Tony Dungy: Cowboys should be concerned

[cowboyjoe]

Tony Dungy: Cowboys should be concerned
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I like listening to Tony Dungy's analysis on Sunday night. No yelling. No catch phrases, but he's really giving some pretty well-founded opinions. I know - that's such a change from things at the four-letter network - but, for me, it works.

Tonight, Dan Patrick asked him about the Cowboys and December. Dungy said the Cowboys should be quite concerned in the wake of this loss.

"You are starting to see the breakdowns of the past, big plays against the defense, break downs on special teams and the offense is moving the ball, but not delivering the knockout punch," Dungy said.

What watered things down a little, however, was Patrick asking Dungy and Rodney Harrison about Tony Romo going to Las Vegas 10 days ago. I still have no issue with a one day trip on a completely dead weekend. And it's not like Romo performed badly today with a career-high 392 yards, a 112.2 passer rating and a 75 percent completion percentage.

Both Dungy and Harrison, however, called the trip a mistake. Maybe from the general fan's perception, but did it really have an impact in that locker room? And if Romo was singled out, should not Miles Austin have been singled out, too?

I still believe Vegas is a non-story. But until the Cowboys have a convincing December, every action by every player on this team is going to be examined and re-examined.

 

[Hook'em#11]

Vegas is a non story. They just run with that because Dallas lost. Harrison is a tool. What Dungy said is spot on.

I found it funny how no mention of Austin being there with Romo in Vegas. Guess that was just a "mistake" not too mention Austin.

Never in all my years of watching football have I seen Romo get more crap dumped on him then is needed.

They went to Vegas for a charity event and Romo gets thrown to the wolves. Weren't even gone a weekend. Just came off 2 games in 10 days..

Course, they win and no talk about this SAME "trip" that still happened. What a crock.

 

[jobberone]

Agreed. The trip is a non-issue. And it was for charity. That fact was conveniently left out.

Dungy is right. It's the ghost of Christmas past.

I still feel this team is different. I was concerned our play wasn't quite as physical as theirs and we are gaining too many yards for the amount of points scored.

 

[CowboysFaninBaltimore]

Of course they are going to bring up the Vegas trip! Oh and of course we are going to hear about Flozell Adams tripping up Tuck twice.

 

[Wood]

Dungy has been riding Dallas all year. Some of the commentators make up their minds early in the year and just stay with it to gain credibility that they have "real insight". The reality is that Dallas can win two more games and get in...then anything can happen.

 

[Zimmy Lives]

Agreed. The trip is a non-issue. And it was for charity. That fact was conveniently left out.

Dungy is right. It's the ghost of Christmas past.

I still feel this team is different. I was concerned our play wasn't quite as physical as theirs and we are gaining too many yards for the amount of points scored.

If the trip was to Paducah, KY no one would have cared. The fact that the event was in Vegas made all the difference in the simple minds of the media.

 

[Chocolate Lab]

Agreed. The trip is a non-issue. And it was for charity. That fact was conveniently left out.

Yep. Laufenberg was saying before the game (in response to the stupid pregame Vegas talk) that he had an interview with Miles Austin at 8:30 Sunday and Miles thought it was 8:30 am. So he gets a call while he's eating breakfast that Miles has showed up at the studio for his interview.

That's how late these guys were staying up and partying.

 

[TheCount]

Hey Dungy, feel like coming back to coach a bunch of underacheivers under an owner/gm that rules like a Empe...Hello?

 

[Nav22]

Yeah, yeah, yeah. We lost, so the sky is falling again. Win next Sunday, and we'll be back on top of the world.

A win yesterday would've been nice. Mighty nice. But with 4 games left, we're in 1st place. Check out the Giants and Eagles schedules. Maybe not quite as difficult as ours, but still no walk in the park.

We still control our destiny, and Romo is coming off a masterful performance. I don't think we'll lose many more games in which Tony has 3 TDs against 0 turnovers.

 

[LucaBrasi]

Dungy's a big phony. He's been riding Romo all year, like his groundbreaking analysis prior to the Philly game - "Romo smiles too much. I like my qb to be more serious."

I guess he likes his qbs more like the felon he's mentoring. A qb more concerned about training dogs to fight than studying his playbook.

 

[Quarterback Coach]

Agreed. The trip is a non-issue. And it was for charity. That fact was conveniently left out.

Dungy is right. It's the ghost of Christmas past.

I still feel this team is different. I was concerned our play wasn't quite as physical as theirs and we are gaining too many yards for the amount of points scored.

Why would espn leave out facts...come on!!!

Just like this tiger woods story 1/2 mile away from my house here in orlando. complete fabrica..t..io..

wait...forget that...bad example

espn still sucks.

 

[ThreeSportStar80]

The defense really let down the Cowboys yesterday, certain players anyway.

 

[big dog cowboy]

Both Dungy and Harrison, however, called the trip a mistake.

Who really gives a you know what?

When was the last time either of those paid mouthpieces were in our locker rooom?