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The Cowboys are still that team.
You know the one. The one that won't take the game by the juggler, slide the sharpest knife in the drawer from it's sleeve, and end it all at once. Killer instinct is by nature cold and calculated, and it isn't masked in irony by a "kill-kill-kill!" routine at the line of scrimmage. By all means, Tony, KILL! We're waiting. Stop torturing us, please.
And speaking of sharpest knives in the drawer, the Cowboys could use a couple or three.
- Callahan, did you not watch the Vikes stick to the run game? You opted for 55 pass attempts to 8 rushes, adding the three sacks and Romo's scramble to the chunk-it ledger. If you noticed, AP had a lot of attempts for a yard or less, but that didn't keep the Vikings from rushing the football. 140 yards later.....
- Dez, if you're gonna stick with the exagerration animation routine, you'd better catch it when it comes your way. Yes, even the early one behind your back shoulder, because Calvin Johnson makes that catch. And the stupid unsportsmanlike penalty? That erased a chance for a 53-yard field goal and forced a punt. Do you not play Madden? Find a balance of emotion that allows you to think.
- Romo, you were good overall, but really? A delay of game after a kickoff and a full commercial? Led to foot short and a punt. That's on you, Francis.
- Free and Smith, how many times are you going to fall for the inside spin move? You're quarterback is excellent at stepping up in the pocket, and you know that. So force your guy wide when in doubt, please.
- Williams, Witten, Beasley, Dez.....did I leave anyone out? Catch the ball boys.
- Defense, I know you.....actually I really don't know you, but whoever you are, you need to bone up on your quarterbacks. That was Christian Ponder, not John Elway. He throws like a girl, as you finally learned on the last play of the game. Why all the soft coverage? Far too many third-down conversions.
Holy moly. A fourth quarter of shoulda-been-empty seats became a white-knuckling comebacker. We ALL had the same thought late when Minnesota took their final turn. Not another gut-punch, please, especially with a huge throng of obnoxious purple jersies painting the stadium. Yes, another pretty neutral crowd in Jerry's weekend party cabana watched an expected Sunday stroll take a wrong turn into a forest of doubt.
So now 5-4 heads to slaughter in the Superdome, where a ticked-off Saints squad is asking how they lost to Geno Smith. No doubt the low-rent unwashed of New Orleans will be in full-on psychotic inebriation mode by Sunday night. A performance like yesterday will get Dallas beat by 30 points.
This season still begs for a signature win. Beating the dregs and falling to the real teams promises only a quiet thud in the end.
First place. Whatever. Congrats, you're the skinniest kid at fat camp. Do something we can point to, will ya?
You know the one. The one that won't take the game by the juggler, slide the sharpest knife in the drawer from it's sleeve, and end it all at once. Killer instinct is by nature cold and calculated, and it isn't masked in irony by a "kill-kill-kill!" routine at the line of scrimmage. By all means, Tony, KILL! We're waiting. Stop torturing us, please.
And speaking of sharpest knives in the drawer, the Cowboys could use a couple or three.
- Callahan, did you not watch the Vikes stick to the run game? You opted for 55 pass attempts to 8 rushes, adding the three sacks and Romo's scramble to the chunk-it ledger. If you noticed, AP had a lot of attempts for a yard or less, but that didn't keep the Vikings from rushing the football. 140 yards later.....
- Dez, if you're gonna stick with the exagerration animation routine, you'd better catch it when it comes your way. Yes, even the early one behind your back shoulder, because Calvin Johnson makes that catch. And the stupid unsportsmanlike penalty? That erased a chance for a 53-yard field goal and forced a punt. Do you not play Madden? Find a balance of emotion that allows you to think.
- Romo, you were good overall, but really? A delay of game after a kickoff and a full commercial? Led to foot short and a punt. That's on you, Francis.
- Free and Smith, how many times are you going to fall for the inside spin move? You're quarterback is excellent at stepping up in the pocket, and you know that. So force your guy wide when in doubt, please.
- Williams, Witten, Beasley, Dez.....did I leave anyone out? Catch the ball boys.
- Defense, I know you.....actually I really don't know you, but whoever you are, you need to bone up on your quarterbacks. That was Christian Ponder, not John Elway. He throws like a girl, as you finally learned on the last play of the game. Why all the soft coverage? Far too many third-down conversions.
Holy moly. A fourth quarter of shoulda-been-empty seats became a white-knuckling comebacker. We ALL had the same thought late when Minnesota took their final turn. Not another gut-punch, please, especially with a huge throng of obnoxious purple jersies painting the stadium. Yes, another pretty neutral crowd in Jerry's weekend party cabana watched an expected Sunday stroll take a wrong turn into a forest of doubt.
So now 5-4 heads to slaughter in the Superdome, where a ticked-off Saints squad is asking how they lost to Geno Smith. No doubt the low-rent unwashed of New Orleans will be in full-on psychotic inebriation mode by Sunday night. A performance like yesterday will get Dallas beat by 30 points.
This season still begs for a signature win. Beating the dregs and falling to the real teams promises only a quiet thud in the end.
First place. Whatever. Congrats, you're the skinniest kid at fat camp. Do something we can point to, will ya?
