Poll: Your "First Half of 2006" Awards?

[TruBlueCowboy]

Copy and paste. Your selections?

OFFENSE:

MVP:

BIGGEST SURPRISE:

BIGGEST DISAPPOINTMENT:

DEFENSE:

MVP:

BIGGEST SURPRISE:

BIGGEST DISAPPOINTMENT:

GAMES:

BEST GAME TO WATCH:

MOST CRUSHING GAME TO WATCH:

BILL PARCELLS BEST DECISION:

BILL PARCELLS WORST DECISION:

SECOND HALF PREDICTIONS:

PREDICTED FINAL RECORD OF THE TEAM:

PLAYER WHO WILL COME ON THE STRONGEST IN 2nd HALF:




My choices:

OFFENSE:

MVP: I can't pick one, different heroes every game it seems.

BIGGEST SURPRISE: Andre Gurode, Marc Colombo & Oliver Hoyte at fullback baby!

BIGGEST DISAPPOINTMENT: Terrell Owens

DEFENSE:

MVP: DeMarcus Ware, Terence Newman & Roy Williams

BIGGEST SURPRISE: Greg Ellis

BIGGEST DISAPPOINTMENT: Chris Canty, Marcus Spears, Bradie James (I can't put Watkins on there, he's just a rookie.)

GAMES:

BEST GAME TO WATCH: Carolina Panthers blowout

MOST CRUSHING GAME TO WATCH: Last Sunday (Freaking Gibbs! Skins are always in this category it seems! Last year's collapse was pretty darn painful too. )

BILL PARCELLS BEST DECISION: ugh.... tough year for the Gipper... maybe to go out passing and playing aggressive in Romo's first start?

BILL PARCELLS WORST DECISION: Not to bench Bledsoe at the beginning of the season, or at least early. Not gameplanning enough playcalls to counter Philly's blitz heavy package when Bledsoe started? A lot of gripes his direction this year.

SECOND HALF PREDICTIONS:

PREDICTED FINAL RECORD OF THE TEAM:9-7

PLAYER WHO WILL COME ON THE STRONGEST IN 2nd HALF: Terrell Owens (now that Romo is starting)

 

[jlust22]

OFFENSE:

MVP: Julius Jones

BIGGEST SURPRISE: Marc Colombo

BIGGEST DISAPPOINTMENT: Terrell Owens

DEFENSE:

MVP: Terence Newman

BIGGEST SURPRISE: Jason Ferguson

BIGGEST DISAPPOINTMENT: Marcus Spears

GAMES:

BEST GAME TO WATCH: Carolina

MOST CRUSHING GAME TO WATCH: Road game vs. Washington

BILL PARCELLS BEST DECISION: Finally benching Bledsoe

BILL PARCELLS WORST DECISION: Not going to Romo sooner, starting with the Houston game

SECOND HALF PREDICTIONS:

PREDICTED FINAL RECORD OF THE TEAM: 9-7

PLAYER WHO WILL COME ON THE STRONGEST IN 2nd HALF: Jason Witten

 

[2233boys]

OFFENSE: JJ aka Tapper

MVP: JJ aka Tapper

BIGGEST SURPRISE: JJ aka Tapper

BIGGEST DISAPPOINTMENT: Bledsoe

DEFENSE:

MVP: Ellis

BIGGEST SURPRISE: Ellis

BIGGEST DISAPPOINTMENT: Roy Williams

GAMES:

BEST GAME TO WATCH: Panthers

MOST CRUSHING GAME TO WATCH: 2nd Commanders game

BILL PARCELLS BEST DECISION: He hasn't made any yet

BILL PARCELLS WORST DECISION:Keeping Mike Zimmer

SECOND HALF PREDICTIONS:

PREDICTED FINAL RECORD OF THE TEAM: 8-8

PLAYER WHO WILL COME ON THE STRONGEST IN 2nd HALF: Romo

 

[LaTunaNostra]

OFFENSE:

MVP: Tony..yes aready, with just one win..TR. It's not just that he's not costing us anything as he develops. Its that he's pure asset, no liability, and the sky's the limit.

BIGGEST SURPRISE: See above.

BIGGEST DISAPPOINTMENT: Bledsoe. We knew what he was, but he declined rapidly from even that.

DEFENSE:

MVP: Ferg. He's the key position among key positions, and has been mostly consistent..I am also surprised at his lateral movement this year. Looks purty spry, the fat old thing.

