I Don't Care About the Media or Negative Nancy

[dbair1967]

difference between an optimist and a pessimist the pessimist is more informed.

 

[SLATEmosphere]

Nice post Hos. I'm glad my fellow Boys fans are gearing up for yet another season. I'll be looking forward to it as usual but with lowered expectations. I'll truly get excited again when I see results. Stay healthy and play a full 16 game regular season (not 12). When I see that then a smile will begin to surface again. Until then, I will watch and cheer with hope and tempered expectations.

Say "I told you so" when they are losing and cheering for them when they are winning

AKA a bandwagon fan. K got it

 

[Bleu Star]

Say "I told you so" when they are losing and cheering for them when they are winning

AKA a bandwagon fan. K got it

Wrong as usual... See my sig for more info.

 

[Signals]

I always enjoy your writing style Hostile.

 

[SLATEmosphere]

Wrong as usual... See my sig for more info.

Nope you sound like a bandwagon fan bro. Just like your Lakers

 

[Yakuza Rich]

The fact of the matter is, I really like this roster. For all the drama about depth one fact remains, a healthy starting 22 with talent is dangerous. Forgive me for daring to think it, but we have a pretty dangerous starting 22. Many of them have proven to be Pro Bowl caliber in past years.

Do I like everything about this team? No, but I like enough to feel excited. Let's start at the top and then take a stroll through the roster.

I agree, although there are quite a few teams that could say the same thing. I like this roster, but I'm afraid we'll see another year of starting out well and fizzling because each year it seems that we get an injury here and there and we can't overcome it. In '06 it was Ellis, in '07 it was Owens late in the year, last year it was Newman, etc.

I was never as down on the rest of the staff as others with one exception, Bruce Read. Goodbye you Lloyd Christmas look-alike. Hello Joe DeCamillis. I am kind of glad Brian Stewart is gone, but I think he got a bit of a raw deal too. Joe D. being here has me very excited. Now that pre-season is over I think the mixture of veterans and rookies to the Special Teams will improve the coverage and tackling. Why? I dunno, because that's what Joe D's. teams usually do.

Joe D can coach. Stewart was given quite a bit of carte blanche and had disappointing defenses. Then Wade took over last year and the defense blossomed. Tough to keep Stewart around after that.

Have all the doubts about Tony Romo that you want. You'll never sell me. I think he's a top 5 QB in the NFL. Yeah, I know all about the December fades. The same ones that have been happening to this team since 1997, way before he arrived here. We finally drafted a QB again, and the guy I never wanted here, Brad "Noodle" Johnson, is gone. I'm not a Jon Kitna fan, but he did show an arm in Pre-season.

There's no way Romo is a top 5 QB if he can't cut down his turnovers. He's got the accuracy, pocket presence and big play ability, but if he can't cut down the turnovers, fuhgettaboutit.

IMO, if Dallas (or any team) wants to have success in December and beyond, they have to:

1. Protect the ball on offense
2. Have a decent running game
3. Have a decent run defense
4. Be a team that is in the top 10 in sacks/pass attempt.
5. Have decent special teams play.
6. Have a top 10 scoring defense

I think Dallas should have 2-5, but #1 is still up in the air and it mostly falls on Romo's shoulders and some problems with #6 also fall on Romo turning the ball over in our own territory.

Nothing changes at RB except that maybe we utilize them better now that we know them better. Nothing excites me more about this team than the prosepct of Felix Jones on screens. That guy in open space equals good things to me. Cricket is back to lead the way. Say what you want about him, but he picks up blitzes and plays good Special Teams. I wish Tashard Choice didn't have to be a #3, but am glad he's our #3.

I'll wait and see with Garrett. He horribly disappointed me last season and this offseason. Passed the buck badly and I'm not convinced that he can raise the bar on his performance until I see it.

This team's success revolves around the O-line. I firmly believe that. There are a couple of players I wish were gone from that group, but my focus is on the starting 5, whom I think are more than adequate. I never liked Kyle Kosier until I saw how big a hole his absence made. Talk about wake up call. I know there will be some irritating false starts by our Tackles. I also know this OL is better than some suspect.

I've been a Kosier fan since day 1. The guy can play and it's a shame that it took him getting injured for people to see how good he is (and how much Procter sucks, and I called Procter out against Cleveland in week 1 last year and people thought I was nuts). Usually the O-Line is important, but the Steelers O-Line was pretty lousy last year and they won and the Cardinals O-Line wasn't any great shakes either. The team's success revolves around the QB. Some QB's are so great that they don't need a lot of help, some get help from certain spots and blossom, some need a lot of help but once they get it they are tough to beat. But it's the QB. I think Romo doesn't need much to put up good numbers, but in the end I think he needs some quality running so they don't need him to throw 40 times a game.



I think we are between 7 and 12 games this year, and I've got us at 9-7. Just can't trust this team, yet.





