Day after thoughts, musings

[dbair1967]

Basically it was a win. It shouldnt have been close but was, due in part to our helter skelter team, that awful 3rd team on the field (officials) sprinkled in with an inspired (somewhat) effort by the Chiefs.

1) I know it wont happen, but the right thing to do today would be to terminate Wade. Enough is enough. If he were coaching great defense and the other stuff was going on, you could argue he deserves to stay. But that clearly isnt the case. 3 times in 5 weeks the defense has folded like a house of cards with the game on the line. The safety play is atrocious. The pass rush is inconsistent. The team plays flat almost every week. the Chiefs are truly a pathetic team and will be lucky if they win one game this yr.

2) Romo shook off the atrocity of last weeks game and played pretty good, havent rewatched the game but he was definitely more accurate yesterday than he has been most of the year. He still missed a few throws he should make but for the most part he delivered the ball accurately. This is definitely a positive.

3) Hindsight is 20/20, but they should have forced Barber to sit out last week and yesterday. He clearly is nowhere near 100% and IMO looked as bad, if not worse yesterday than he did vs Denver (contrary to Wade's assesment earlier, that he looked better this week in practice than last week). Hopefully it isnt an injury that lingers all year and hopefully the bye wek will get him close to 100%

4) Miles Austin deserves a ton of credit and might end up NFL Player of the Week. But wow, the Chiefs tackling is B A D. Gotta give him credit for breaking the tackles though and then showing the breakaway speed. He also made two tremendous catches. Cant drop that little redzone TD though, that was a gimmee. The other one people are complaining about was a tough catch and was slightly overthrown. Still, he had an amazing game and he should be a very solid #2 guy for us for a long time. A few more really good games and he could warrant a long term contract extension.

5) In regards to the run game and all those saying we didnt run it enough, we did run the ball 23 times. (26 if you count Romo's 3 carries). At least 10 of them went for 2yds or fewer.

6) For those that think Scott Pioli is flawless as a GM, Tyson Jackson looks like a late rd draft pick out there, and they used the THIRD pick OVERALL on this guy. I think they said he had went two straight games without a tackle, he did snap that streak yesterday. He got one. Out of 61 offensive plays we had. And the guy was zero factor as a pass rusher.

7) Great to see Ware finally break through for a couple of sacks. He looked closer to normal yesterday than the previous few games, and nearly had 2 or 3 other sacks that I saw. Hopefully he'll be close to 100% after the bye week.

8) As others have noted, Anthony Spencer appears to be coming on bigtime. And Keith Brooking is playing very good football for us. He is FAR more physical than Zach Thomas or Akin Ayodele were at that ILB spot. Much more active too.

9) Yes folks, Mike Jenkins is good. And he's gonna get better. He could be a legit probowl CB for years to come. Probably not this yr, but definitely down the road.

10) Tashard Choice, good game. He could start for a number of teams around this league and be a very good player. Some thought it was overkill last yr on draft day when we took him, but he was an outstanding 4th rd pick. I am guessing Jones will get alot of calls about Choice in this offseason and around draft day. (No, I am not saying we should trade him)

11) Bad games: safeties (as usual) Crayton (mostly the return part, that was the worst he's ever been back there and he had been really good this yr and always dependable catching it) Adams (it wasnt just the penalties yesterday, he struggled to block) Colombo (penalties) McBriar (bad hold, a couple of clunkers punting), Scandrick (mediocre coverage, totally whiffed on a couple of tackles again, including an easy sack on Cassell)

12) Officiating...so bad that you almost have to think there was something going on with that crew and gambling.

13) Jeff Fisher...please stop with the non-sense of wanting this guy as a HC here. He's 0-5 and that team is a J O K E. Wonder if he is still worried about that low hanging scoreboard.

