parchy
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A couple things -
The people who said the Cowboys didn't have a prayer in this game (don't cower - you know you're out there) didn't give the stats a good enough look. This team is solid from front to back. It's not like it was in the last three or four years. We have almost always been either primarily offense or defense (or neither, as it were). Not the case anymore. This is no longer an offense that scores when it can and not when it must. Seeing Romo play, he has it. You can call me an idiot now, but he's got what it takes to win a Super Bowl, and more than one.
People have talked plenty about how the Colts have a subpar pass rush, but remember this. Dwight Freeney forced that Romo fumble early in the 1st quarter. I don't know if anybody else noticed this, but Romo actually compensated for Flo's slowness of foot speed and started stepping around Freeney's rush. He'd sense the pressure and step up or back, depending on where he was. This is something we'd been praying to see with Bledsoe since he got here and never received. We got our wish, folks.
I still think people who believe MBIII is light years ahead of Julius are crazy. He's not Barry Sanders with the shakes, but he has speed upon speed, which you saw today. The Colts may be an undersized D, but they are quick... and JJ outran most all of them today.
If Anthony Fasano only catches one pass per game, and it's a pass like that, the 2nd round pick was worth it.
Bobby Carpenter draws a ton of guff, but I don't think he's really that bad. I watched him freelance on a couple plays and you can tell he's got the pedigree to be a solid player. He's still not playing up to a first round pick, nor do I think he ever will, but there's no reason to think he can't be a starter sometime in the next two years. I watched him pressure Peyton Manning on one play and then bust a head the next.
Kevin Burnett is actually playing like the first round pick, and I think that encourages me towards Bobby. It's his second year in the system after not playing last year and he's getting it. KB was all man out there. I don't know if anybody else saw this, but the play after his pick six, he made the tackle on the kickoff. To me, that says everything about him.
In short, like most all of you, I'm excited. I talked to Vanderjagt after the game and while I know everybody hates him right now, I'm not sold on cutting him or even benching him yet. He knows what he's doing wrong, which means he knows how to fix it. A guy with his pedigree? He's going to iron his stuff out. He's gotta. He's old enough to know what happens if he doesn't.
The people who said the Cowboys didn't have a prayer in this game (don't cower - you know you're out there) didn't give the stats a good enough look. This team is solid from front to back. It's not like it was in the last three or four years. We have almost always been either primarily offense or defense (or neither, as it were). Not the case anymore. This is no longer an offense that scores when it can and not when it must. Seeing Romo play, he has it. You can call me an idiot now, but he's got what it takes to win a Super Bowl, and more than one.
People have talked plenty about how the Colts have a subpar pass rush, but remember this. Dwight Freeney forced that Romo fumble early in the 1st quarter. I don't know if anybody else noticed this, but Romo actually compensated for Flo's slowness of foot speed and started stepping around Freeney's rush. He'd sense the pressure and step up or back, depending on where he was. This is something we'd been praying to see with Bledsoe since he got here and never received. We got our wish, folks.
I still think people who believe MBIII is light years ahead of Julius are crazy. He's not Barry Sanders with the shakes, but he has speed upon speed, which you saw today. The Colts may be an undersized D, but they are quick... and JJ outran most all of them today.
If Anthony Fasano only catches one pass per game, and it's a pass like that, the 2nd round pick was worth it.
Bobby Carpenter draws a ton of guff, but I don't think he's really that bad. I watched him freelance on a couple plays and you can tell he's got the pedigree to be a solid player. He's still not playing up to a first round pick, nor do I think he ever will, but there's no reason to think he can't be a starter sometime in the next two years. I watched him pressure Peyton Manning on one play and then bust a head the next.
Kevin Burnett is actually playing like the first round pick, and I think that encourages me towards Bobby. It's his second year in the system after not playing last year and he's getting it. KB was all man out there. I don't know if anybody else saw this, but the play after his pick six, he made the tackle on the kickoff. To me, that says everything about him.
In short, like most all of you, I'm excited. I talked to Vanderjagt after the game and while I know everybody hates him right now, I'm not sold on cutting him or even benching him yet. He knows what he's doing wrong, which means he knows how to fix it. A guy with his pedigree? He's going to iron his stuff out. He's gotta. He's old enough to know what happens if he doesn't.