BIGGEST SURPRISE: Ellis, who else?

BIGGEST DISAPPOINTMENT: These last two weeks my boy AH. And after Tuna paid him those big props as one of our two best on D. For shame, AH! I guess I could say he must be hurt, huh?

GAMES:

BEST GAME TO WATCH: First Skins.
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MOST CRUSHING GAME TO WATCH: Philly.

BILL PARCELLS BEST DECISION: What else, #9.

BILL PARCELLS WORST DECISION: What else, #9 not starting on opening day.

SECOND HALF PREDICTIONS:

PREDICTED FINAL RECORD OF THE TEAM: 9-7

PLAYER WHO WILL COME ON THE STRONGEST IN 2nd HALF: MBIII

 

[Jimz31]

OFFENSE: Julius Jones

MVP: Julius Jones

BIGGEST SURPRISE: Tony Romo

BIGGEST DISAPPOINTMENT: T.O. (I expected more), Although the o-line as a whole also goes here for me.

DEFENSE: Newman

MVP: Newman (Still no TD's against him)

BIGGEST SURPRISE: Ellis

BIGGEST DISAPPOINTMENT: Henry

GAMES:

BEST GAME TO WATCH: Carolina

MOST CRUSHING GAME TO WATCH: Tie...Giants and Washington

BILL PARCELLS BEST DECISION: Starting Romo

BILL PARCELLS WORST DECISION: Waiting for an excuse to start Romo.

SECOND HALF PREDICTIONS:

PREDICTED FINAL RECORD OF THE TEAM: 9-7 or 10-6

PLAYER WHO WILL COME ON THE STRONGEST IN 2nd HALF: Julius Jones

 

[cowboys19]

OFFENSE:

MVP: Julius Jones

BIGGEST SURPRISE: Tony Romo

BIGGEST DISAPPOINTMENT: Flozell Adams

DEFENSE:

MVP: Terence Newman

BIGGEST SURPRISE: Akin Adoeyle

BIGGEST DISAPPOINTMENT: Bobby Carpenter

GAMES:

BEST GAME TO WATCH: vs Carolina

MOST CRUSHING GAME TO WATCH: vs Washington game 2

BILL PARCELLS BEST DECISION: Benching Bledsoe

BILL PARCELLS WORST DECISION: not benching Bledsoe earlier

SECOND HALF PREDICTIONS: 6-2

PREDICTED FINAL RECORD OF THE TEAM: 10-6

PLAYER WHO WILL COME ON THE STRONGEST IN 2nd HALF: Tony Romo

 

[Bob Sacamano]

OFFENSE:

MVP: Julius Jones

BIGGEST SURPRISE: Tony Romo

BIGGEST DISAPPOINTMENT: Jason WItten

DEFENSE:

MVP: Roy Williams

BIGGEST SURPRISE: Greg Ellis

BIGGEST DISAPPOINTMENT: tie, Marcus Spears/Chris Canty

GAMES:

BEST GAME TO WATCH: at Carolina

MOST CRUSHING GAME TO WATCH: at Commanders

BILL PARCELLS BEST DECISION: benching Bledsoe

BILL PARCELLS WORST DECISION: not benching Bledsoe before wk. 1

SECOND HALF PREDICTIONS:

PREDICTED FINAL RECORD OF THE TEAM: 9-7

PLAYER WHO WILL COME ON THE STRONGEST IN 2nd HALF: Terrell Owens

 

[Rack]

OFFENSE:

MVP: JuJo

BIGGEST SURPRISE: Mark Columbo

BIGGEST DISAPPOINTMENT: Drew Bledsoe

DEFENSE:

MVP: Terence Newman (although he needs to stop worrying out his consecutive TD shutout streak and actually attempt to MAKE some plays)

BIGGEST SURPRISE: No one has been a "Surprise", not pleasantly anyway.

BIGGEST DISAPPOINTMENT: The starting DEs.

GAMES:

BEST GAME TO WATCH: Vs Carolina

MOST CRUSHING GAME TO WATCH: Toss up between the Giants and Skins losses

BILL PARCELLS BEST DECISION: Duh! Benching Bledsoe.

BILL PARCELLS WORST DECISION: Waiting so long to bench Bledsoe.

SECOND HALF PREDICTIONS: A whole lot of "Same old, same old"

PREDICTED FINAL RECORD OF THE TEAM: 9-7.

