Totally agree regarding the turnovers. Unacceptable. Whether your trying to get the extra yard or a fluke play, ball security is the no1 concern when you have that ball. Don't get me wrong... It's not all roses for me. I just think Romo missing TWill on that pass isn't a mishap we have be worried about come regular season.
Ok, I'm done now with the game critiquing. On to more training camp....
Turnovers is what gets us beat when the game counts. It's horrible to have 5 of them in a half, and 6 in a preseason game. And it's tough to hear 'we gotta get that cleaned up' and take it with a straight face.
I *do* sort of think these TOs were flukey, but they were Bears-game flukey. The flukes happened (Dez fumble, after he'd covered the ball, for example) because defensive players were coached to make great plays on the ball, and it worked. Most defenses can't make those sorts of plays, but some can, and the ones that can are going to be able to beat us even if we're a better team, across the board.
For the record, though, I love that AZ defense. They're really fun to watch. And I think they made some fairly smart moves in the offseason bringing in a bunch of vets who can help that team. A guy like Palmer, who's a journeyman at this point, is still a massive upgrade at QB. That guy can throw spam into a can. Mendenhall's a decent pickup, too, for that Arians offense. That looked like a team, to me, that's going to be in every game they play if their offense just doesn't shoot them in the foot. (This is not an excuse for the Cowboys, btw. Just commentary on how AZ looks because I lived in PHX for 25 years).
