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I've been thinking all week about the renewed sense of pride I feel when I watch this team play. Mind you, I've been a Cowboy fan through the good times and the bad, through the Quincy and Campo years, and always wore my colors proudly.

Being a Boys fan over the past decade meant watching games on Sunday with timid anticipation, waiting for the other shoe to drop and have it all come crashing down. It meant watching the offense look like a Div-AA college squad always relying on the defense to bail them out, even during the playoff year of 2003. Every loss sucked, but you really couldn't get angry because the entire team was simply inept from the coaching staff down. You expected to lose, and were pleasantly surprised when they won.

Now, though, I brim with confidence whenever I watch the team take the field. They play the game as if they're going to execute perfectly on every single play. They pump each other up and you can tell they're a tightly knit group. Seeing Wade and Jason Garrett hollering with glee and pumping their fists on the sidelines after a score and seeing Romo and T.O. talking while grinning from ear to ear speaks volumes about these guys and their chemistry. It's a refreshing and needed change of pace after the iron dictatorship that was the Bill Parcells administration.

We aren't just beating teams - we're imposing our will on them. We just went into the house of the defending NFC champs and kicked them all over the turf. Rex Grossman or not, this was a team that went to the Super Bowl last year and we went into their house and embarrassed them. It feels so good not to fear 3rd down anymore. I don't have to hide my eyes from the TV on 3rd and 8 like I had to when Bledslow or Testaverde were taking the snaps. I don't have to settle for drives that stall out in the red-zone and end up with only a FG, or what was the case many times, a missed FG. Now I EXPECT touchdowns. And when we do have to kick a field goal, I don't cling to the edge of my seat begging God to please just let us make the kick.

In summation, the Dallas Cowboys are a force again. They play to win; they don't play not to lose. They go out there every Sunday and go for the throat, seemingly getting better as the game goes on. We haven't played with such intensity since the group known as "The Triplets" were on the field and a man named Jimmy was patrolling the sidelines. Enjoy it Cowboy fans, because this is the best team we've had in a decade.
 

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sk0aL;1680904 said:
I've been thinking all week about the renewed sense of pride I feel when I watch this team play. Mind you, I've been a Cowboy fan through the good times and the bad, through the Quincy and Campo years, and always wore my colors proudly.

Oh yeah? I wear my Texas Rangers colors proudly in New York! Beat that! :laugh2:

My wife tells me when we go out. Please don't wear that. Just become a Yankee fan, it will be less depressing. No!

Texas Rangers 2009 baby! :cool:
 

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Great post.

I definitely see a difference in coaching and philosophy of attack. This team's confidence is at such an altitude that I truly believe they think they can't be stopped.

This new edition of Dallas Cowboy looks for ways to multiply exponentially points scored. They don't fear giving up scores whatsoever.

The defense plays confident and fast and without pressure because they know if they can make a play, if they can win small victories... if they can hold teams to field goal attempts.., if if they can play solid red zone defense a few times a game... Romo and Co. will make teams pay dearly for not being able to punch it in the endzome at least 65% of the time.

It's to the point now where 30pts is NOT enough for teams to beat the Dallas Cowboys. Not enough. Not even close.

If the Cowboys ever play a team that can abuse their defense like the Cowboys have abused others (and I don't think this will ever really play out, nor would I want it to)... Romo would have a record setting day passing.... 500-600 yrds passing is not out of the question.
 

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Yep, I agree. Its amazing how much life is just better with a 4-0 football team to root for. While I have my Spurs, they are in SA and I am in Dallas. All my friends are Dallas fans so I could not really enjoy the comaraderie of my fellow Spurs fans to really enjoy the last decade. But when the Boys are winning, like it was in the 90's, this is a great time to be a boys fan. You can feel it throughout the city. At work, At friends houses in the mall and stores. You see jerseys everywhere. Strangers come together to mock a fool in a Portis jersey etc... I mean this town is electric. The Radio is worth listening too, ESPN or the Ticket.

I love this feeling, my work (both the system and the customers), traffic, mall crowds, nothing can really ruin my day. Its like a cure for what ails you in your real life or something. Even dinner tastes a bit better knowing one day the eagirls and skins fans will have their reality shattered yet again, by Tony and the boys from Dallas. Cruise by other teams boards and hit the Cowboy threads, Pple are starting to realize the boys are good. Scary good and getting better. Barbers not sneaking up on anyone, Wittens as known as Owens. Even McBriars a known weapon. The words getting out already.

We are incredibly hot right now. Its like the boys blow off the rust from a week off and then get to work in the 2nd or 3rd quarter and then just do what their paid to do. Matter of fact. We are going to put this ball in that endzone and you can try to stop us, but you wont. I mean does Romo even know what being uncomfortable and unconfident even feels like. I am blown away by his cool and composure. You dont see that out of every QB, the Peytons and Bradys. Hes a special player.
 

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sk0aL;1680904 said:
In summation, the Dallas Cowboys are a force again. They play to win; they don't play not to lose. They go out there every Sunday and go for the throat, seemingly getting better as the game goes on. We haven't played with such intensity since the group known as "The Triplets" were on the field and a man named Jimmy was patrolling the sidelines. Enjoy it Cowboy fans, because this is the best team we've had in a decade.

That's the biggest difference that I see as well....

Enough of the timid approach and letting the other team dictate how we play....although, I wash pissed that we kicked away from Hester at the beginning of the Bears game....I thought, "Oh crap, we are ALREADY letting THEM dictate to US...." however, from what I hear the players told the coaches to let us kick to him and Hester didn't do squat.....although Hall did this past week.

WE are dictating the game....such a breath of fresh air!
 

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Could'nt agree more It's good to be a Cowboy fan also gotta give jerry Jones alot of credit he loves his Cowboys!!!
 

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bigbadroy;1681933 said:
ok! we get the point! bada bing and all that crap

lmao....i love that commish commercial...hes so stupid, but funny
 
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