14) Have never been a Zimmer fan (GROZ founder) but I am thrilled they pulled that game out for him yesterday. What a terrible week for him and his family, and he goes out in what has to be the worst possible situation and coaches a good game (held Baltimore to 12 first downs, 14 pts) on the road. Kudos to him and my prayers continue to be with him and his family.

15) By the way, Baltimore, which supposedly has a superior coaching staff and OC to ours, has run 192 pass plays and 136 running plays. 14 of those runs have been by the QB. For you people that cant do the math, thats over61% pass plays. Folks, its time you quit crucifying Garrett over every single little thing. Alot of you people were creaming your pants over Cam Cameron, and his offense is FAR less balanced than ours is. And they are doing that with a 2nd yr QB. Talk about a team that abandons the run. And both primary RB's average over 5.2yds per carry, so it isnt like they have passed over and over because the run game goes nowhere. We've had one game this yr where the run/pass balance was out of whack, and that game we had virtually no success running, didnt have Felix Jones and MBIII was nowhere near 100%.

12) Next 4 games, Atlanta, Seattle (totally different team with Hasselbeck) at Philly, at Green Bay. If we're a playoff team, they probably need 3 of 4 here, and certainly no worse than a split. Assuming they could split and then beat Washington and Oakland at home around Turkey Day, that'd get us to 7-4 heading into the stretch, and then they'd need to win at least 3, if not 4 of those final 5 to get a playoff spot. No way does 9-7 get anybody in the playoffs in the NFC as a wildcard. Might win the lousy NFC West, but not a wildcard.

13) Our top 3 WR's (Austin, Cratron, RW) 41 catches, 788 yds and 5 tds in 5 games. 19.2 yds per catch. For comparison sake I again looked at Baltimore (because so many of you cream your pants over Cameron) and their top 3 WR's have 49 catches, 659 yds and 4 tds, avg of 13.4 yds per catch. I then looked at New England, and their top 3 guys (Moss, Welker, Edelman) have 71receptions, but for only 739 yds and 2 tds. Thats a pathetic 10.4 yds per catch. Just as fyi, New England is throwing the ball 62% of the time.

14) Yes, we really are 1st in the league in total offense (420.4 yds per game) and 3rd in rushing offense (161.0). We also far and away lead the league in yds per carry (5.9) and are 2nd in rushing tds (7), 2nd in rushing first downs (43, only 4 off leader). We're also 2nd in the league in % of rush plays that result in a 1st down. We also lead the league in rush plays over 20 yds (9) and are tied for lead in rush plays over 40 yds (2) But our offensive coordinator sux and abandons the run, right?

15) Defensively the numbers are still poor. We rank 21st in yds allowed, tied for last in interceptions, tied for next to last in forced fumbles, 16th in rush yds allowed, 14th in yds per carry, 24th in opposing QB rating, 18th in yds per attempt and tied for 9th for most pass plays allowed over 20 yds. Amazingly we now are 14th in sacks, afetr having none through 2 games. Still have only 10 for the season however. On a pace for 32.

 

[Garland powerplay]

Very good read, thanks for the post. I don't see how this team could be 7-4 unless the defense morphs into something totally different than what it is right now. The front seven are awesome and good at stopping the run. The big problem is pass defense. The worst team can torch this team for burnt toast. When that changes and the penalties go down (don't foresee that happening for whatever random reason) then maybe 7-4.

 

[ajk23az]

It's weird, our offense puts the most yards on the board, but in the last few weeks, we haven't been putting it in the end zone when needed.

And our OC doesn't abandon the run all the time but in CERTAIN situations he does. He tries to cute when he should just pound the ball. Any and all of us know that.

 

[Doomsday101]

Team played liked crap, we had some good individual performers making some big plays but all in all this was a game filled with mistakes, mistakes that normally will cost you the game. I'm happy we won and very happy for Miles he had a great game but this team has to clean their act up.

 

[newlander]

great read: thanks!

