, but I am really beginning to think that the entire country is indeed "sleepin" on Jacksonville. They lost Hayward for the entire season and STILL dominated that Pitt O-line.

 

[lspain1]

I couldn't agree with you more. Yes, I wish Dallas was 2-0, but I am really beginning to think that the entire country is indeed "sleepin" on Jacksonville. They lost Hayward for the entire season and STILL dominated that Pitt O-line.

I think Jacksonville is a good team. They must beat Indianapolis to take their place at the top of the AFC. We'll see this week.

 

[JVita17]

yea maybe thats why our o-line didnt look so good and why bledsoe folder under pressure

 

[johnnycomelately]

I was thinking the same thing watching the Jags beat the world champs. Perhaps Dallas was not as miserable as we thought in week 1. Maybe the Jags are pretty darned good. If so, the Cowboys could have beaten a good team on the road.

The Titans are another story. That is a game that Dallas cannot afford to lose. Dallas is clearly the superior team on paper and must be on the scoreboard if they are playoff bound.

 

[SA_Gunslinger]

we knew this already.

some people just chose not to believe it.

 

[Doomsday101]

I don't feel bad at all about the Cowboys... Maybe Big Ben was still feeling the effects of his 104 degree fever, or his appendectomy from 1 week ago was still more bothersome than normal... I don't know.

But the Jacksonville Jags look like the REAL deal... They are big and physical and they hit hard for 4 quarters. I can't wait to see Jax vs. Indy next week.

The Pittsburgh offense has done damage to some teams in the past with their run first, run hard style, but the Jags took the physical game right to them. I don't think I've ever seen Hines Ward take the pounding he did last night... Plus, late in the game the announcers said Pitt did not have a rushing first down...

Pittsburgh without a rushing first down hasn't happened in a game since they played the Cowboys in the 60's... don't remember the exact date. Did anyone hear that segment?

I understand what you’re saying and I do think Jacksonville is a good team but I'm none the less disappointed in the loss because I felt Dallas never gave themselves a real chance to win because of the unforced mistakes and poor play from Bledsoe. I felt we were much better than we played.

 

[Future]

says a lot for dallas that we should have beat them

 

[Cowchips]

I understand what you’re saying and I do think Jacksonville is a good team but I'm none the less disappointed in the loss because I felt Dallas never gave themselves a real chance to win because of the unforced mistakes and poor play from Bledsoe. I felt we were much better than we played.

After seeing what Jax did to Big Ben, can you imagine what the Jax defense would have done to Tony Romo? He'd still be picking his teeth out of the Jax turf.

 

[Stautner]

says a lot for dallas that we should have beat them

Who says we should have beat them?

We certainly should (or at least "could") have played better, but it's far from accurate to say we should have beat them. Jacksonville wasn't a pushover from the begininng - even before we knew they would outplay the Steelers.

 

[ABQCOWBOY]

Who says we should have beat them?

We certainly should (or at least "could") have played better, but it's far from accurate to say we should have beat them. Jacksonville wasn't a pushover from the begininng - even before we knew they would outplay the Steelers.

Point well taken, however, I believe that if we don't throw any INTs, we handle Jacksonville pretty soundly. Now, that's just my opinion but I think it has merrit.

 

[Portland Fanatic]

I understand what you’re saying and I do think Jacksonville is a good team but I'm none the less disappointed in the loss because I felt Dallas never gave themselves a real chance to win because of the unforced mistakes and poor play from Bledsoe. I felt we were much better than we played.

Agree 100%...we beat ourselves against a very good team. I was very curous how this game would play out because I think it's an early indicator of where we are. Right where I thought...towards the top. If we can clean up our mistakes we have a chance to beat anyone we play.

 

[Aikmaniac]

I agree. There's no way we shouldn't have beat the Jags and that showing last night made me a little more disappointed since we know now that the Jags are, in fact, a force in the NFL.

If anyone says "they knew" Jax would be this good before the season started is lying...especially with that lineup at WR and the loss of Greg Jones.

They have surprised me for sure, but before they print their SB tickets, let's see how they perform against Peyton and the Colts. Peyton hasn't done too well against stout defenses so I think the Jags may pull the upset here.

 

[Stautner]

Point well taken, however, I believe that if we don't throw any INTs, we handle Jacksonville pretty soundly. Now, that's just my opinion but I think it has merrit.

It's hard to say how things would hav panned out, but without the INT's we certainly should have had a very good chance to beat them.

Of course that kind of statement can be made of any game - if the losing team wouldn't have made mistakes they could have won. We have to be fair and admit that the INT's weren't just unforced errors that the Jags had nothing to do with - they made the plays and deserve the credit.

That said, we obviously can work on those kinds of things and hopefully minimize errors in the future. If we can do that we can be a pretty strong team.

 

[Future]

Who says we should have beat them?

We certainly should (or at least "could") have played better, but it's far from accurate to say we should have beat them. Jacksonville wasn't a pushover from the begininng - even before we knew they would outplay the Steelers.

they were a pushover for the 1st quarter...then we get 2 bad calls and bam

 

[ABQCOWBOY]

I agree. There's no way we shouldn't have beat the Jags and that showing last night made me a little more disappointed since we know now that the Jags are, in fact, a force in the NFL.

If anyone says "they knew" Jax would be this good before the season started is lying...especially with that lineup at WR and the loss of Greg Jones.

They have surprised me for sure, but before they print their SB tickets, let's see how they perform against Peyton and the Colts. Peyton hasn't done too well against stout defenses so I think the Jags may pull the upset here.

To be fair, there were a few who said that Jacksonville would be good this year and that they might beat us. There were also a few who said that there WRs were going to be good.