ESPN Jaworski: Vikings balance spells trouble for Dallas

[Temo]

Two pretty inaccurate and ridiculous statements.

1) Flozell is not struggling. Did you hear Trent Cole's name called once? Nope.

2) Sensabaugh is pretty **** good in coverage. Carpenter and James have had solid years, and are pretty good in coverage.

3) Jaws is a homer ******.

Carpenter has been awful this season.

 

[theogt]

Carpenter has been awful this season.

Quite the opposite, actually. He's done a very good job as a nickel linebacker. One thing he has down is pass coverage as a linebacker.

If he wasn't such a ***** and was able to stick his nose in the running game, he'd have a bright future as a starting linebacker.

 

[TheSport78]

Carpenter has been awful this season.

Yeah, I'm gonna disagree also. Anybody regret letting Kevin Burnett go? Nope, nobody does and his name hasn't even been mentioned this year. I don't think Carp will ever be a three down LB in a 34 scheme, but if he ends up leaving next year or in 2011, I can see him starting at LB in a 43. He's done a solid job in his ROLE. That's the difference with this Cowboys team; they know their roles and are very close as a unit.

 

[Clove]

When you have guys like Brooking and Sensabaugh on yoru defense, basically the QBs of the defense, making sure everyone stays focused, and is on the same page before the ball is snapped, how can you lose?

When you have Romo walking up to the line and yelling fake "snap counts" to force the defense into showing their hand, then knowing where to go with the ball, how can you lose?

When you stone the middle several times in a row, then kick BIGG out on a sweep with Felix Jones, and the guy takes it to the house, how can you lose?

When you have a reciever who is explosive, and is tough enough to consistently go over the middle on slants, yet can then take a post route deep and kill you, how can you lose?

When you have an emerging OLB who is starting to make teams pay for doubling Ware, not to mention the push by Ratliff and Olshansky, how can you lose?

When you have 2 lock down corners and a feisty 3rd corner, not to mention a mean SOB in Hamlin, and Sensabaugh shutting down any generic TE or RB you think you want to send out in coverage, how can we lose?

When you're not allowing teams to gain even 1 yard on kick off return because of this big legged kicker, and your punter continuously prevents you from returning kicks because he kicks it so high and deep, how can you lose?

The only way we lose is if we start turning the ball over and playing sloppy sloppy football, and I personally don't see that happening.

 

[The Panch]

rofl @ him and Hodge about to come to blows on NFL Matchup debating Cowboys/Vikings.


ROFL @ a Steeler passionately defending the Cowboys. Only against an Eagle.

 

[Beast_from_East]

Yeah, I'm gonna disagree also. Anybody regret letting Kevin Burnett go? Nope, nobody does and his name hasn't even been mentioned this year. I don't think Carp will ever be a three down LB in a 34 scheme, but if he ends up leaving next year or in 2011, I can see him starting at LB in a 43. He's done a solid job in his ROLE. That's the difference with this Cowboys team; they know their roles and are very close as a unit.

Bobby has turned into a very good nickle linebacker with his best skill being pass defense.


However, you dont burn a 1st rounder on a nickle backer, what a bust.

 

[dstew60105]

No one should ever expect these two ESPN clowns to pick the cowboys because they have made it known publicly they don't like the cowboys

Chris Berman
Ron Jaworski

Add Tom Jackson to that list as well.

 

[CowboysFaninHouston]

By Ron Jaworski
ESPN.com
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"Monday Night Football" analyst Ron Jaworski breaks down the matchup between the Minnesota Vikings and Dallas Cowboys:


The game between the Dallas Cowboys and Minnesota Vikings is shaping up to be a nice matchup featuring two solid defenses trying to stop two top quarterbacks.

Looking at the past two games Dallas played, both against Philadelphia, I think the Eagles made a mistake by blitzing so much. They clearly defined where Tony Romo was going to go with the football. The minute the ball was snapped, he knew what to do. He was in total command of the offense. The Eagles should have put a little doubt in his mind by letting things develop downfield, forcing Romo to make a decision. The heavy blitzes make it easier, in a way. The ball is out quick. Not complicated.

The Vikings will do the opposite. They are not a blitzing team. They like the Cover 2 shell, with the corners up on the wide receivers. They jam the receivers, slow them down and let the pressure get to the QB. I think that is the way to play Romo. Force him to read coverages and make decisions. Especially with DE Jared Allen going against the struggling T Flozell Adams. Allen will probably get to Romo more than once.