PLAYER WHO WILL COME ON THE STRONGEST IN 2nd HALF: Tony Romo

 

[baj1dallas]

OFFENSE:

MVP: Terry Glenn

BIGGEST SURPRISE: Andre Gurode

BIGGEST DISAPPOINTMENT: Drew Bledsoe

DEFENSE:

MVP: Terrence Newman

BIGGEST SURPRISE: Greg Ellis

BIGGEST DISAPPOINTMENT: Bobby Carpenter

GAMES:

BEST GAME TO WATCH: Carolina by a mile

MOST CRUSHING GAME TO WATCH: NYG by two miles

BILL PARCELLS BEST DECISION: Romo of course

BILL PARCELLS WORST DECISION: Probably waited too long on Romo

SECOND HALF PREDICTIONS:

PREDICTED FINAL RECORD OF THE TEAM: 9-7

PLAYER WHO WILL COME ON THE STRONGEST IN 2nd HALF: Flozell Adams

 

[MONT17]

OFFENSE:

MVP: JuJo (only because I like his boardname!!!)

BIGGEST SURPRISE: Rivera (I ripped him to no end last year)

BIGGEST DISAPPOINTMENT: Bledsoe (to lose his job to a player with no snaps for the 3rd time)

DEFENSE:

MVP: Newman

BIGGEST SURPRISE: Ware (He is almost non existant)

BIGGEST DISAPPOINTMENT: Carpenter (wasted pick)

GAMES:

BEST GAME TO WATCH: Not much of a choice

MOST CRUSHING GAME TO WATCH: Giants

BILL PARCELLS BEST DECISION: None

BILL PARCELLS WORST DECISION: 06 Draft

SECOND HALF PREDICTIONS:

PREDICTED FINAL RECORD OF THE TEAM: 8-8

PLAYER WHO WILL COME ON THE STRONGEST IN 2nd HALF: Wintten

 

[Bob Sacamano]

BIGGEST SURPRISE: Andre Gurode

good call

 

[UDcowboysfan]

OFFENSE:

MVP:Tie-JJ and MBIII

BIGGEST SURPRISE:Marc Columbo(im pissed at him he lost us the skins game)

BIGGEST DISAPPOINTMENT:TO(Done fine just dropping balls)

DEFENSE:

MVP:Roy(from all the crap he gets he's one hell of a player)

BIGGEST SURPRISE:Ellis(I never would of thought he'd do this good)

BIGGEST DISAPPOINTMENT:FS as a posistion

GAMES:

BEST GAME TO WATCH:Carolina

MOST CRUSHING GAME TO WATCH do i even have to say it?

BILL PARCELLS BEST DECISION:Benching Bledsoe

BILL PARCELLS WORST DECISION:Not benching Bledsoe at Training Camp

SECOND HALF PREDICTIONS:

PREDICTED FINAL RECORD OF THE TEAM:9-7

PLAYER WHO WILL COME ON THE STRONGEST IN 2nd HALF:Romo

 

[DakAttack]

OFFENSE:

MVP: Julius Jones w/Romo a close second

BIGGEST SURPRISE: Tony Romo

BIGGEST DISAPPOINTMENT: Flozell Adams:bang2:

DEFENSE:

MVP: Terence Newman:starspin

BIGGEST SURPRISE: Greg Ellis

BIGGEST DISAPPOINTMENT: Bobby Carpentar

GAMES:

BEST GAME TO WATCH: Carolina

MOST CRUSHING GAME TO WATCH: NY Giants:jints:

BILL PARCELLS BEST DECISION: starting Tony Romo

BILL PARCELLS WORST DECISION: going for the 2pt. coversion early in the Wash. game

SECOND HALF PREDICTIONS: Romo cements that he is the future at QB. Defense continues to give up big plays. Team continues to make dumb penalties. and we finish 8-8. Big Bill retires:shatfan:

PREDICTED FINAL RECORD OF THE TEAM: 8-8

PLAYER WHO WILL COME ON THE STRONGEST IN 2nd HALF: T.O.

