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Congrats to the team. Yesterdays win wasnt total payback for what they did to us last yr, but yesterdays beat down combined with a win Saturday night over them WOULD be.
Shutting out the Skins is one thing, turning around a week later and shutting out the Eagles in a huge game is something entirely different. Yeah yeah, so they may have left some points on the field. So did we.
I will continue to feast on my crow. I thought the team was done after the SD loss, and they have played the best 3 games they have played consecutively in a long time since then. Roast crow. Char grilled crow. Crow stew. Filet of crow. I think my next serving will some sort of desert version of crow.
1) There is absolutely, positively nobody that can convince me the Eagles "didnt try" or werent "interested" in winning that game yesterday. Had they needed Minnesota to lose to get the 2nd seed, I'd buy into that philosophy. But they knew all week what was on the line. NOBODY wants to play 3 road playoff games when the alternate is winning one last game, getting a bye and having at least one and possibly two home games to get to the Super Bowl.
2) With the above said, I see why the media believes that flawed theory. I dont think its because we won, its because of how easy we won. It COULDNT be because we're simply better than them, so they have to rationalize the win some other way. To his credit, Mr "no chance" Dungy didnt buy into that theory one iota, and in fact said Dallas would beat them next week too.
3) Yesterday we ran the ball 30+ times for a 3rd consecutive game. I could be wrong, but I believe we are undefeated in Wade's 3yrs when we rush the ball 30+ times. It still isnt a great running game because we dont string together enough "winning" rush plays, but its certainly better than alot of teams. And by the way, I heard ESPN's John Stashour mention yesterday morning that the team that leads the league in zero yard and negative rush plays is none other than the Vikings and Adrian Peterson.
4) Congrats to Tony Romo, you are a totally different QB now than you were the 3 previous years. He's broken alot of records again this year and by the time he's done, he'll probably own just about every team passing record. His numbers are outstanding, but its the numbers "9" and "1.6%" which might be the most impressive. That'd be "interceptions" and "interception %". His turnovers are WAY down and its a huge reason we're 11-5 and won the division.
5) Its time for the Jason Garrett hate to cease, its really past time. But after finishing 11-5 and calling plays for a team that just set a number of club records for total yards, and coaching up the guy we have at QB another level he deserves some credit. In addition to Romo setting a single season record for passing yards, we set a team season record for most games over 400 yards (8). Romo also set the record for most games in a season with over 300 yds (also 8), breaking his previous record of 7 (2007). They still need to score more pts, but when you are constantly controlling the ball for around or more than 35 minutes a game and rolling up 400+ yds almost at will, that has to count for something. We also posted 2130 yds rushing, the most we've had in a season since 2001. We fell 10 total yds short of finishing the season AVERAGING 400 yds a game.
6) After a mediocre start to the season, Wade's defense is playing at an elite level. It cant be ignored or discounted that we've played 5 games vs 4 of the top 5 teams in scoring offense, and in each of those games that team scored its fewest points in a game against us. (I'm not counting the Saints loss yesterday, because Brees didnt play) Back to back shutouts is an amazing accomplishment, if what I saw was accurate its the first time its happened since 2000 (Titans). We moved to 9th in total defense (yds) and 2nd in scoring defense. I think we would have won the scoring defense title but the Jets got to play a team that totally mailed it in last night. (we finished 14 pts behind them) We fnished 7th in the league in sacks with 42 (also, it looks like they did go back and correct the play by Scandrick last week, it is now a sack)
7) For those that thought drafting a kicker this yr was painfully stupid, your serving of crow is awaiting as well. David Buehler has had a DRAMATIC effect on field position. He set a club record for 29 touchbacks this yr and combined with the amaizng job McBriar did, they had a huge positive in terms of field position. Its even more important when considering we didnt force many turnovers.
8) I'm really wondering how they can put Colombo back in at RT over Free, who is playing at a very high level and is clearly a future starter for us. I know you shouldnt lose your job if you are playing well and get hurt, but Free has been an upgrade in pass protection IMO and his ability to move cannot be understated. The block 30 yds or so downfield yesterday on Jones' TD was just outstanding, and he also went all the way across the field to do it. Maybe they could use Colombo as an extra blocker in short yardage sets or something.
