We Can And Will Win With Weeden

[AsthmaField]

Hate to be a party pooper but let's take it one game at a time. These next games would be hard even with Romo. We're missing one or more key players at every positional group. That's very hard to overcome. Missing our 1) starting QB, 2) #1 RB and yet to find a replacement, 3) start LG, 4) elite WR, 5) four DL and our two best pass rushers, 6) star MLB, 7) star CB. Let's take it one game at a time. We probably won't get Romo back until Thanksgiving and in our next 8 games we play two division opponents and both teams that played in the Super Bowl. Not to mention possibly the best WR in the game, a HOF QB, and the best DT in football. I'd be ecstatic with 6-4 by the time Romo returns. And I'd even take 5-5.

Really, if Mincey doesn't play, you could argue that the team is missing its top 3 pass rushers.

... But we can do it!

 

[JoeyBoy718]

We are not missing our starting rb.

That'd be like me saying we're also missing Irvin and Emmitt.

We haven't established a lead back yet. With Romo, Dez and a healthy O-line that would be fine. Without any of that makes us desperate for a RB to step up.

 

[AsthmaField]

You are one of my Top 5's here.
The Top 5 revolves, but you're always in there.

And I just hate giving credit where credit is due...
Jerk.

lol, then where is my invite?

 

[JoeyBoy718]

Really, if Mincey doesn't play, you could argue that the team is missing its top 3 pass rushers.

... But we can do it!

Yep. Only real bright side is I've wanted Coleman to have a big role since game 1. He's only had 15 snaps in 2 games but now they have no choice but to play him. Let's hope something similar happens with regard to Christine Michael.

 

[Corso]

lol, then where is my invite?

Unless you want to brave some Cartel action in the great, wild borderland.
You ain't getting no invite.

I care too damn much, ******.

 

[AsthmaField]

Yep. Only real bright side is I've wanted Coleman to have a big role since game 1. He's only had 15 snaps in 2 games but now they have no choice but to play him. Let's hope something similar happens with regard to Christine Michael.

I really like Coleman too. He played really well in the preseason (even though I know... it is just the PS) and he played really well last week in Philly. If he gets significant snaps, I think he'll make some significant plays.

The main thing, IMO, is that Marinelli loves to rotate so much that neither Coleman nor anyone else will get worn down. At least not at tackle, I don't think.

I'm pretty fired up about what Coleman could become by the second half of this season when Hardy, Gregory, and Mincey are all back.

 

[Satchel89]

I'm with ya on Weeden. I like the idea of throwing the ball deep with him. I think they can hit some big pass plays that will help the running game. His overall record is bad and he wasn't good in the Cardinals game last year but I think he's set up for a good game even with the injuries. I just hope they don't get conservative with their game plan. Be aggressive and let Weeden fling the ball downfield.

 

[AsthmaField]

Unless you want to brave some Cartel action in the great, wild borderland.
You ain't getting no invite.

I care too damn much, ******.

 

[Toruk_Makto]

I think not having Emmitt is going to hurt the most.

With Leary not being a go Larry Allen may be the player we could really use right now.

 

[StarBoyz83]

We can for sure win games with the ging. Just hoping he can keep dallas at least .500 until Romo is back.

 

[AsthmaField]

With Leary not being a go Larry Allen may be the player we could really use right now.

True. I'd take either one though.

 

[JDSmith]

I think I'd rather bring back Staubach if it's all the same to you guys.

 

[Risen Star]

For some reason I think that Weeden will be ok.

That reason would be because you're a Cowboys fan.

 

[Corso]

That reason would be because you're a Cowboys fan.

Hitchens still not worth the pick, genius?

 

[AsthmaField]

That reason would be because you're a Cowboys fan.

No, because I was a Cowboys fan when I couldn't stand him last year.

I think it is trust in the rest of the team... Or insanity.

 

[Risen Star]

No, because I was a Cowboys fan when I couldn't stand him last year.

I think it is trust in the rest of the team... Or insanity.

If he was starting for any other team, you wouldn't think he'll be okay.

Means nothing. You'd think any QB they'd trot out there would be okay. Your fandom would convince you of it.

I take a more realistic approach. First, I don't bow down to the front office. They could write a series of books on bad decisions they've made over the years. Second, I'll believe the resume. He's given us 21 games of suck as a starter. I won't believe the 22nd will be any different simply because of the jersey colors.

If he can write a new chapter in his career great but my expectations are you'll be able to smell his play a mile away and the Cowboys will have to win these games with defense and special teams.

 

[AsthmaField]

If he was starting for any other team, you wouldn't think he'll be okay.

Means nothing. You'd think any QB they'd trot out there would be okay. Your fandom would convince you of it.

I take a more realistic approach. First, I don't bow down to the front office. They could write a series of books on bad decisions they've made over the years. Second, I'll believe the resume. He's given us 21 games of suck as a starter. I won't believe the 22nd will be any different simply because of the jersey colors.

If he can write a new chapter in his career great but my expectations are you'll be able to smell his play a mile away and the Cowboys will have to win these games with defense and special teams.

You're a real piece of work...

And I'm pretty sure that the Cowboys will have to win these games with defense and special teams.

 

[Idgit]

It's all about passing effectiveness differential. Our defense better come to play, because if they can't slow down ATL, I have reservations re: how well we can play offensively right now. Not just because of Weeds, though. With Dez out, they get an extra guy in the secondary to play around with, and that makes things tougher. We won't have that luxury.

If this weren't the second half of a back:back road trip for Atlanta, I'd have a bad feeling about this game. But it is, which puts things back into the toss-up category for my brain. My heart, though, thinks this team's going to come together and can the penalties and turnovers and that our defense will actually win us a game for the first time in a long while. We'll see.

 

[Risen Star]

Honestly, I'm just hoping Weeden can avoid turnovers.

 

[Idgit]

You're a real piece of work...

And I'm pretty sure that the Cowboys will have to win these games with defense and special teams.

Well, you know, he's a realist. Except when he's wrong, which is usually. Then he's just absent from the discussion for a few days.

This game, like all the others, comes down to the passing differential. If we're going to win, our defense has to make Ryan look worse than he normally looks. That's not impossible, as evidenced by the line on the game. And, as I said earlier, that second-half-of-a-double-road-game thing is for real.