 

[Future]

OFFENSE:

MVP: Julius Jones
BIGGEST SURPRISE: MBIII
BIGGEST DISAPPOINTMENT: Drew Bledsoe

DEFENSE:

MVP: Newman
BIGGEST SURPRISE: Fergie
BIGGEST DISAPPOINTMENT: ELLIS:bang2: :bang2:

GAMES:

BEST GAME TO WATCH: Carolina
MOST CRUSHING GAME TO WATCH: Wash last week
BILL PARCELLS BEST DECISIONlaying romo
BILL PARCELLS WORST DECISION: abandoning the run against philly

SECOND HALF PREDICTIONS:
PREDICTED FINAL RECORD OF THE TEAM: 10-6
PLAYER WHO WILL COME ON THE STRONGEST IN 2nd HALF: Tony Romo

 

[percyhoward]

Outstanding thread TruBlue

OFFENSE:

MVP: Julius Jones (the only offensive starter without a penalty)
BIGGEST SURPRISE: ...Kyle...Kosier...
BIGGEST DISAPPOINTMENT: a lot of little ones, no big one

DEFENSE:

MVP: Ferguson
BIGGEST SURPRISE and DISAPPOINTMENT: our pass D looks like late 2003 again (still?)

GAMES:

BEST GAME TO WATCH: Carolina
MOST CRUSHING GAME TO WATCH: Last week was physically sickening
BILL PARCELLS BEST DECISION: Going with his gut and playing Romo
BILL PARCELLS WORST DECISION: the reverse to Glenn that we always run as soon as we get into FG range, and that always takes us out of same.

SECOND HALF PREDICTIONS: Many many high-scoring games
PREDICTED FINAL RECORD OF THE TEAM: 10-6
PLAYER WHO WILL COME ON THE STRONGEST IN 2nd HALF: Witten and Owens both have some work to do if they want to make another Pro Bowl

 

[tyke1doe]

OFFENSE:

MVP: Marion Barber

BIGGEST SURPRISE: Tony Romo

BIGGEST DISAPPOINTMENT: TO

DEFENSE:

MVP: Terance Newman

BIGGEST SURPRISE: Greg Ellis

BIGGEST DISAPPOINTMENT: DeMarcus Ware

GAMES:

BEST GAME TO WATCH: Dallas vs. Tennessee

MOST CRUSHING GAME TO WATCH: Dallas at Washington

BILL PARCELLS BEST DECISION: Going with Tony Romo at QB

BILL PARCELLS WORST DECISION: Not starting Tony Romo earlier

SECOND HALF PREDICTIONS:

PREDICTED FINAL RECORD OF THE TEAM: 9-7

PLAYER WHO WILL COME ON THE STRONGEST IN 2nd HALF: Tony Romo

 

[Jack-Reacher]

OFFENSE:

MVP: Julius Jones

BIGGEST SURPRISE: Tony Romo

BIGGEST DISAPPOINTMENT: Drew Bledsoe

DEFENSE:

MVP: Terrance Newman

BIGGEST SURPRISE: Greg Ellis

BIGGEST DISAPPOINTMENT: Anthony Henry

GAMES:

BEST GAME TO WATCH: Carolina

MOST CRUSHING GAME TO WATCH: At Washington

BILL PARCELLS BEST DECISION: Moving Ellis to OLB

BILL PARCELLS WORST DECISION: Not upgrading the FS position

SECOND HALF PREDICTIONS:

PREDICTED FINAL RECORD OF THE TEAM: 11-5 (WTH I can dream J )

PLAYER WHO WILL COME ON THE STRONGEST IN 2nd HALF: Demarcus Ware

 

[Zaxor]

OFFENSE:

MVP: Gurode has been very steady
BIGGEST SURPRISE: Colombo did anyone think he would play as well as he has
BIGGEST DISAPPOINTMENT: Witten way too many boneheaded plays (besides I already knew Bledsoe sucked)

DEFENSE:

MVP: Ware...people dog on him but he isn't the problem

BIGGEST SURPRISE: That Spears and Canty are big fat slugs that take up blocks but never make a play (Jimmy said he doesn't want guys like that now I know why)

BIGGEST DISAPPOINTMENT: Carpenter yeah, yeah... rookie..blah, blah... if he could actually play he would be out on the field even if it is just as a rotation guy

GAMES:

BEST GAME TO WATCH: Every win

MOST CRUSHING GAME TO WATCH: every loss

BILL PARCELLS BEST DECISION: still waiting...but it may be suckering Jerry into paying 5 million

BILL PARCELLS WORST DECISION: Signing Bledsoe just disgusting

SECOND HALF PREDICTIONS:

PREDICTED FINAL RECORD OF THE TEAM: Same thing I said at the beggining of the season 9-7 give or take a game

PLAYER WHO WILL COME ON THE STRONGEST IN 2nd HALF: Watkins though he may never see the field

 

[AdamJT13]

OFFENSE:

MVP: Terrell Owens. Julius Jones has been consistently good (except for one game), but when Owens is playing well, our offense is extremely good, bordering on unstoppable. He's more "valuable" in the sense that we need him to make an impact in games.

