My meaningless thoughts on the game...

[Yakuza Rich]

-Up until today I still wasn't a big Keyshawn fan. I'm from NY and had heard countless bad stories about Keyshawn throughout the years. Even though he turned into a Cowboy, I still was skeptical about him. But, after watching his story about helping Nat Little on the pre-game show, I've become a Keyshawn fan.

-I don't know why Barber isn't in the game exclusively on short yardage situations.

-It's about time that we actually utilize Witten as the primary receiver in the red zone.

-Bledsoe looks to Terry Glenn too much on crucial downs.

-McBriar out-punted Sauerbrun today (47.7 average vs. 44.4 average)

-Yes, they miss Flozell Adams. Hey, Torrin Tucker isn't playing all that bad and his pass protection has been pretty good, but Flozell is a much much better run blocker.

-You want to know why Dallas keeps losing in the last 5 minutes in the game? You want to know why this doesn't happen to New England? New England = Adam Vinatieri. Dallas = bunch of ham & eggers. What's sad is that I just had this gut feeling Cundiff would miss. When the pressure is on, he fails. It's as good as that.

-The refs missed a bunch of offsides on Denver early on in the game.

-The defense I thought played well. Chris Canty was a beast and they did a great job of holding the run.

-Overall, this is unbelievably frustrating. If Newman makes that second pick, he waltez in for a TD. The same old, same old playcalling that's pretty good until they get into the red zone. And of course the missed field goal.

Dallas had to give them 7 points on the INT by Bailey and miss the 33 yarder in order to lose this game. And for anybody that uses Tatum Bell being inactive as an excuse, Dallas was playing without Anthony Henry and had to start their 3rd string ILB.

So the NY Giants game next week becomes the biggest game of the year for obvious reasons. I dunno, this team plays pretty weak on the road for some reason and they could really use homefield advantage IF they make the playoffs.

Anyway, that's it. I'm ticked off, frustrated, etc.

 

[MapleLeaf]

-Up until today I still wasn't a big Keyshawn fan. I'm from NY and had heard countless bad stories about Keyshawn throughout the years. Even though he turned into a Cowboy, I still was skeptical about him. But, after watching his story about helping Nat Little on the pre-game show, I've become a Keyshawn fan.

-I don't know why Barber isn't in the game exclusively on short yardage situations.

-It's about time that we actually utilize Witten as the primary receiver in the red zone.

-Bledsoe looks to Terry Glenn too much on crucial downs.

-McBriar out-punted Sauerbrun today (47.7 average vs. 44.4 average)

-Yes, they miss Flozell Adams. Hey, Torrin Tucker isn't playing all that bad and his pass protection has been pretty good, but Flozell is a much much better run blocker.

-You want to know why Dallas keeps losing in the last 5 minutes in the game? You want to know why this doesn't happen to New England? New England = Adam Vinatieri. Dallas = bunch of ham & eggers. What's sad is that I just had this gut feeling Cundiff would miss. When the pressure is on, he fails. It's as good as that.

-The refs missed a bunch of offsides on Denver early on in the game.

-The defense I thought played well. Chris Canty was a beast and they did a great job of holding the run.

-Overall, this is unbelievably frustrating. If Newman makes that second pick, he waltez in for a TD. The same old, same old playcalling that's pretty good until they get into the red zone. And of course the missed field goal.

Dallas had to give them 7 points on the INT by Bailey and miss the 33 yarder in order to lose this game. And for anybody that uses Tatum Bell being inactive as an excuse, Dallas was playing without Anthony Henry and had to start their 3rd string ILB.

So the NY Giants game next week becomes the biggest game of the year for obvious reasons. I dunno, this team plays pretty weak on the road for some reason and they could really use homefield advantage IF they make the playoffs.

Anyway, that's it. I'm ticked off, frustrated, etc.

...tough this season unless they can find a way to control the line of scrimmage when the offence is on the field.

 

[jay cee]

Good points Yakuza. Although I felt the Cowboys had a good chance going into the game, I was certainly not expecting a win in this game.

But when I saw how they were right there the entire game, I can't believe how dissappointing it is that they were not able to take command and put the game away.

What's most frustrating is that they had to miss 33 yard field goal and give up an interception for a TD to lose this game.

 

[Yakuza Rich]

Good points Yakuza. Although I felt the Cowboys had a good chance going into the game, I was certainly not expecting a win in this game.

But when I saw how they were right there the entire game, I can't believe how dissappointing it is that they were not able to take command and put the game away.

What's most frustrating is that they had to miss 33 yard field goal and give up an interception for a TD to lose this game.

This game was sort of like the Seattle game. Dallas controlled the game and because they missed a FG, they lost.

They outgained Denver at the end of regulation (314 vs. 240)

They had less penalty yards (67 vs. 40)

They dominated the time of possession (36:30 vs. 24:51)

And they were even on turnovers.

However, I've heard that historically the team that returns an INT for a TD wins the game 80% of the time.

Still, a 34 yarder to win.

Rich.............

 

[Cbz40]

As I told you last week....your thought are far from meaningless.

Excellent post as usual..YR

 

[theogt]

I agree on every point. EXCELLENT post.