The Cowboys are going to win the game. The flat game happened last week. most teams bounce back from a flat game, especially at home.
Not a doubt in my mind the team was looking ahead to this week. Romo was flat. Owens was flat. Barber was flat. Those are 3 of our 4 biggest offensive weapons. The odds of back to back weeks flat by players of that caliber is through the roof.
The Patriots have relied on Sammy Morris to give their offense some balance while Maroney heals. He has come through, but let's be honest, he is no Maroney and he is due a bad game. I think we have one waiting for him.
Speaking of bad games, when do teams usually have them? On the road against either a top notch team (Dallas) or a total scrub squad (Buffalo). Despite all the premature talk of the Patriots going unbeaten they are capable of a bad game and I think one is coming Sunday. They are in our house and our guys are hearing that they have no chance at all. You never say that about a good team no matter who the opponent is, and we are a good team.
The defense is improving each week and this week is perfectly set up to be a statement kind of game. Wade Phillips has had some success in recent years dealing with the Patriots offense. He knows ways to disrupt them. Granted this Patriots offense looks like they can't be rattled. There's no such thing as an offense that can't be rattled. Look at every great offense in history, they had flat games.
It's going to be a close one, but the Cowboys are going to win.