For the Dallas defense, Minnesota's balance presents some problems. They are not the one-dimensional, pass-happy Eagles. Brett Favre has RB Adrian Peterson in his backfield and three top WRs in Bernard Berrian, Sidney Rice and Percy Harvin, whom I think is the key. The Cowboys' LBs and safeties are not good in coverage. If you can get one of them matched up with Harvin in the slot, that is a clear Minnesota advantage. Favre has always done well throwing between the numbers and Harvin has shown he can thrive there, too.

Romo and Favre are really the keys to this game. I think Romo will struggle with the crowd noise and that it could be a long day for Adams. And I think Favre's offense matches up a little better against the Dallas defense.

http://sports.espn.go.com/nfl/columns/story?columnist=jaworski_ron&id=4829609

Ron is usually very unbiased and good analyst. but he has been very biased in his review of this game. I am not saying that because I am acowboys fan. but he is nto giving any credit to the cowboys. he is saying the other team made a mistake otherwise the cowboys are not that good. but he is turning around and giving a lot of credit to the vikings for the same things that he is discreding the cowboys.

he is discreding the cowboys OL and gives some credit to ROmo but at the same time he is saying it was the eagles with the wrong game plan. then he refuses to say the same thing about the vikings and farve saving their OL, and mentions that its the vikings dictating everything.

maybe its the eagle in him and seeing how they were dismantled that is bothering him a bit underneath it all.

 

[CowboysFanSince88]

Add Tom Jackson to that list as well.

Tom Jackson has been on the Cowboys bandwagon for months

 

[TheSport78]

Bobby has turned into a very good nickle linebacker with his best skill being pass defense.


However, you dont burn a 1st rounder on a nickle backer, what a bust.

If he recovers a few more fumbles, I think that bust label has to be removed .

 

[Yakuza Rich]

Yeah they made a mistake last week by blitzing. What about the week before, Jaws?

Yep, typical BSPN and typical Jaws (should call him 'Flaws' by now).

Eagles get killed in week 17, the response?

'PHILLY DIDN'T BLITZ. THEY DIDN'T WANT TO GIVE ANYTHING AWAY!'

Eagles blitz in the playoff game and get burned time and time again, the response?

'PHILLY MADE THE MISTAKE OF BLITZING!'

Believe it or not, I can understand bias to a degree. It's hard to avoid it, but it's the member of the media's *job* to try and limit it as much as they can. But with Flaws, he makes it look so unbelievably obvious it's tough to take him with more than a grain of salt.

Of course, this has been going on for years and I've been pointing this out for years, despite everybody telling me what a great analyst the guy is. I just shrug and can't figure out why the guy is a great analyst. He's all about delivery and little about substance. That's not great, that's Jim Rome.





YAKUZA

 

[dogunwo]

If he recovers a few more fumbles, I think that bust label has to be removed .

Maybe he could force a few sometimes.

 

[Yakuza Rich]

Ron is usually very unbiased and good analyst. but he has been very biased in his review of this game.

He really is not unbiased and I'm talking about situations outside of Dallas. It's basically never the QB's fault with him and it's hideous to watch.

I'll never forget watching a preseason game -- Colts v. Bears where Grossman had 3 fumbles and a pick and then made one nice throw and Jaws raved about how great he was playing.

Kornheiser even had to make a double take.

But he does that stuff all of the time, as long as the QB is not a Dallas Cowboy. What sucks about Flaws' stuff is that he basically just looks for the negative stuff and acts like that is what he game will come down to. He doesn't account for things like coaches making adjustments, different players have different levels of executions, and players stepping up their game so they don't let the team down.

What many people, particularly non-Cowboys fans, do not understand is that most of BSPN and the local Dallas media does not want Dallas to win.

Why?

Because talking about how awful of an owner Jerry Jones is never really grows old with audiences and it's something they can always fall back on. But, if the Cowboys keep winning it makes that sound less credible. And if the Cowboys win a Lombardi Trophy, then they really cannot say that for quite some time because nobody can really take them seriously (of course you know if that happens they'll just give all of the credit to Parcells and/or say Jerry got lucky).

That's why a guy like Trent Dilfer has been positive on Dallas. He has nothing to gain by ragging on them because he doesn't write up columns or do reporting and doesn't need the money and need to get himself on TV.





YAKUZA