YAKUZA

 

[JBS]

Hos, what is your prediction for how this team fares in the playoffs? 1 win? 2 wins? championship? 1 and done?

 

[DallasEast]

difference between an optimist and a pessimist the pessimist is more informed.

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[Bleu Star]

Nope you sound like a bandwagon fan bro. Just like your Lakers

I'll let you enjoy that little thought. Think of it as consolation for the shortcomings of your Cavs squad. There's no need to justify my Boys love to you.

 

[DallasFanSince86]

Excellent post Hostile.

The distraction is gone and we're back to not having a #1 WR. At least that's the roll call. I don't agree. I've always felt Roy Williams was a star mired on a bad team. Not a doubt in my mind he will provide some firepower to this Offense this year. I'm still excited about Miles Austin. Ogletree was a pleasant surprise.

I agree with everything you said, except here I would put Sam Hurd instead of Miles Austin.

 

[Everlastingxxx]

Outlook for 2009? Better chemistry, better special teams, Wade running the Defense for the whole year, and a return to health on the Offense, could mean a return to prominence. Standing in the way is the fact we are once again in a tough division battle. Welcome back optimism, we missed you. 12-4 and NFC East Champions..

 

[NextGenBoys]

Great freaking post.

I echo almost every word in there. Glad to see the optimism coming back...but realistic optimism.

This board was a mess with the negativity for about 4 months after last season.

This season will be big. :starspin

 

[lostinomiya]

I'll let you enjoy that little thought. Think of it as consolation for the shortcomings of your Cavs squad. There's no need to justify my Boys love to you.

Good for you.

 

[zeroburrito]

I'm drinking the Koolaid with you, Hostile.
I keep hearing 7-9 (by Emmit today) or 9-7 (by everyone on ESPN radio last night....but I see 10-6 or 11-5 and the playoffs. The home division games will be HUGE.

so because someone thinks we will win 1 less game than you they are being negative? not everyone is gonna chalk up 10 wins just because that's usually the amount you need to make the playoffs. is it really difficult to see 9-7 by looking at the schedule? 1 less win against one of those december teams? 9-7 with our current schedule would be pretty good imo. i do have a hard time seeing 7-9 though. we should be 5-2, 6-1, or 7-0 to start the season(EXTREMELY easy part of the schedule that means nothing about our team). to get 7-9 would have to be a colossal collapse.

 

[Hostile]

Reading comprehension failure.

 

[zrinkill]

difference between an optimist and a pessimist the pessimist is more informed.

:laugh2:


You have got to be joking.

When have you been right about anything?

 

[silverbear]

I'm mostly excited to see how the new additions on defense-- Olshansky, Brooking and Sensabaugh-- impact the team, and how the Boys will figure out how to get Felix out in space... and I look forward to seeing our two stud tight ends use and abuse linebackers... I think these three things could make the Boys tougher...

If the team can avoid the injury bug (not entirely, nobody does that, but if it can avoid getting bit real bad), I think this can be a very good, very dangerous team... I particularly like the way the team spread the ball around in the passing game during the preseason...

 

[silverbear]

I was never as down on the rest of the staff as others with one exception, Bruce Read. Goodbye you Lloyd Christmas look-alike. Hello Joe DeCamillis. I am kind of glad Brian Stewart is gone, but I think he got a bit of a raw deal too. Joe D. being here has me very excited. Now that pre-season is over I think the mixture of veterans and rookies to the Special Teams will improve the coverage and tackling. Why? I dunno, because that's what Joe D's. teams usually do.

All special teams coaches throughout the league are faced with new rules regarding the wedge, and I think this preseason DeCamillis was experimenting, trying to figure out what would work... like you, I have great faith in him, and rather expect our special teams to be among the league's best, after being among the league's worst last year...

Pass the Koolaid. Make it blue please. I'm not superstitious, but I'm superstitious.

Neither am I, but I'll be picking up my Cowboys game jersey that I bought 15 years ago from the dry cleaners on my way home from work in the AM... the one with Bill Bates' number 40 on it, and my name...

The one I wore to the Monday night season opener against the Skins down in Texas Stadium in 1992, when the Skins were the defending Super Bowl champs... the game that started the 3 Super Bowls in 4 years run...

It's my lucky jersey, reserved for season openers and big games throughout the season... but I'm not superstitious... that's not why I go back into my bedroom and salute the big Lone Star flag hanging over my bed after every Cowboys score, honest...

 

[silverbear]

What, no mention of Buehler?

We do not invoke the name of Buehler lightly around here... no need to, his dominance is a given...

 

[silverbear]

No backlash yet? I must be losing my touch.

Just enjoy the positive vibes, man... don't go soliciting gloom and doom in this thread...

You're always looking for a fight... you should be more diplomatic...

You know, like me... then you too could be beloved by all, the way I am...

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