Yes, Hostile, December is here, but the last game of the season is January 3rd for the Dallas Cowboys, then hopefully the playoffs. I liken the Christmas ghosts to be heavenly angels watching over the Dallas Cowboys and the rest of their season with the holy spirits guiding the Cowboys, too.
Exactly, Chemistry is what has been needed with this team. Getting rid of some players with bad attitude, and adding some key players like Igor, Gerald & Brooking have been beneficial to the team. I feel that Brooking has been the most beneficial player to the team in needs of leadership. Someone, that shows the players what is needed like sweeping out the cobwebs and dust from the corners like Brooking said. Then, that helped a player like Ware go with Brooking and tell Romo in the Cowboys-Commander game, we know your hurting, and we will get the ball back for you, just get us some points so we can win the game.
Leadership is the sole lost identity that this team has been missing. You have to have that first, before chemistry takes hold. The leaders have to step up, take no prisoners when needed, and hold their teammates accountable when such action is called for. Brooking to me started this whole thing off when he got here. Other players followed suit, like Jason Witten (if you remember last year Jason Witten said he didn’t feel that he was needed as a leader or he didn’t have leadership qualities, something like that), Bradie James, Marc Columbo, Demarcus Ware, Jay Ratliff and Tony Romo. All these players after seeing Brooking step up, then they took the next step. Then, Brooking showed how a team plays together, with team chemistry. That’s when chemistry started to take place, after the arrival of Brooking, while Igor and Gerald Sensabaugh added their contributions to the team too.
Next, like you said Hostile, Brooking helped Bradie James at middle inside linebacker to fill those areas in the middle of the defense to shut down teams when they are running or passing.
Totally agree with you about the special teams. Finally, what Jimmy Johnson, Albert Breer, Terry Bradshaw, and Howie Long told wade what was wrong with his special teams sunk in after the 2008 season when we hired Joe D. Believe it or not, even a few fans are still questioning the drafting of Beuhler. Boy, some fans just don’t learn or can see the forest for the trees sometimes.
I still view the 2009 draft more than special teams crop, with Butler helping on some pass rush moves and sacks. Was Butler that helped sack the Carolina QB in a key game that we needed to win? Was Jason Williams that made a key sack of an opposing player that resulted eventually in a score, when the player fumbled? How many times has John Phillips made some key blocks on runs and helped pass block so Romo could throw some key passes?
Yes, the Dallas Cowboys have another brutal schedule in December and January 3rd, but I feel that they are getting real close turning those past failures into a winning season with more to come. Now, hold on to your horses here a minute. I didn’t say this team is a top playoff and super bowl material team. I do think that the Cowboys are very close. As we have seen in seasons past, now and then you have a Cinderella team that comes out of nowhere and wins. This team to me reminds me in some ways the team that the Dallas Cowboys had in 1991. This team went on to win in the playoffs by beating the Chicago Bears but losing to the Lions. What happened the next year in the off-season? The Dallas Cowboys traded for Charles Haley and Thomas Everett, which propelled the team into 3 super bowls starting in 1992.
YOU read it here first, I feel that the team is real close, and anything can happen, but remember the most important thing that is one of our team’s mottos this year. You take one team at a time; don’t concentrate on teams that you aren’t playing yet, but the team that you are facing that Sunday or Saturday. If our team, the Dallas Cowboys players and coaches can take that attitude of one game at a time, then we need to do the same too.
Like Hostile said, I don’t think we will strike gold this year, or arrive at the end of the rainbow this year, due to excellent teams like Saints and Vikings to me are the cream of the crop this year. Yet, like they say 9 times out of 10, the super team might beat you, but that one time, you might be able to beat that big gorilla.
GO COWBOYS! Anything is possible.