 

[Alexander]

Basically it was a win. It shouldnt have been close but was, due in part to our helter skelter team, that awful 3rd team on the field (officials) sprinkled in with an inspired (somewhat) effort by the Chiefs.

I would say we had a somewhat underwhelming performance ourselves. The Chiefs were ripe to be blown out, but we simply couldn't get the job done. Every weakling plays us like it is their Super Bowl and for whatever reason we are more than willing to accomodate them.

1) I know it wont happen, but the right thing to do today would be to terminate Wade. Enough is enough. If he were coaching great defense and the other stuff was going on, you could argue he deserves to stay.

Why would Phillips need to be fired? He's only the defensive coordinator.

But that clearly isnt the case. 3 times in 5 weeks the defense has folded like a house of cards with the game on the line. The safety play is atrocious. The pass rush is inconsistent. The team plays flat almost every week. the Chiefs are truly a pathetic team and will be lucky if they win one game this yr.

We should be used to it. The Rams won only two, but beat us in their Super Bowl last year.

2) Romo shook off the atrocity of last weeks game and played pretty good, havent rewatched the game but he was definitely more accurate yesterday than he has been most of the year. He still missed a few throws he should make but for the most part he delivered the ball accurately. This is definitely a positive.

He played better, but again, had a turnover.

3) Hindsight is 20/20, but they should have forced Barber to sit out last week and yesterday. He clearly is nowhere near 100% and IMO looked as bad, if not worse yesterday than he did vs Denver (contrary to Wade's assesment earlier, that he looked better this week in practice than last week). Hopefully it isnt an injury that lingers all year and hopefully the bye wek will get him close to 100%

Choice needed to carry the ball more. Whomever the hot hand is, needs the ball. Going back to Barber truly hurt the production of the offense and it was inexplicable why that occurred.

4) Miles Austin deserves a ton of credit and might end up NFL Player of the Week. But wow, the Chiefs tackling is B A D. Gotta give him credit for breaking the tackles though and then showing the breakaway speed. He also made two tremendous catches. Cant drop that little redzone TD though, that was a gimmee. The other one people are complaining about was a tough catch and was slightly overthrown. Still, he had an amazing game and he should be a very solid #2 guy for us for a long time. A few more really good games and he could warrant a long term contract extension.

Romo needs to work with him extensively to get a feel for him. Over the past few years, he's consistently overthrown him. If he's going to be a consistent contributor, that needs to be fixed. Most of the work was done after the reception by Austin and yes, he deserves some credit for having a monster game.

5) In regards to the run game and all those saying we didnt run it enough, we did run the ball 23 times. (26 if you count Romo's 3 carries). At least 10 of them went for 2yds or fewer.

And most if not all were by Barber.

6) For those that think Scott Pioli is flawless as a GM, Tyson Jackson looks like a late rd draft pick out there, and they used the THIRD pick OVERALL on this guy. I think they said he had went two straight games without a tackle, he did snap that streak yesterday. He got one. Out of 61 offensive plays we had. And the guy was zero factor as a pass rusher.

The Chiefs are an utter mess. It is looking like Belichick, not Pioli, was the real brain behind the Patriots.

7) Great to see Ware finally break through for a couple of sacks. He looked closer to normal yesterday than the previous few games, and nearly had 2 or 3 other sacks that I saw. Hopefully he'll be close to 100% after the bye week.

He had a game he should have playing against relatively average to even poor talent. He should be beating the likes of Wade Smith for sacks if he's as good as he is supposed to be.

8) As others have noted, Anthony Spencer appears to be coming on bigtime. And Keith Brooking is playing very good football for us. He is FAR more physical than Zach Thomas or Akin Ayodele were at that ILB spot. Much more active too.

Brooking is simply outstanding. If we have a defensive MVP, he is it thus far. Just a wonderful football player with the right attitude.

9) Yes folks, Mike Jenkins is good. And he's gonna get better. He could be a legit probowl CB for years to come. Probably not this yr, but definitely down the road.

