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Doomsday101

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He got pounded there several times. No time to throw. Even Troy said something about he had no time to set & throw. He settled down, the line got better & Jason was getting open.

And our coaches did a nice job I thought.

Tenn was coming, no doubt they were not looking to stop the run they were coming after the QB and did so all day. Play action was not going to work since Tenn was coming after Tony. I agree things settled down and Romo made some good tosses to Dez as well. I do get concerned with the hits with or without the back issue.
 

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Then if you are Fisher what do you do to try and counter?

if i was fisher i would stack the box and force tony to beat them. rather die fast than slow:)
as an opposing coach seeing romo look rusty i would certainly rather have him go out and prove he can do it than have murray run my defense off the field
 

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I would think you are right, but they apparently didn't do that against the Bucs. Or it didn't help.

Hey, Speed...I think a discussion of current merit in proceeding either direction, passing or running, is great to finally have.

Just as a run friendly fan, I want to see Murray move into a role that Emmitt Smith formerly served. Emmitt never was considered a top notched and speedy runner, but was just too good to ignore.

This gives our Offensive Coordinator, Bill Callahan, the opportunity to put opposing defenses flat footed. They may wish to want to box fill, and attempt to stop the run now...but good luck there. This team is building the ability to run against the best of run defenses in the NFL.

But that opens up the entire play book. Keeping linebackers with helmets on swivels, actually give stronger opportunities to screens, flat releases, play-action, and quick hitting tight ends vertically.

Put a little apprehension and indecision in a team's linebackers, and even Tony Romo coming back, has to be smiling a little now.
 

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When Bradford went down I discarded what little concerns I had about the game.

It's a game Dallas should easily win just because of the QB situation they have. A busted Romo is still better than what they're runnin.
 

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Oh they're going to stack the box and make Romo beat them with his arm.

We are a "pick your poison" type of offense. They stack the box, Dez will light their *** up. You can't stack the box and put double coverage on the receiver.
 

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I tell ya what. I have the Rams D in FF. I am going shopping tuesday for a new D and a new Kicker. I've got Seattles kicker and that guy only kicks extra points. Boo Hauschka (however you spell it).

Rams D was supposed to be good, but man, they got me (-1) and 12 points. Thats against weak teams. Ouch. They are not as good as they were supposed to be through 2 games. I can tell you that. They give up points and yards by the bushel, never go 3 and out and dont get turnovers. Kinda what I was thinking the Cowboys D was gunna do, what I wouldn't give to be able to pick them up. Who woulda thunk it, me wanting the Dallas D.
 

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For me I never take any game or team for granted. Coach Landry taught me well. I would watch his coaches show every week during the season and it seemed no matter who Dallas was going to play by the time his show was over you would swear we were playing the reigning SB champs, even if that team had a losing record.
I remember that, with the reel to reel projector and they would roll it forward and backwards, forward and backwards . Funny watching Randy White sacking a quarterback in reverse. I watched that every Sunday. I loved that. I miss Coach Landry.
 

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I am not sure we are capable of big plays passing unless it's after the catch. Tony's looking very limited throwing the long ball.

If Romo isn't ready yet physically for deep passes then they will just need to dial up some smarter short and intermediate pass plays.
 

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we have a good chance to win this game but my question is when was the last time this team won two games in consective weeks on the road with garrett as head coach? I do not believe last year this team did that.
 

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I understand their front four is pretty good, but a lot of you are giving them way too much credit. They are 30th in run defense, allowing 171 yards rushing per game. In other words, Murray will once again have a field day on his favorite opponent.

Same thing happened with TN. People had me frightened. And look what happened. They schemed the pass defense pretty well, but only because Tony is not himself as of yet.
 

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we have a good chance to win this game but my question is when was the last time this team won two games in consective weeks on the road with garrett as head coach? I do not believe last year this team did that.

Started from the bottom now we're here.
It begins Sunday.
 
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