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by Tim Furious
http://www.betus.com/sports-betting/nfl-football/articles/dallas-cowboys-preview/
The Cowboys came out of the 2008 NFL online betting gates firing on all cylinders going 4-1 SU with a two-point loss to the Commanders as their only blemish. Then the wheels came off the Romo-Owens bus and the Cowboys finished 9-7 SU, 7-9 ATS and missed the playoffs. Now, Owens is gone, Tony Romo has moved on from Jessica Simpson and many doubts are left around a young team that enters another season with – gulp – Wade Philips.
Dallas has maintained their reputation on star power alone, netting +650 in our NFC Championship odds, falling just behind Philadelphia and the New York Giants. In the division, the race is tight, and those tight odds are going to jostle as news starts to come out of camp.
I’ve written before that I doubt Tony Romo’s ability to win in the post-season because - let’s face it – he hasn’t done it yet. Owens and Romo were a powerful combo but both came under scrutiny when Owens became infected with the dropsies and Romo’s production missed three weeks due to a hand injury. Romo was decent with an overall rating of 91.4, throwing 26 touchdowns, but he also gave the ball away 14 times and was sacked 20 times in 13 games.
To really understand why I doubt Romo so much, you just have to go back to the playoff game against the Giants in 2007. Romo was playing relaxed and calm, laughing his way down the field as his team was forced off the field by the Giants’ defense. Then in the fourth quarter, Romo suddenly seemed to play like he realized that the Football Gods were not going to just hand him the game. He began screaming at his teammates and playing with the fire and determination that you expect out of a young quarterback. The Cowboys lost again in the playoffs, then struggled all through the 2008 NFL online betting season.
Boosting Dallas’s chances will be the triumvirate of Marion Barber, Felix Jones and Tashard Choice. Now if Dallas was smart, they’d sparingly use Felix as a kick-returner specialist and allow Tashard “Taster’s” Choice to be the third-down back. Barber is a warrior, and a bruising back, but his touchdown production last season was weak as he collected just 9 total touchdowns last season after averaging double-digits in the two seasons before that. Jones will return from injury to boost the league’s 21st ranked rushing game.
As for the receiving corps, the Cowboys are hoping that the house they sold to get Roy Williams will pan out. Now, quarterbacks aside, Roy Williams has caught just 1,268 receiving yards and 7 touchdowns…in the last two NFL betting seasons. Those are not numbers you expect out of a “number-one” wideout. He certainly has the talent and the potential, but Williams has also been a head case while in Detroit. Flanking him will be Patrick Crayton and God-Knows-Who-Else, but the Cowboys receivers have to be sweating to see if Romo can reassert himself as the Pro Bowl quarterback he’s supposed to be. Right now, he’s just a Pro Bowl Heartbreaker after breaking up with Jessica Simpson’s massive jugs the day before her birthday.
The defense will see more of DeMarcus Ware and the fast 3-4 of Dallas is deadly, but the secondary took some serious hits allowing 22.8 points per game. Not a great sign from a defense that is supposed to be ferocious and feared.
Dallas has star-power to boot, but much like their counterparts in Washington, they have tremendous holes and lack a serious leader on both the defensive and offensive sides of the football. They may be the third best ranked NFC team in our futures, but I have almost zero faith in them overall. Not until Romo gets his act together.
http://www.betus.com/sports-betting/nfl-football/articles/dallas-cowboys-preview/
The Cowboys came out of the 2008 NFL online betting gates firing on all cylinders going 4-1 SU with a two-point loss to the Commanders as their only blemish. Then the wheels came off the Romo-Owens bus and the Cowboys finished 9-7 SU, 7-9 ATS and missed the playoffs. Now, Owens is gone, Tony Romo has moved on from Jessica Simpson and many doubts are left around a young team that enters another season with – gulp – Wade Philips.
Dallas has maintained their reputation on star power alone, netting +650 in our NFC Championship odds, falling just behind Philadelphia and the New York Giants. In the division, the race is tight, and those tight odds are going to jostle as news starts to come out of camp.
I’ve written before that I doubt Tony Romo’s ability to win in the post-season because - let’s face it – he hasn’t done it yet. Owens and Romo were a powerful combo but both came under scrutiny when Owens became infected with the dropsies and Romo’s production missed three weeks due to a hand injury. Romo was decent with an overall rating of 91.4, throwing 26 touchdowns, but he also gave the ball away 14 times and was sacked 20 times in 13 games.
To really understand why I doubt Romo so much, you just have to go back to the playoff game against the Giants in 2007. Romo was playing relaxed and calm, laughing his way down the field as his team was forced off the field by the Giants’ defense. Then in the fourth quarter, Romo suddenly seemed to play like he realized that the Football Gods were not going to just hand him the game. He began screaming at his teammates and playing with the fire and determination that you expect out of a young quarterback. The Cowboys lost again in the playoffs, then struggled all through the 2008 NFL online betting season.
Boosting Dallas’s chances will be the triumvirate of Marion Barber, Felix Jones and Tashard Choice. Now if Dallas was smart, they’d sparingly use Felix as a kick-returner specialist and allow Tashard “Taster’s” Choice to be the third-down back. Barber is a warrior, and a bruising back, but his touchdown production last season was weak as he collected just 9 total touchdowns last season after averaging double-digits in the two seasons before that. Jones will return from injury to boost the league’s 21st ranked rushing game.
As for the receiving corps, the Cowboys are hoping that the house they sold to get Roy Williams will pan out. Now, quarterbacks aside, Roy Williams has caught just 1,268 receiving yards and 7 touchdowns…in the last two NFL betting seasons. Those are not numbers you expect out of a “number-one” wideout. He certainly has the talent and the potential, but Williams has also been a head case while in Detroit. Flanking him will be Patrick Crayton and God-Knows-Who-Else, but the Cowboys receivers have to be sweating to see if Romo can reassert himself as the Pro Bowl quarterback he’s supposed to be. Right now, he’s just a Pro Bowl Heartbreaker after breaking up with Jessica Simpson’s massive jugs the day before her birthday.
The defense will see more of DeMarcus Ware and the fast 3-4 of Dallas is deadly, but the secondary took some serious hits allowing 22.8 points per game. Not a great sign from a defense that is supposed to be ferocious and feared.
Dallas has star-power to boot, but much like their counterparts in Washington, they have tremendous holes and lack a serious leader on both the defensive and offensive sides of the football. They may be the third best ranked NFC team in our futures, but I have almost zero faith in them overall. Not until Romo gets his act together.
