erod
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These mornings are the most difficult every season.
Reflection and inventory don't offer much solace, and the road ahead much hope. Truth is, every team has one of these every year, where you walk into a buzzsaw, hidden in a box full of machetes, surrounded by killer bees. How does Indy annihilate San Fran and Denver, then get trounced by 30 at home by....the Rams?
Last night, Dallas was served up as the sacrificial lamb. Payton and Ryan are having quite the giggle this morning. At Jerry's expense. Like the multitudes of others. Again.
Yep, that was colossal. The San Diego loss wasn't pretty, but it was winnable late, and the other three losses came by a total of five points. Those didn't drip in quit or smell like something a cat threw up like last night.
I'm not sure who nodded off first, me or Monte Kiffin.
Objectivity says a win was all but giftwrapped for the Saints. There were exactly five defensive players on the field in the third quarter that were SUPPOSED to be at the start of the season. Carr, Carter, Durant, Scandrick, and Church. That was it. Missing were Ware (that wasn't him), Hatcher, Spencer, Ratliff, Crawford, Brent, Claiborne, Lee, Wilcox, and Allen. All gone for a rainbow of reasons.
That lineup late.....felt like I was watching an Ivy League game on ESPN3 on a Tuesday.
More concerning to me was the "healthy" other side of the ball. The offense offered no life raft. Romo looked edgy and distrustful of his protection. Dez still can't run a crisp route, so double coverage eliminates him easily. Witten with yet another drop. Williams and Beasley looking like the scene was too big for them. Murray running with hesitation too often.
The offense looked stale. The defense looked unworthy. The coaches looked shellshocked and out of answers. That was a snapshot of what a whooping looks like, alright.
Next up are two long weeks of wild overreaction and constant public stonings. Should do them good, and they certainly deserve it. New York served the Saints well last night. Perhaps the Saints serve Dallas well in New York.
We'll see if adding Ware (the real one), Hatcher, Wilcox, Claiborne, and Austin makes a difference. Two weeks rest for everyone, especially Murray, Hayden, Church.... all of the guys who need it most. A bye is just what the doctor ordered. That is, if we can keep our doctor, which apparently we can't.
New York will tell the WHOLE story. Win there and the stretch for the East looks promising again. Lose, and I think this season, Jason Garrett, Kiffin/Marinelli, Callahan, Mike Woicik, the whole tamale, is cooked and done.
Jerry will be left naked and alone, catching cold in February, with another football crime of a season on his growing rap sheet. My bet is he's in full panic mode this morning. Not winning this year's East is unforgivable.
It's somewhat fascinating, if it wasn't so damn hard to watch.
Reflection and inventory don't offer much solace, and the road ahead much hope. Truth is, every team has one of these every year, where you walk into a buzzsaw, hidden in a box full of machetes, surrounded by killer bees. How does Indy annihilate San Fran and Denver, then get trounced by 30 at home by....the Rams?
Last night, Dallas was served up as the sacrificial lamb. Payton and Ryan are having quite the giggle this morning. At Jerry's expense. Like the multitudes of others. Again.
Yep, that was colossal. The San Diego loss wasn't pretty, but it was winnable late, and the other three losses came by a total of five points. Those didn't drip in quit or smell like something a cat threw up like last night.
I'm not sure who nodded off first, me or Monte Kiffin.
Objectivity says a win was all but giftwrapped for the Saints. There were exactly five defensive players on the field in the third quarter that were SUPPOSED to be at the start of the season. Carr, Carter, Durant, Scandrick, and Church. That was it. Missing were Ware (that wasn't him), Hatcher, Spencer, Ratliff, Crawford, Brent, Claiborne, Lee, Wilcox, and Allen. All gone for a rainbow of reasons.
That lineup late.....felt like I was watching an Ivy League game on ESPN3 on a Tuesday.
More concerning to me was the "healthy" other side of the ball. The offense offered no life raft. Romo looked edgy and distrustful of his protection. Dez still can't run a crisp route, so double coverage eliminates him easily. Witten with yet another drop. Williams and Beasley looking like the scene was too big for them. Murray running with hesitation too often.
The offense looked stale. The defense looked unworthy. The coaches looked shellshocked and out of answers. That was a snapshot of what a whooping looks like, alright.
Next up are two long weeks of wild overreaction and constant public stonings. Should do them good, and they certainly deserve it. New York served the Saints well last night. Perhaps the Saints serve Dallas well in New York.
We'll see if adding Ware (the real one), Hatcher, Wilcox, Claiborne, and Austin makes a difference. Two weeks rest for everyone, especially Murray, Hayden, Church.... all of the guys who need it most. A bye is just what the doctor ordered. That is, if we can keep our doctor, which apparently we can't.
New York will tell the WHOLE story. Win there and the stretch for the East looks promising again. Lose, and I think this season, Jason Garrett, Kiffin/Marinelli, Callahan, Mike Woicik, the whole tamale, is cooked and done.
Jerry will be left naked and alone, catching cold in February, with another football crime of a season on his growing rap sheet. My bet is he's in full panic mode this morning. Not winning this year's East is unforgivable.
It's somewhat fascinating, if it wasn't so damn hard to watch.