9) Anthony Spencer, DeMarcus Ware, Jay Ratliff and Mike Jenkins. These are 4 cornerstone players on defense. We are set for years to come with these guys.
10) If there is a player on our roster more under appreciated than Patrick Crayton, I dont know who it is. He finished with 37 catches for over 600 yards and 5 tds, plus he finished 3rd in the league in yds per punt return and scored 2 tds there. Even if you take out the 82 yd TD return, he still averaged right at 10 yds per return, which would have put him 12th. He came up big yesterday.
11) Yesterdays game was as poorly officiated as any this yr, and it was incredibly one sided. They blew routine calls like false starts (at least two were obvious on Philly that werent called) along with the obvious late hit on Romo. Their OL wasnt flagged for a single holding call despite McNabb just standing back there for an eternity on some plays, meanwhile we were nailed with 3 or 4. We had about 50 or so yds of offense wiped out on two extremely questionable holding calls on big plays by Felix Jones. Ken Hamlin would have probably had his first pick of the yr had it not been for an offensive PI that was ignored. Its sickening. That crew better not get a playoff game.
12) I still cant believe we lost twice to the Giants, and lost to the Broncos. If we'd have won 2 of those 3, we'd probably have home field advantage today.
13) Kevin Ogletree is gonna be our next great "find". I cant believe this guy wasnt drafted. He is way more polished than most late round drafted WR's and he's gonna be more and more part of our game plans in the playoffs I think. In case some missed it, Aikman was pretty blunt in saying Ogletree was basically a better player than Roy Williams yesterday. Cant remember what his exact words were, but thats basically what he was saying.
14) In addition to the before mentioned Buehler and Ogletree, drafting TE John Phillips is turning into a gem and he's gonna be a really good 2nd TE for us eventually. I just cannot believe how little impact Martellus Bennett has had in the passing game, and he appeared to drop another catchable pass yesterday. Bennett is still a very good blocker and maybe he is creating favorable matchups on pass plays because of formations, but I'm just amazed at how little he has done numbers wise. I really thought he was gonna be a big part of the passing game.
15) I guess a loss to Philly is possible this weekend, but I would be very surprised. The looks on alot of their players faces yesterday were the looks of guys who knew they werent as good as the team on the other side. We're better than them, and I think they know it.
Shutting out the Skins is one thing, turning around a week later and shutting out the Eagles in a huge game is something entirely different. Yeah yeah, so they may have left some points on the field. So did we.
I will continue to feast on my crow. I thought the team was done after the SD loss, and they have played the best 3 games they have played consecutively in a long time since then. Roast crow. Char grilled crow. Crow stew. Filet of crow. I think my next serving will some sort of desert version of crow.
1) There is absolutely, positively nobody that can convince me the Eagles "didnt try" or werent "interested" in winning that game yesterday. Had they needed Minnesota to lose to get the 2nd seed, I'd buy into that philosophy. But they knew all week what was on the line. NOBODY wants to play 3 road playoff games when the alternate is winning one last game, getting a bye and having at least one and possibly two home games to get to the Super Bowl.
2) With the above said, I see why the media believes that flawed theory. I dont think its because we won, its because of how easy we won. It COULDNT be because we're simply better than them, so they have to rationalize the win some other way. To his credit, Mr "no chance" Dungy didnt buy into that theory one iota, and in fact said Dallas would beat them next week too.
3) Yesterday we ran the ball 30+ times for a 3rd consecutive game. I could be wrong, but I believe we are undefeated in Wade's 3yrs when we rush the ball 30+ times. It still isnt a great running game because we dont string together enough "winning" rush plays, but its certainly better than alot of teams. And by the way, I heard ESPN's John Stashour mention yesterday morning that the team that leads the league in zero yard and negative rush plays is none other than the Vikings and Adrian Peterson.
4) Congrats to Tony Romo, you are a totally different QB now than you were the 3 previous years. He's broken alot of records again this year and by the time he's done, he'll probably own just about every team passing record. His numbers are outstanding, but its the numbers "9" and "1.6%" which might be the most impressive. That'd be "interceptions" and "interception %". His turnovers are WAY down and its a huge reason we're 11-5 and won the division.
