Week 2: The Dallas Cowboys - VS - The Washington Commanders

[StevenOtero]

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Dallas Cowboys vs. Washington Commanders
Monday, September 19, 7:00 P.M. (Mountain)
Texas Stadium, Irving, TX - ABC

Commanders Head Coach: Joe Gibbs
Series Record: Cowboys lead series 54-34-2
Last Time: @ Cowboys 13, Commanders 10 (Dec. 26, 2004)
Last Cowboys Win: @ Cowboys 13, Commanders 10 (Dec. 26, 2004)
Commanders In 2004: 6-10; Last Place NFC East
Key Additions: WR Santana Moss, C Casey Rabach, CB Carlos Rogers
Key Losses: WR Laveranues Coles, CB Fred Smoot, LB Antonio Pierce

2004 STATISTICAL LEADERS

QB Patrick Ramsey
169 of 272, 1,665 yards, 62.1%, 10 TDs, 11 INTs, 74.8 QB Rating

RB Clinton Portis
343 carries, 1,315 yards, 5 TDs

WR Laveranues Coles (traded to NY Jets)
90 catches, 950 yards, 1 TD

MEMORY LANE

The Commanders may have been the defending champions in 1992, but the Cowboys were all anyone could talk about after beating their arch rival, 23-10, to open the season on Monday Night Football (Sept. 7, 1992). The Cowboys jumped on the Commanders from the start at Texas Stadium, grabbing a 2-0 lead just 3:15 into the game after cornerback Isaac Holt blocked a punt out of the back of the end zone. And Emmitt Smith insured the Cowboys maintained that lead, becoming the first running back to compile four consecutive 100-yard performances against a Joe Gibbs-coached team on his 139-yard night – a game that seemingly foreshadowed what would be for the Cowboys in their championship-winning season.

( Anyone who votes loss , is a traitor! )​

 

[dargonking999]

man i use to love watching those helmets clash on monday night, that was like the best part of the entire pre game. Hated MNF for taking them out.

 

[RoyWilliams31]

Winnnnnn

 

[Vertigo_17]

as much as it pains me, I see us losing this one. I hope I'm wrong, but I think we're going to come in feeling a little better than we really are.

 

[The30YardSlant]

as much as it pains me, I see us losing this one. I hope I'm wrong, but I think we're going to come in feeling a little better than we really are.

When has this EVER happened to a Parcells coached team???

 

[Vertigo_17]

I don't know where you've been, but we've had a hard time winning back to back games. Not that we haven't done it because we have...there's just been many cases of a letdown after a big win.

On top of everthing - the ring of honor ceremony - and the skins will do anything to ruin it. I just have a bad feeling about this one...and I hope I'm wrong and will eat crow on tuesday if necessary.

 

[StevenOtero]

as much as it pains me, I see us losing this one. I hope I'm wrong, but I think we're going to come in feeling a little better than we really are.

Vertigo_17:shoot2:
random_Cs:shoot2:
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[StevenOtero]

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[dargonking999]

I don't know where you've been, but we've had a hard time winning back to back games. Not that we haven't done it because we have...there's just been many cases of a letdown after a big win.

On top of everthing - the ring of honor ceremony - and the skins will do anything to ruin it. I just have a bad feeling about this one...and I hope I'm wrong and will eat crow on tuesday if necessary.

We win in giants stadium in a comeback thriller 35-32 and then come back and beat the Jets at giants stadium, backto back wins after an emtional win, in fact we won 4 straight afterthatbig win.


last year we may have hadproblem doing that but our team is so much better it's blinding.

 

[Eddie]

( Anyone who votes loss , is a traitor! )

So in other words ... a fan in your mind is a blind homer.

Who's to say these days in the NFL?

Did you expect the Bears to kill the Lions?

Did you think the 49ers would fold so badly to Philly?

Did you think Cincy would stomp on Minny? Hey, where are all the people who love crying, "At least we're not the Bengals!!".

Homerism is nice. Blind homerism is annoying. But to proclaim you know the future is sophomoric and very laughable.

Perhaps you should rephrase it as, "Anyone who ROOTS for the Skins to win is a traiter.". Nothing wrong with predicting a Commander victory ... we're as likely to lose as we are to win.

So we beat SD last week. Big woop. They just lost to a Denver team which got killed by the lowly Dolphins. The same Dolphins who just got killed by the lowly Jets. The same Jets who could barely score a point against KC opening day.

Don't be so confident ... even so, turn down the cockiness. It's annoying!

 

[big dog cowboy]

I don't know where you've been, but we've had a hard time winning back to back games. Not that we haven't done it because we have...there's just been many cases of a letdown after a big win.

Imagine what they will say after we beat San Fran next week for our....3rd win in a row.

 

[Eddie]

Imagine what they will say after we beat San Fran next week for our....3rd win in a row.

Let's beat the Skins first. SF is still a LONG time away!

 

[StevenOtero]

So in other words ... a fan in your mind is a blind homer.

Who's to say these days in the NFL?

Did you expect the Bears to kill the Lions?

Did you think the 49ers would fold so badly to Philly?

Did you think Cincy would stomp on Minny? Hey, where are all the people who love crying, "At least we're not the Bengals!!".