He also choked on a bone on the Bowe touchdown. He has potential, but that play showed me he's not there.

10) Tashard Choice, good game. He could start for a number of teams around this league and be a very good player. Some thought it was overkill last yr on draft day when we took him, but he was an outstanding 4th rd pick. I am guessing Jones will get alot of calls about Choice in this offseason and around draft day. (No, I am not saying we should trade him)

Choice played better than Barber and it is wasn't even close. If this keeps up, he should start.

11) Bad games: safeties (as usual) Crayton (mostly the return part, that was the worst he's ever been back there and he had been really good this yr and always dependable catching it) Adams (it wasnt just the penalties yesterday, he struggled to block) Colombo (penalties) McBriar (bad hold, a couple of clunkers punting), Scandrick (mediocre coverage, totally whiffed on a couple of tackles again, including an easy sack on Cassell)

Colombo had perhaps his worst game as a Cowboy. I'll chalk that up to a fluke because he's usually very reliable. The safety play shouldn't be surprising. Bradie James didn't play very well either, particularly in coverage. That is something to watch going forward.

12) Officiating...so bad that you almost have to think there was something going on with that crew and gambling.

Ron Winter is a horrible referee and his crew is one of the worst. We should have seen this one coming.

13) Jeff Fisher...please stop with the non-sense of wanting this guy as a HC here. He's 0-5 and that team is a J O K E. Wonder if he is still worried about that low hanging scoreboard.

He's better than Wade Phillips and might carry enough respect from Jerry Jones to back off trying to coach players like Alan Ball out of mistakes. I'd take him even if the Titans don't win a game this year.

14) Have never been a Zimmer fan (GROZ founder) but I am thrilled they pulled that game out for him yesterday. What a terrible week for him and his family, and he goes out in what has to be the worst possible situation and coaches a good game (held Baltimore to 12 first downs, 14 pts) on the road. Kudos to him and my prayers continue to be with him and his family.

Agreed. Zimmer deserved that and frankly, the Bengals did too. Unlike us, they are playing inspired football and are overachieving.

15) By the way, Baltimore, which supposedly has a superior coaching staff and OC to ours, has run 192 pass plays and 136 running plays. 14 of those runs have been by the QB. For you people that cant do the math, thats over61% pass plays. Folks, its time you quit crucifying Garrett over every single little thing. Alot of you people were creaming your pants over Cam Cameron, and his offense is FAR less balanced than ours is. And they are doing that with a 2nd yr QB. Talk about a team that abandons the run. And both primary RB's average over 5.2yds per carry, so it isnt like they have passed over and over because the run game goes nowhere. We've had one game this yr where the run/pass balance was out of whack, and that game we had virtually no success running, didnt have Felix Jones and MBIII was nowhere near 100%.

Cameron has the same disease Garrett has apparently. They enjoyed some early success with the passing game earlier this year and Cameron is overusing it like an out of control addict now. Harbaugh needs to reign him in because they have a great shot to win their division if they keep themselves balanced.

12) Next 4 games, Atlanta, Seattle (totally different team with Hasselbeck) at Philly, at Green Bay. If we're a playoff team, they probably need 3 of 4 here, and certainly no worse than a split. Assuming they could split and then beat Washington and Oakland at home around Turkey Day, that'd get us to 7-4 heading into the stretch, and then they'd need to win at least 3, if not 4 of those final 5 to get a playoff spot. No way does 9-7 get anybody in the playoffs in the NFC as a wildcard. Might win the lousy NFC West, but not a wildcard.

Agreed again. I don't believe we'll beat Atlanta. Seattle will be much more challenging than everyone thinks. If Hasselbeck can put up big numbers with a rib injury, he'll do the same against our secondary that can't finish. Ten wins will be necessary to take a playoff spot. Maybe even more depending on what happens in the West, which is more competitive now with three of the four teams capable of threatening .500.