5) Its time for the Jason Garrett hate to cease, its really past time. But after finishing 11-5 and calling plays for a team that just set a number of club records for total yards, and coaching up the guy we have at QB another level he deserves some credit. In addition to Romo setting a single season record for passing yards, we set a team season record for most games over 400 yards (8). Romo also set the record for most games in a season with over 300 yds (also 8), breaking his previous record of 7 (2007). They still need to score more pts, but when you are constantly controlling the ball for around or more than 35 minutes a game and rolling up 400+ yds almost at will, that has to count for something. We also posted 2130 yds rushing, the most we've had in a season since 2001. We fell 10 total yds short of finishing the season AVERAGING 400 yds a game.
6) After a mediocre start to the season, Wade's defense is playing at an elite level. It cant be ignored or discounted that we've played 5 games vs 4 of the top 5 teams in scoring offense, and in each of those games that team scored its fewest points in a game against us. (I'm not counting the Saints loss yesterday, because Brees didnt play) Back to back shutouts is an amazing accomplishment, if what I saw was accurate its the first time its happened since 2000 (Titans). We moved to 9th in total defense (yds) and 2nd in scoring defense. I think we would have won the scoring defense title but the Jets got to play a team that totally mailed it in last night. (we finished 14 pts behind them) We fnished 7th in the league in sacks with 42 (also, it looks like they did go back and correct the play by Scandrick last week, it is now a sack)
7) For those that thought drafting a kicker this yr was painfully stupid, your serving of crow is awaiting as well. David Buehler has had a DRAMATIC effect on field position. He set a club record for 29 touchbacks this yr and combined with the amaizng job McBriar did, they had a huge positive in terms of field position. Its even more important when considering we didnt force many turnovers.
8) I'm really wondering how they can put Colombo back in at RT over Free, who is playing at a very high level and is clearly a future starter for us. I know you shouldnt lose your job if you are playing well and get hurt, but Free has been an upgrade in pass protection IMO and his ability to move cannot be understated. The block 30 yds or so downfield yesterday on Jones' TD was just outstanding, and he also went all the way across the field to do it. Maybe they could use Colombo as an extra blocker in short yardage sets or something.
9) Anthony Spencer, DeMarcus Ware, Jay Ratliff and Mike Jenkins. These are 4 cornerstone players on defense. We are set for years to come with these guys.
10) If there is a player on our roster more under appreciated than Patrick Crayton, I dont know who it is. He finished with 37 catches for over 600 yards and 5 tds, plus he finished 3rd in the league in yds per punt return and scored 2 tds there. Even if you take out the 82 yd TD return, he still averaged right at 10 yds per return, which would have put him 12th. He came up big yesterday.
11) Yesterdays game was as poorly officiated as any this yr, and it was incredibly one sided. They blew routine calls like false starts (at least two were obvious on Philly that werent called) along with the obvious late hit on Romo. Their OL wasnt flagged for a single holding call despite McNabb just standing back there for an eternity on some plays, meanwhile we were nailed with 3 or 4. We had about 50 or so yds of offense wiped out on two extremely questionable holding calls on big plays by Felix Jones. Ken Hamlin would have probably had his first pick of the yr had it not been for an offensive PI that was ignored. Its sickening. That crew better not get a playoff game.
12) I still cant believe we lost twice to the Giants, and lost to the Broncos. If we'd have won 2 of those 3, we'd probably have home field advantage today.
13) Kevin Ogletree is gonna be our next great "find". I cant believe this guy wasnt drafted. He is way more polished than most late round drafted WR's and he's gonna be more and more part of our game plans in the playoffs I think. In case some missed it, Aikman was pretty blunt in saying Ogletree was basically a better player than Roy Williams yesterday. Cant remember what his exact words were, but thats basically what he was saying.
14) In addition to the before mentioned Buehler and Ogletree, drafting TE John Phillips is turning into a gem and he's gonna be a really good 2nd TE for us eventually. I just cannot believe how little impact Martellus Bennett has had in the passing game, and he appeared to drop another catchable pass yesterday. Bennett is still a very good blocker and maybe he is creating favorable matchups on pass plays because of formations, but I'm just amazed at how little he has done numbers wise. I really thought he was gonna be a big part of the passing game.
15) I guess a loss to Philly is possible this weekend, but I would be very surprised. The looks on alot of their players faces yesterday were the looks of guys who knew they werent as good as the team on the other side. We're better than them, and I think they know it.