Homerism is nice. Blind homerism is annoying. But to proclaim you know the future is sophomoric and very laughable.

Perhaps you should rephrase it as, "Anyone who ROOTS for the Skins to win is a traiter.". Nothing wrong with predicting a Commander victory ... we're as likely to lose as we are to win.

So we beat SD last week. Big woop. They just lost to a Denver team which got killed by the lowly Dolphins. The same Dolphins who just got killed by the lowly Jets. The same Jets who could barely score a point against KC opening day.

Don't be so confident ... even so, turn down the cockiness. It's annoying!

I was being sarcastic , I know its hard to tell on a forum. I'm glad there is someone on here that has some knowledge. Y'all know what I'm talking about. How many people have their picks for this team over this team. Any team can win on any day. No one knows PERIOD

 

[Eddie]

Otero, didn't mean to be rude. Too many people throw opinions around as if they were law. As we saw by yesterday's results, heck, anything can happen.

Here's to a Cowboys win. If you ask a prediction, I think it'll be a hard fought, low scoring affair. Both teams will bring it on and both D's will be loaded.

Dallas 17
Washington 13

Skins get the last possession and I won't get to sleep until 1am Tuesday morning. ha ha

 

[THUMPER]

Cowboys 31 - Commanders 13

 

[lspain1]

I think the game will be close, but Home opener, Ring of Honor Night, and MNF all combine to give the Cowboys the edge here.

 

[Vertigo_17]

Imagine what they will say after we beat San Fran next week for our....3rd win in a row.

I hope you're right - I'm just being honest as it's been a while since we're put together back to back wins on the consistant basis.

I hope my post didn't come off as anti-cowboys because it wasn't meant to. I'm just a little more concerned going into this game against a solid Commander's D.

 

[dallasblue05]

I'm just a little more concerned going into this game against a solid Commander's D.

Even though that is a valid point, what about our solid D? We've got just as good if not a better defense than they have. I personally think its better......not being a homer, looking at personnell. going into this game, I have to look at the offenses to determine who wins this game. I feel that we have more weapons than they do:

Bledsoe vs Brunell..........adv-Bledsoe, Threw for 226yds, 3 TDs and a rating of 143.4. Brunell threw for 70 yds no TD and a rating of 70.5.

Julius vs Portis.......adv-EVEN, Portis ran for 121 yds and 0 tds and 5.8 ypc, but we held LT arguably the best RB in the league to 72 yds last week. Julius ran for 93 yds and 1 td on 3.6 ypc. Julius didnt get off to a great start and has more to prove, he wants to do it this week, I say he gets over 100 and 2 TDs this week, but you never know when Portis will break one.

Receivers..........adv-Dallas, we threw for 226 yds against 175 by the Skins last week. We have more Deep threats, and we saw how KJ likes to make big plays last week (2 redzone TDs but 65 yds overall.) Not to mention if we get Price in there, he will be anxious to show us why we brought him here.

I havent seen much of the O line for the skins, but I'd be willing to bet we have them beat there as well. Petitti did very well last week against a good San Diego defense, Allen and Adams did as expected on the left side, and Gurode held up nicely in the middle, and lets not forget about Rivera, who lived up to the hype as well.

Going on the facts I just provided, I say Boys win 27-13.

 

[Vertigo_17]

I agree with most of your assessment, although I think our D still needs some time to gel. We've got potentially 4 rookies (Ware, Spears, Canty, and Burnett) and everyone is learning the new D. I think we'll be a solid team, I was just stating this Defense for Washington shouldn't be taken lightly. They will give us some trouble tonight, as hopefully we will return the favor.

Lost in all of this was my point that I just had a bad feeling about this going in.

Washington is playing the spoiler role - and for them this is the most important game on their schedule this year (Sorry Joe - Wash will NOT be in the super bowl).

 

[dallasblue05]

I agree with most of your assessment, although I think our D still needs some time to gel. We've got potentially 4 rookies (Ware, Spears, Canty, and Burnett) and everyone is learning the new D. I think we'll be a solid team, I was just stating this Defense for Washington shouldn't be taken lightly. They will give us some trouble tonight, as hopefully we will return the favor.

Lost in all of this was my point that I just had a bad feeling about this going in.

Washington is playing the spoiler role - and for them this is the most important game on their schedule this year (Sorry Joe - Wash will NOT be in the super bowl).

I totally agree with your initial point, i have abad feeling about every game, but as for the Rookies who are "learning" this defense. They look like they knew it pretty well last week against SD. There were a few missed assignments, but they didnt even involve the guys up front, it was in the secondary, and those are guys who should know better. If you really look at this game, and put your feeling aside, i think you'd see that we have a clear edge. (not being rude) I know the talking heads dont hold much weight in the eyes of most of us true fans, but a lot of them do know what they are talking about, and the general consensus is that we have more offense than do the skins. I see the defenses playing aout the same with the execption of their d-Line because our O-line is better. even if the rating is as close as 85-82 (madden style, lol) we still have an edge. Thats not even accounting all the history of this "rivalry" such as 15 out of 16 to this point, and like 11 straight at home. Not to mention the ceremonies going on before, which will hype up the home crowd even more, plus it is the Home opener......I dont see the skins having a chance.