13) Our top 3 WR's (Austin, Cratron, RW) 41 catches, 788 yds and 5 tds in 5 games. 19.2 yds per catch. For comparison sake I again looked at Baltimore (because so many of you cream your pants over Cameron) and their top 3 WR's have 49 catches, 659 yds and 4 tds, avg of 13.4 yds per catch. I then looked at New England, and their top 3 guys (Moss, Welker, Edelman) have 71receptions, but for only 739 yds and 2 tds. Thats a pathetic 10.4 yds per catch. Just as fyi, New England is throwing the ball 62% of the time.

They have comparable talent at WR. Austin's game will skew our numbers significantly. We still aren't nearly the passing powerhouse it appears on paper. Of the three teams you talk about here, New England is the only one who should be throwing the ball that much. Both us and Baltimore need to make sure the run is more predominant.

14) Yes, we really are 1st in the league in total offense (420.4 yds per game) and 3rd in rushing offense (161.0). We also far and away lead the league in yds per carry (5.9) and are 2nd in rushing tds (7), 2nd in rushing first downs (43, only 4 off leader). We're also 2nd in the league in % of rush plays that result in a 1st down. We also lead the league in rush plays over 20 yds (9) and are tied for lead in rush plays over 40 yds (2) But our offensive coordinator sux and abandons the run, right?

The number only demonstrate what Garrett needs to fix. If we run that well, it needs to be featured, not abandoned because he feels more comfortable passing. Weren't you just disparaging Cameron above for the very same thing Garrett has done repeatedly?

15) Defensively the numbers are still poor. We rank 21st in yds allowed, tied for last in interceptions, tied for next to last in forced fumbles, 16th in rush yds allowed, 14th in yds per carry, 24th in opposing QB rating, 18th in yds per attempt and tied for 9th for most pass plays allowed over 20 yds. Amazingly we now are 14th in sacks, afetr having none through 2 games. Still have only 10 for the season however. On a pace for 32.

Again, sacks are not a concern. They are a gaudy statistic used by the lazy to evaluate a good defense. Yards are a concern but the lack of turnovers is even bigger. If we cannot force them out of bad teams like Kansas City, we stand very little chance of doing it with quality opponents coming up.

 

[YosemiteSam]

13) Jeff Fisher...please stop with the non-sense of wanting this guy as a HC here. He's 0-5 and that team is a J O K E. Wonder if he is still worried about that low hanging scoreboard.

Karma *****! :laugh2:

13) Our top 3 WR's (Austin, Cratron, RW) 41 catches, 788 yds and 5 tds in 5 games. 19.2 yds per catch. For comparison sake I again looked at Baltimore (because so many of you cream your pants over Cameron) and their top 3 WR's have 49 catches, 659 yds and 4 tds, avg of 13.4 yds per catch. I then looked at New England, and their top 3 guys (Moss, Welker, Edelman) have 71receptions, but for only 739 yds and 2 tds. Thats a pathetic 10.4 yds per catch. Just as fyi, New England is throwing the ball 62% of the time.

Don't read to much into that at this point. The Cowboys had two huge passing games (350+ passing yards) against two teams that are horrid on defense and are officially 0-10 right now. I know we've had at least 6 (probably more) 40+ yard passes against those two defenses. The Cowboys have struggled passing against some of the other defenses.

The Cowboys clearly have talent, but they are offensively inept at times. They kills themselves with penalties or questionable play calling.

 

[theebs]

He played better, but again, had a turnover

UMM? your blaming Romo for the fumble? The snap was late from gurode and davis knocked it away while he was pulling.

This is why Romo lit up gurode on the sideline and then witten came over started lighting up gurode. It was on Gurode.

Geesh. I knew someone would blame that on romo.

 

[THUMPER]

Great read Dbair1967, thanks for the recap. I didn't get to see the game (we got the Commanders/Panthers here) so it helps to read a well balanced recap like that.


