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The Dallas offence can score, the reason the Cowboys are 2-0 with a defence that's allowed 27.5 points per game.
Chicago's offence can't score. But the Bears still have that great defence and Devin Hester to put up points.
So Sunday night's game in Chicago figures to be one of those irresistible force-immovable object games. And given the starts of the two teams and the weakness of the NFC, it could be a preview of something to come in January.
The Bears are favoured by three points, which is for home-field advantage. That might be too much.
It's early, but Tony Romo is starting to look like the quarterback he followed growing up in Wisconsin. That's earning him praise from this year's coach that he would never earn (publicly at least) from last year's Dallas coach, Bill Parcells, whose standard reaction to good play by youngsters was: "Don't put him in Canton yet."
Wade Phillips isn't so reserved.
"He made some scrambles that you don't see many people make, Brett Favre-ish," Phillips said of Romo after last week's 37-20 win in Miami. "He made some really outstanding plays and he's still looking downfield all the time.
"That's what really amazes me about him. A lot of guys, they can get away from people at times, but they don't see what's going on. He sees receivers."
Romo's agility could cause problems for the Bears. The Dallas defence probably won't totally shut down Chicago. But think of Romo's mistake-prone counterpart, Rex Grossman.
The quarterbacks are the difference.
COWBOYS, 23-22
The Dallas offence can score, the reason the Cowboys are 2-0 with a defence that's allowed 27.5 points per game.
Chicago's offence can't score. But the Bears still have that great defence and Devin Hester to put up points.
So Sunday night's game in Chicago figures to be one of those irresistible force-immovable object games. And given the starts of the two teams and the weakness of the NFC, it could be a preview of something to come in January.
The Bears are favoured by three points, which is for home-field advantage. That might be too much.
It's early, but Tony Romo is starting to look like the quarterback he followed growing up in Wisconsin. That's earning him praise from this year's coach that he would never earn (publicly at least) from last year's Dallas coach, Bill Parcells, whose standard reaction to good play by youngsters was: "Don't put him in Canton yet."
Wade Phillips isn't so reserved.
"He made some scrambles that you don't see many people make, Brett Favre-ish," Phillips said of Romo after last week's 37-20 win in Miami. "He made some really outstanding plays and he's still looking downfield all the time.
"That's what really amazes me about him. A lot of guys, they can get away from people at times, but they don't see what's going on. He sees receivers."
Romo's agility could cause problems for the Bears. The Dallas defence probably won't totally shut down Chicago. But think of Romo's mistake-prone counterpart, Rex Grossman.
The quarterbacks are the difference.
COWBOYS, 23-22
