Yakuza Rich
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- First off, happy Thanksgiving to everybody. Now that I live in Florida, I'm not used to spending Thanksgiving in a t-shirt and shorts. But, I like it 
- This was another game where I was 'proud' of Romo. He didn't have his best stuff. He started off with 2 quick INT's. But, he kept his composure, he didn't press himself and he played smart football the rest of the way thru. The odds of winning a game going -1 in turnover margine are much greater than they are going -2 in turnover margin.
- I really liked what I saw out of DeMarco Murray. Particularly his ability down the stretch to finish out a game and to be smart enough to stay in bounds on his final run
- We again...used WAY too much shotgun. Used it on our first 3 second down plays and it helped cost us an INT. The NFLN guys were talking about how the Cowboys are a team who needs to establish the run for play action. I agree. But, we did run the ball quite a bit. The problem is that we used so much play action early on...on downs we don't need it...it costs us big plays and costs us in the running game. At the end, when we needed to use the shotgun, we did and were successful. But early on, way too much use of it. They are the 2011 Dolphins, not the '85 Bears.
- I think that we need to get rid of the constant running of the play clock down to 0. I think it may help Romo out slightly so he can see what the defense is doing. But, I think it hurts the rest of the offense much more. And I think that's why we have false start issues. When we started picking up the pace...we started to move down the field. Unfortunately, we probably won't change this until next season...if we're lucky.
- It's too bad because I think Doug Free has been playing exceptionally well the past month or so, but the false starts make him look like Flozell.
- Kenyon Coleman is starting to turn it around, particularly in run defense. But, Marcus Spears looks like a huge re-signing bust. Awful to watch out there.
- Jay Ratliff is the man. Anybody who thinks we *must* have a large, gap eating NT because Ratliff is too small is just spouting off platittudes. He's been superb this season.
- Ware got robbed on the illegal contact that took away his sack. Awful call by the refs because it was hardly rough enough contact, it was barely outside 5 yards, and Moore was about to be sacked and couldn't throw the ball anyway.
- I thought Spencer looked good except for that one time he forgot about his responsibility on Reggie Bush on a screen pass that went for a big play.
- Alan Ball has been a target this year, but he's been pretty solid for the most part. Can't say that about the Dolphins game.
- I can see why Rob Ryan doesn't use a lot of man-to-man...our corners are not good enough to run it much. May be a sign of things to come for the draft.
- Well....a win is a win. But, the team has to start playing better than they have been because come December, they won't get the luxury of facing some poor teams. I will say that at least Garrett shows some concern about the penalties instead of Wade not being bothered by them. I think he's more or less concerned about them because they showed a lack of discipline more than anything.
I did say in the pre-game thoughts that I was very worried about this game and it appears that I was right about that. The Dolphins are pretty decent statisticially and with so many former Cowboys on the team, I just got the feeling that this game meant a little more to them. Still, we did pull out with a victory in the end and when Sparano gets fired, hopefully we can bring him back to Big D.
YR
- This was another game where I was 'proud' of Romo. He didn't have his best stuff. He started off with 2 quick INT's. But, he kept his composure, he didn't press himself and he played smart football the rest of the way thru. The odds of winning a game going -1 in turnover margine are much greater than they are going -2 in turnover margin.
- I really liked what I saw out of DeMarco Murray. Particularly his ability down the stretch to finish out a game and to be smart enough to stay in bounds on his final run
- We again...used WAY too much shotgun. Used it on our first 3 second down plays and it helped cost us an INT. The NFLN guys were talking about how the Cowboys are a team who needs to establish the run for play action. I agree. But, we did run the ball quite a bit. The problem is that we used so much play action early on...on downs we don't need it...it costs us big plays and costs us in the running game. At the end, when we needed to use the shotgun, we did and were successful. But early on, way too much use of it. They are the 2011 Dolphins, not the '85 Bears.
- I think that we need to get rid of the constant running of the play clock down to 0. I think it may help Romo out slightly so he can see what the defense is doing. But, I think it hurts the rest of the offense much more. And I think that's why we have false start issues. When we started picking up the pace...we started to move down the field. Unfortunately, we probably won't change this until next season...if we're lucky.
- It's too bad because I think Doug Free has been playing exceptionally well the past month or so, but the false starts make him look like Flozell.
- Kenyon Coleman is starting to turn it around, particularly in run defense. But, Marcus Spears looks like a huge re-signing bust. Awful to watch out there.
- Jay Ratliff is the man. Anybody who thinks we *must* have a large, gap eating NT because Ratliff is too small is just spouting off platittudes. He's been superb this season.
- Ware got robbed on the illegal contact that took away his sack. Awful call by the refs because it was hardly rough enough contact, it was barely outside 5 yards, and Moore was about to be sacked and couldn't throw the ball anyway.
- I thought Spencer looked good except for that one time he forgot about his responsibility on Reggie Bush on a screen pass that went for a big play.
- Alan Ball has been a target this year, but he's been pretty solid for the most part. Can't say that about the Dolphins game.
- I can see why Rob Ryan doesn't use a lot of man-to-man...our corners are not good enough to run it much. May be a sign of things to come for the draft.
- Well....a win is a win. But, the team has to start playing better than they have been because come December, they won't get the luxury of facing some poor teams. I will say that at least Garrett shows some concern about the penalties instead of Wade not being bothered by them. I think he's more or less concerned about them because they showed a lack of discipline more than anything.
I did say in the pre-game thoughts that I was very worried about this game and it appears that I was right about that. The Dolphins are pretty decent statisticially and with so many former Cowboys on the team, I just got the feeling that this game meant a little more to them. Still, we did pull out with a victory in the end and when Sparano gets fired, hopefully we can bring him back to Big D.
YR