I've been saying all year that we need to get some WRs breaking tackles in order to have some big plays in the passing game and we finally got a couple yesterday!

Way too many dumb penalties. I didn't see it so I don't know if it was just lousy officiating or we were really that dumb (were there really 3 offsides calls on one drive?) or some combination of both, but these guys have GOT to get their heads in the game.

Flozell's obligatory false-start inside the 10 just drives me crazy! Why can't they get that guy to not do that!

Anyway, I'm happy with a win.

 

[Coakleys Dad]

Great analysis & breakdown. Point blank...I'm thankkful we got that win but we are a far way from a good team and this team has alot of mental preperation for the Atl game.

 

[aikemirv]

UMM? your blaming Romo for the fumble? The snap was late from gurode and davis knocked it away while he was pulling.

This is why Romo lit up gurode on the sideline and then witten came over started lighting up gurode. It was on Gurode.

Geesh. I knew someone would blame that on romo.

Any and every chance they get!

 

[Garland powerplay]

The Red Zone offense really needs to be addressed every day over the next two weeks in practice. The defensive backs need to be participating in this drill as well.

 

[THUMPER]

UMM? your blaming Romo for the fumble? The snap was late from gurode and davis knocked it away while he was pulling.

This is why Romo lit up gurode on the sideline and then witten came over started lighting up gurode. It was on Gurode.

Geesh. I knew someone would blame that on romo.

Yeah, great QBs like Peyton Manning and Tom Brady didn't have any turnovers yesterday like that puke Romo did. Oh wait...

 

[YosemiteSam]

Yeah, great QBs like Peyton Manning and Tom Brady didn't have any turnovers yesterday like that puke Romo did. Oh wait...

Obviously you're being facetious here, but I'm not clear on your exact meaning. You are aware that Romo did in fact have a turnover yesterday right? It wasn't an INT, but a lost fumble.

 

[Doomsday101]

Obviously you're being facetious here, but I'm not clear on your exact meaning. You are aware that Romo did in fact have a turnover yesterday right? It wasn't an INT, but a lost fumble.

Gurode was late on the snap and as Davis came pulling around knocked the ball loose. You want to blame that on Romo fine but then why not blame Romo for the Crayton fumble as well

 

[pgreptom]

UMM? your blaming Romo for the fumble? The snap was late from gurode and davis knocked it away while he was pulling.

This is why Romo lit up gurode on the sideline and then witten came over started lighting up gurode. It was on Gurode.

Geesh. I knew someone would blame that on romo.

You knew it was coming... Negative Nancy to the rescue. Find a way to make it his fault.

 

[Bach]

1) I know it wont happen, but the right thing to do today would be to terminate Wade. Enough is enough. If he were coaching great defense and the other stuff was going on, you could argue he deserves to stay. But that clearly isnt the case.

I totally agree. Never knew why he was even brought back this year. He should've been fired immediately after the season last year.

2) Romo shook off the atrocity of last weeks game and played pretty good, havent rewatched the game but he was definitely more accurate yesterday than he has been most of the year. He still missed a few throws he should make but for the most part he delivered the ball accurately. This is definitely a positive.

That's Romo's problem - consistency. He could turn the corner if he consistently be accurate and limit mistakes. But so far his starting career has been on big rollercoaster ride. A big tease.

Hindsight is 20/20, but they should have forced Barber to sit out last week and yesterday. He clearly is nowhere near 100%

4) Miles Austin deserves a ton of credit and might end up NFL Player of the Week. But wow, the Chiefs tackling is B A D. Gotta give him credit for breaking the tackles though and then showing the breakaway speed. He also made two tremendous catches. Cant drop that little redzone TD though, that was a gimmee. The other one people are complaining about was a tough catch and was slightly overthrown. Still, he had an amazing game and he should be a very solid #2 guy for us for a long time. A few more really good games and he could warrant a long term contract extension.

