Henry
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Commander fan here.
I was not pleased you all played so well against the Chargers. To me, the difference between this year's Cowboys and last year's Cowboys is Bledsoe. As I feared, he's far better than Vinnie, and keeps the team moving when Testeverde couldn't. You should be competant on offense and defense, though neither looked particularly spectacular.
Julius Jones is not the second coming of Emmitt Smith. He has his moments, to be sure, but he gets stuffed far too often. Now maybe this is due to the fact that you played against a decent run D. But even last year Jones seemed to need to run the ball 35 times a game to be effective. That's not great.
Still, he's light years better than Hambrick.
That third WR of yours scares the heck out of me. What the heck's his name? Crayton? Nice future star you got there.
As far as Monday night goes, well, it's Monday night. It's the Cowboys. Two things that traditionally cause the Commanders to play like crap. If things continue to hold to form, you win this one. I think our D is far, far better than San Diego's. I think your D is not as strong as Chicago's ... not yet. Our offense wasn't great, but we put up over 300 yards on them. We held onto the ball for 10 minutes longer than they did. Our downfield passing game looked a bit better. So I think we'll score more than 9 and you'll score fewer than 28. But beyond that it's tough to say. Week one games are always wacky, and tough to use as a gauge.
One of these days we'll figure out how to beat you guys. I sure wouldn't mind it if that day was Monday.
I was not pleased you all played so well against the Chargers. To me, the difference between this year's Cowboys and last year's Cowboys is Bledsoe. As I feared, he's far better than Vinnie, and keeps the team moving when Testeverde couldn't. You should be competant on offense and defense, though neither looked particularly spectacular.
Julius Jones is not the second coming of Emmitt Smith. He has his moments, to be sure, but he gets stuffed far too often. Now maybe this is due to the fact that you played against a decent run D. But even last year Jones seemed to need to run the ball 35 times a game to be effective. That's not great.
Still, he's light years better than Hambrick.
That third WR of yours scares the heck out of me. What the heck's his name? Crayton? Nice future star you got there.
As far as Monday night goes, well, it's Monday night. It's the Cowboys. Two things that traditionally cause the Commanders to play like crap. If things continue to hold to form, you win this one. I think our D is far, far better than San Diego's. I think your D is not as strong as Chicago's ... not yet. Our offense wasn't great, but we put up over 300 yards on them. We held onto the ball for 10 minutes longer than they did. Our downfield passing game looked a bit better. So I think we'll score more than 9 and you'll score fewer than 28. But beyond that it's tough to say. Week one games are always wacky, and tough to use as a gauge.
One of these days we'll figure out how to beat you guys. I sure wouldn't mind it if that day was Monday.
