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Giving up a punt return was......disappointing. It couldn't have come at a worse time either.
Why can't we cover Steve Smith? We do a great job on that other one. Well, here's my take. He's getting a lot of it in the soft spots. He's getting a lot of it against Scandrick and from our safeties not named Sensabaugh. He owns Scandrick.
Speaking of Scandrick, there were a lot of missed tackles in the game even if they were only the kind to grant a few extra yards.
The holding generally evens out in a game. It appeared at times to favor the Giants. The hold on Sensabaugh was particularly troublesome. Not blaming the refs as I have no idea if that changes the outcome of the game. Probably not. It is random thoughts, right?
The team seems to find ways to lose games at times. Our offense was better overall. Not in the points department though discounting the last TD if I may. STs took one on the chin in this department. So did the defense. It cost us the game. Two big plays.
It's not the end of the world. STs sucked one play o/w looked fine. That's a hiccup. One bad play by Spencer and some luck (I'm guessing the play wasn't designed to isolate Jacobs that well) on defense. The offense played well although again more points per yards gained would be nice. So we don't suck even though half the fans have gone nutso.
RW started slow but finished strong. Heh, that's a big positive. He did miss that one TD throw. And he looks for too many holding calls IMO. He was interfered with at least once today. Good interference by the Giants I guess.
Despite not going anywhere in the run department, there's no need to fire Barber or Garrett. The runs are necessary to put us into favorable third down conversion territory. We don't do well generally in third and long. We converted a lot of third downs this evening. Just not enough I guess.
And speaking of the above I thought the DC for the Giants had a great game plan. Unfortunately. They stacked the box and did some run blitzing and stopped the run. They were also plenty physical IMO.
Garrett was ok tonite overall. I'd give him just a C. What disappoints me is the lack of downfield passing. I'm talking about the big pass not the intermediate ones. Both Austin and Williams beat the Giants long. We should see more of that. Not saying give up on those Witten et al intermediate routes they do so well. Just throw the ball downfield on occasion. That's got Dallas written all over it. Deep shots Red.
Romo was better than ok. Not red hot but good. None of those amazingly inaccurate throws especially the high ones. The last TD to Austin was a pretty good throw. He did his job IMO.
I say nonsense about all this OL talk. Yeah they didn't blow them off the ball despite them selling out for the run. The protection was not great but good enough. The OL didn't cost this team a win.
The Giants were desperate. Not an excuse as there isn't one. But a loss today would likely have ended their playoff hopes. They aren't good enough to win out IMO. They will lose another game or two before its over. But they played desperate.
Speaking of desperate. How come the Cowboys didn't play desperate? Well they didn't. Despite playing at least as well on offense they still didn't display the same amount of physical play. They looked like the Giants wanted it more.
And speaking of that.....why is that? Do the Cowboys lack the desperate will to not lose much less the will to win at all costs? Never once thought that until now. I've seen too much of it. They aren't afraid enough about losing. You must fear losing to the point you don't get beat. I could easily be wrong but I don't sense that about Dallas. They're too refined. Should I say too soft. And I've never thought this until now, but I don't see coaches in their faces often enough. And they certainly don't call them out in public which the Giants' coaches did this week. Questioned their manhood in reality. Said they weren't physical enough. They looked physical enough tonight although that wasn't the difference in the game. The difference was two plays IMO. They didn't have the game to march it down the field consistently. Those two plays won the game. And Dallas wasn't afraid enough to prevent it. That's my take. And if I'm right I can lay that right at Wade's feet. That's right. My first attack on Wade. Not too soft. Too undemanding. No fear.
Well that last should about do it tonite. One last parting thought. How 'bout Witten. Big night and now 2nd overall in pass completions in Dallas Cowboy history. A couple of more years and there's not doubt we're talking HOF here guys. Some history tonight even though it may feel bittersweet.
There's still four more games. We don't suck. And no one else is sneaking up on us. It's the Giants and the Eagles. We are still in first place in the division.
Oh, the Saints are beatable. And we match up well against SD. And I know we can beat the Eagles. The Skins look tougher though.