Barber really doesn't look 100% yet. But even when he's healthy he is much better coming off the bench. I really think we should start Felix, when he gets healthy, or even Choice and let Barber resume the role he had when Julius was here. Nothing like having a fresh MBIII coming in and delivering punishment as the opposing defense is wearing down.

As for Austin, he definitely came up big yesterday. He does look to be the best of the WR bunch after Roy. Hurd still looks like a scrub and Crayton is in only a JAG. But, I'd hold off on that long term extension for now. Don't want a repeat of the Hamlin deal.

Great to see Ware finally break through for a couple of sacks. He looked closer to normal yesterday than the previous few games, and nearly had 2 or 3 other sacks that I saw. Hopefully he'll be close to 100% after the bye week.

8) As others have noted, Anthony Spencer appears to be coming on bigtime. And Keith Brooking is playing very good football for us. He is FAR more physical than Zach Thomas or Akin Ayodele were at that ILB spot. Much more active too.

9) Yes folks, Mike Jenkins is good. And he's gonna get better. He could be a legit probowl CB for years to come. Probably not this yr, but definitely down the road.

10) Tashard Choice, good game. He could start for a number of teams around this league and be a very good player. Some thought it was overkill last yr on draft day when we took him, but he was an outstanding 4th rd pick.

Ware definitely needs to get back on pace. Hopefully yesterday was just the beginning. And yeah, Brooking is much much better than Zach or Akin.

Also, it's good to see Jenkins developing nicely. Between him and Felix, if he ever stays healthy, that'll end up being a real nice haul from last years draft. And then Choice looks like the steal of that draft. That may go down as our best draft - or at least top 2 drafts over the last dozen years.

13) Jeff Fisher...please stop with the non-sense of wanting this guy as a HC here. He's 0-5 and that team is a J O K E. Wonder if he is still worried about that low hanging scoreboard.

I don't know the deal with this guy. I've always felt he was a real good no-nonsense HC. But other than that SB run about 10 years ago and several good regular seasons, he hasn't accomplished alot. He's almost like this era's Marty Shottenheimer in that he can have some really good teams but never win big in postseason.

With him though, he might just need a change of scenery. I wouldn't write him off yet, and truthfully, if he came to Dallas he would likely immediately rival Parcells as the best coach we've had here since Jimmy. He would definitely be way ahead of Switzer, Gailey, Campo and Wade.

Still, it would be nice to get a young ambitious hot coach like Josh McDaniels or Mike Singletary, or Sean Payton, but Jerry would totally run roughshod over a young coach and they would have trouble having the same success here as they can elsewhere.

14) Have never been a Zimmer fan (GROZ founder) but I am thrilled they pulled that game out for him yesterday. What a terrible week for him and his family, and he goes out in what has to be the worst possible situation and coaches a good game (held Baltimore to 12 first downs, 14 pts) on the road. Kudos to him and my prayers continue to be with him and his family.

Zimmer does deserve props. I didn't care for him here and especially wanted him gone when we switched to the 3-4 and then gave him a crash course instead of bringing in someone experienced in that defense. Truth be told, I wish we had stayed with the 4-3. The 3-4 and bringing in the old retread QB's are two of the things I disliked about Parcells.

 

[Garland powerplay]

It doesn't matter much who done it ,its the fact it happened at all along w/ the many blunders representing a somewhat ill prepared team.

 

[BlueStar II]

Team played liked crap, we had some good individual performers making some big plays but all in all this was a game filled with mistakes, mistakes that normally will cost you the game. I'm happy we won and very happy for Miles he had a great game but this team has to clean their act up.

Well said...and against most other teams, we would have lost, but being as inconsistent as we've been lately, I'll take the win, ugly as it was.

 

[theebs]

Obviously you're being facetious here, but I'm not clear on your exact meaning. You are aware that Romo did in fact have a turnover yesterday right? It wasn't an INT, but a lost fumble.

LOOK up.