BIGGEST SURPRISE: The fact that Parcells benched Bledsoe in the sixth game of the season. Not that he shouldn't have, but I thought he'd stubbornly stick with Drew for as long as he could. (The most surprising player in a positive way, I suppose, would be Marc Colombo -- the field-goal fiasco notwithstanding.)

BIGGEST DISAPPOINTMENT: The fact that Bledsoe had to be benched. Again, not that it shouldn't have happened, but it did meant that the season wasn't starting well for the team. (The most disappointing player, then, would be Bledsoe. He had more weapons than last year and actually was being protected better than last year, and he looked poised for a big season, but he got off to a bad start with too many very costly turnovers.)

DEFENSE:

MVP: DeMarcus Ware. He has made big plays without making very many mistakes. Newman has been a shutdown corner for the most part, except for three or four plays. And Roy has made a ton of big plays, but he has allowed a few, too. So I'll go with Ware, who has been very solid against the run and in pass coverage while also being a better and more consistent pass-rusher than he was last season.

BIGGEST SURPRISE: Jason Ferguson. If he didn't play well, our run defense would have been in trouble because we don't really have a backup for him. But he has been a rock in almost every game (other than the Giants game).

BIGGEST DISAPPOINTMENT: Patrick Watkins. Not that it wasn't somewhat expected for a fifth-round rookie to give up some big plays. But it could have been a big boost to find an immediate, longtime starter at free safety in the fifth-round of the draft, so to see him get benched after a few games was disappointing. At some point this season, I'd like to see how he would respond to getting another chance.

GAMES:

BEST GAME TO WATCH: Cowboys 35, Panthers 14. Down 14-0 on the road early, the offense puts up more than 400 yards in Romo's first start, Witten breaks out, the defense clamps down on Carolina's running game, Newman shuts down Steve Smith (again), Roy picks off Delhomme and we set a franchise record for points in a fourth quarter -- all on national TV.

MOST CRUSHING GAME TO WATCH: Philadelphia 38, Dallas 24. After leading at halftime in Philadelphia, we let the Eagles score on two fluke TD passes. Then our chance to tie in the final minute gets picked off and returned for a touchdown.

BILL PARCELLS BEST DECISION: Could be Romo -- time will tell how it works out. For now, I'll say starting Colombo at right tackle instead of Fabini or Petitti.

BILL PARCELLS WORST DECISION: Abandoning the run and letting Bledsoe throw at critical points against Jacksonville (before halftime), Philadelphia (at the goal line at the end) and the Giants (at the goal line before halftime).

SECOND HALF PREDICTIONS:

PREDICTED FINAL RECORD OF THE TEAM: Realistically, I'll say 9-7, but that could be good enough to make the playoffs. With small improvements here and there, that easily could be 10-6.

PLAYER WHO WILL COME ON THE STRONGEST IN 2nd HALF: Hopefully Romo, since our playoff hopes are riding on him.

 

[dffl11]

OFFENSE:

MVP: JJ (the kid is healthy and on pace for 1300+)

BIGGEST SURPRISE: Kosier (i thought he'd totally suck)

BIGGEST DISAPPOINTMENT: Bledsoe (I thought he'd be much better, and he single handedly coast us Jax, Phill and NY losses)

DEFENSE:

MVP: Newman

BIGGEST SURPRISE: Tie: Ferg and Ellis if i had to pick one, it would be Ferg. He is having a PRO-BOWL year

BIGGEST DISAPPOINTMENT: Carpenter (just because i thought he'd actually play this year)

GAMES:

BEST GAME TO WATCH: Panthers

MOST CRUSHING GAME TO WATCH: Eagles

BILL PARCELLS BEST DECISION: Going with Romo

BILL PARCELLS WORST DECISION:Sticking with Bledsoe after the Eagles (i would have gone with: not challeging the safety, but it was not his call)

SECOND HALF PREDICTIONS:

PREDICTED FINAL RECORD OF THE TEAM:10-6 (wins Zona, Tampa, Nawlens, Atlanta, Eagles, Lions losses Indy, NY)

PLAYER WHO WILL COME ON THE STRONGEST IN 2nd HALF: T.O (48 rec 750 yards 8 TD)