Don't give up hope fellow zoners.
Why can't we cover Steve Smith? We do a great job on that other one. Well, here's my take. He's getting a lot of it in the soft spots. He's getting a lot of it against Scandrick and from our safeties not named Sensabaugh. He owns Scandrick.
Speaking of Scandrick, there were a lot of missed tackles in the game even if they were only the kind to grant a few extra yards.
The holding generally evens out in a game. It appeared at times to favor the Giants. The hold on Sensabaugh was particularly troublesome. Not blaming the refs as I have no idea if that changes the outcome of the game. Probably not. It is random thoughts, right?
The team seems to find ways to lose games at times. Our offense was better overall. Not in the points department though discounting the last TD if I may. STs took one on the chin in this department. So did the defense. It cost us the game. Two big plays.
It's not the end of the world. STs sucked one play o/w looked fine. That's a hiccup. One bad play by Spencer and some luck (I'm guessing the play wasn't designed to isolate Jacobs that well) on defense. The offense played well although again more points per yards gained would be nice. So we don't suck even though half the fans have gone nutso.
RW started slow but finished strong. Heh, that's a big positive. He did miss that one TD throw. And he looks for too many holding calls IMO. He was interfered with at least once today. Good interference by the Giants I guess.
Despite not going anywhere in the run department, there's no need to fire Barber or Garrett. The runs are necessary to put us into favorable third down conversion territory. We don't do well generally in third and long. We converted a lot of third downs this evening. Just not enough I guess.
And speaking of the above I thought the DC for the Giants had a great game plan. Unfortunately. They stacked the box and did some run blitzing and stopped the run. They were also plenty physical IMO.
Garrett was ok tonite overall. I'd give him just a C. What disappoints me is the lack of downfield passing. I'm talking about the big pass not the intermediate ones. Both Austin and Williams beat the Giants long. We should see more of that. Not saying give up on those Witten et al intermediate routes they do so well. Just throw the ball downfield on occasion. That's got Dallas written all over it. Deep shots Red.
Romo was better than ok. Not red hot but good. None of those amazingly inaccurate throws especially the high ones. The last TD to Austin was a pretty good throw. He did his job IMO.
I say nonsense about all this OL talk. Yeah they didn't blow them off the ball despite them selling out for the run. The protection was not great but good enough. The OL didn't cost this team a win.
The Giants were desperate. Not an excuse as there isn't one. But a loss today would likely have ended their playoff hopes. They aren't good enough to win out IMO. They will lose another game or two before its over. But they played desperate.
Speaking of desperate. How come the Cowboys didn't play desperate? Well they didn't. Despite playing at least as well on offense they still didn't display the same amount of physical play. They looked like the Giants wanted it more.
And speaking of that.....why is that? Do the Cowboys lack the desperate will to not lose much less the will to win at all costs? Never once thought that until now. I've seen too much of it. They aren't afraid enough about losing. You must fear losing to the point you don't get beat. I could easily be wrong but I don't sense that about Dallas. They're too refined. Should I say too soft. And I've never thought this until now, but I don't see coaches in their faces often enough. And they certainly don't call them out in public which the Giants' coaches did this week. Questioned their manhood in reality. Said they weren't physical enough. They looked physical enough tonight although that wasn't the difference in the game. The difference was two plays IMO. They didn't have the game to march it down the field consistently. Those two plays won the game. And Dallas wasn't afraid enough to prevent it. That's my take. And if I'm right I can lay that right at Wade's feet. That's right. My first attack on Wade. Not too soft. Too undemanding. No fear.
Well that last should about do it tonite. One last parting thought. How 'bout Witten. Big night and now 2nd overall in pass completions in Dallas Cowboy history. A couple of more years and there's not doubt we're talking HOF here guys. Some history tonight even though it may feel bittersweet.
There's still four more games. We don't suck. And no one else is sneaking up on us. It's the Giants and the Eagles. We are still in first place in the division.
Oh, the Saints are beatable. And we match up well against SD. And I know we can beat the Eagles. The Skins look tougher though.
Don't give up hope fellow zoners.
