sago1
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I know we all upset about the whole injury situation re several of our starters. It started when T/C opened and we quickly found it that Ellis wasn't able to go as we had been lead to believe.
Then we heard Newman had a bruised heel but after 1-2 weeks we learn it's really a tear called plantar fascia & at this point who knows when he can play.
Now it appears whatever Glenn was operated on for either isn't healed yet or could even be something else but in any case he's out 2-3 weeks (maybe more?).
While it is very distressing that we could easily be w/o 3 starters this coming week against the Giants other teams have already lost players for much longer period of time or even for the season.
I'm not minimizing impact on the team if we lose 2 or even all 3 but hopefully at least 2 of them may be able to go before the end of the month. But we still have many talented players on this team and it's time for them to step it up. Crying about it isn't going to make it any better and there's no one out there who can really replace any of the 3 -- even in the short term.
I know many will say that we should have drafted a WR and a CB in the draft & I certainly wanted a first day CB. But the Cowboys felt there was a greater need at OLB and frankly Ellis inability to play sure makes me glad we got Spencer even if he makes some rookie mistakes early on.
In addition to TO, Crayton, Hurd & Austin (Stanbach needs continue develop), we've also got a good bunch of TEs & I'm pretty sure that Jason Garrett along with Wade Phillips will figure out a way to max out the players we've got.
We just need to hang in there just like the team will be doing. This may be the time we really find out how much heart/desire our team has. Other teams overcome injuries and band together & so must the Cowboys. If they do that (Eagles did it when McNabb went down), they might become the team we've been wanting for them to be. Some have said it's a lack of leadership or just something that is missing, maybe it's just they need to really play as a team and show the character necessary for any team to go deep into the playoffs or the SB.
We'll be waiting to see how much fight they have and have much desire they have to win. The team of the 90s had great talent but they also had an incredible desire to win. We will be waiting to find out.
Then we heard Newman had a bruised heel but after 1-2 weeks we learn it's really a tear called plantar fascia & at this point who knows when he can play.
Now it appears whatever Glenn was operated on for either isn't healed yet or could even be something else but in any case he's out 2-3 weeks (maybe more?).
While it is very distressing that we could easily be w/o 3 starters this coming week against the Giants other teams have already lost players for much longer period of time or even for the season.
I'm not minimizing impact on the team if we lose 2 or even all 3 but hopefully at least 2 of them may be able to go before the end of the month. But we still have many talented players on this team and it's time for them to step it up. Crying about it isn't going to make it any better and there's no one out there who can really replace any of the 3 -- even in the short term.
I know many will say that we should have drafted a WR and a CB in the draft & I certainly wanted a first day CB. But the Cowboys felt there was a greater need at OLB and frankly Ellis inability to play sure makes me glad we got Spencer even if he makes some rookie mistakes early on.
In addition to TO, Crayton, Hurd & Austin (Stanbach needs continue develop), we've also got a good bunch of TEs & I'm pretty sure that Jason Garrett along with Wade Phillips will figure out a way to max out the players we've got.
We just need to hang in there just like the team will be doing. This may be the time we really find out how much heart/desire our team has. Other teams overcome injuries and band together & so must the Cowboys. If they do that (Eagles did it when McNabb went down), they might become the team we've been wanting for them to be. Some have said it's a lack of leadership or just something that is missing, maybe it's just they need to really play as a team and show the character necessary for any team to go deep into the playoffs or the SB.
We'll be waiting to see how much fight they have and have much desire they have to win. The team of the 90s had great talent but they also had an incredible desire to win. We will be waiting to find out.
