Yakuza Rich
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- While I still do not think this team will make the playoffs, it’s hard to not be beaming about the victory. While there were some gaffes, the team played well. They played with intensity, discipline and when things got a little rough, they hung in there and got the job done. I actually think this was Romo’s best game since 2007. He was incredibly on point throughout the entire game. In fact, if I had to nitpick I think he was so used to not being protected that there were points in the game where he wasn’t quite himself. And when was the last time we have seen the defense get a pick to put the offense in position to kick a field goal and win the game? I was thinking about that in regulation, then Carr comes up with a BEAUTIFUL play on the ball. It’s good to see a guy who has been thru a lot, having a somewhat difficult year because he’s being asked to do things he doesn’t excel at because of the injuries, to get the big play like that.
- NBC called it in the pre-game for the Pats vs. Niners. The Lissemore sack was huge, set up by a great and gutsy playcall by Rob Ryan. They moved Spencer right near the center. Pouncey called for the O-Line to shift left to block Spencer and they never picked up Lissemore who had an easy sack. The Steelers had enough blockers for the play, they just got confused by the alignment.
- Big props to Dwayne Harris and Mike Woicik. Harris not only had a great game, but he keeps showing me that unless you’re Devin Hester, I’d rather have a punt returner with great technique and a feel for punt returning than the returner with poor technique who makes all sorts of athletic moves. But, last year there was no way Harris could have made that punt return or that big catch he made on 2nd and long. He just didn’t have the strength for it. I believe time with Woicik has really helped him get stronger and be a bigger part of the offense.
- I thought the O-Line pass protected well, but the run blocking is still lousy. The difference is obviously Murray, who has a real faculty for extending the play when there is no crease to hit thru. Even on the one sack (IIRC by Harrison) it came on a good playcall, playaction, but Phillips didn’t execute his block.
- I think it’s fairly obvious Ware is hurting. But I give him credit for turning it up down the stretch. While Spencer has played great this year, you didn’t see him become more effective until Ware started to get a good jump on the ball in the clutch.
- I think Hanna will not only replace Witten when Witten can’t go anymore, but he will be more of a Dallas Clark style type of TE.
- I do think we still have trouble with looking for Witten too often when we need a play. I thought we got into that in our final drives in regulation. Everybody knows it is coming and they’ll either double Witten or allow him to catch a pass well short of the first down.
- As far as the Josh Brent situation goes, I would not have him on the sidelines. Not because he was the driver of the car that Brown was killed in. But because he was drunk driving and could have killed somebody else. I think Brown’s family knows that Jerry Brown and Josh Brent were close friends. I also think that their view is that both were drunk and Jerry Brown got into a car with a drunk driver. Furthermore, they probably realize that the situation could have been reversed and Jerry could have been driving the car and killed Josh Brent.
- The question I have for the people who find it ‘tasteless’ is how and why does Josh Brent being on the sideline affect you and your life personally? Really *think* about it.
Now, you may have a legitimately good reason for feeling that way. Perhaps you had a family member killed by a drunk driver. But I would guess that many people have no rationale behind thinking that way like Boomer Esiason did. Quite frankly, he came off as grandstanding to me.
Like I mentioned, I wouldn’t allow him on the sidelines because he could have killed somebody completely innocent to the situation. But, acting like it makes ONLY the Cowboys ‘tasteless’ because they let him on the sidelines negates all of the tasteless teams that have had players getting DUI’s and not only were on the sidelines that week, but got to play.
All I’m really asking for is a consistency in logic instead of just shouting out meaningless platitudes. You can’t argue it was insulting the Brown family when they wanted Brent to still be a member of the team. You can’t argue that the Cowboys are the only ‘tasteless’ team when every team has had players with DUI’s getting to still play that week.
That is my issue with Boomer Esiason. It's obvious he never bothered to learn about what the Brown family wanted. And it's obvious that he never stopped to think that if that is what the Brown family wanted, how does Josh Brent being on the sidelines personally affect him.
- Anyway, next week will be another test for the team. This time, we get to see if this team can put together another good performance. While there is plenty to be proud about this team, this organization still suffers from players not knowing how to quite handle success and not being able to play consistently well, week-in and week-out.
YR
- NBC called it in the pre-game for the Pats vs. Niners. The Lissemore sack was huge, set up by a great and gutsy playcall by Rob Ryan. They moved Spencer right near the center. Pouncey called for the O-Line to shift left to block Spencer and they never picked up Lissemore who had an easy sack. The Steelers had enough blockers for the play, they just got confused by the alignment.
- Big props to Dwayne Harris and Mike Woicik. Harris not only had a great game, but he keeps showing me that unless you’re Devin Hester, I’d rather have a punt returner with great technique and a feel for punt returning than the returner with poor technique who makes all sorts of athletic moves. But, last year there was no way Harris could have made that punt return or that big catch he made on 2nd and long. He just didn’t have the strength for it. I believe time with Woicik has really helped him get stronger and be a bigger part of the offense.
- I thought the O-Line pass protected well, but the run blocking is still lousy. The difference is obviously Murray, who has a real faculty for extending the play when there is no crease to hit thru. Even on the one sack (IIRC by Harrison) it came on a good playcall, playaction, but Phillips didn’t execute his block.
- I think it’s fairly obvious Ware is hurting. But I give him credit for turning it up down the stretch. While Spencer has played great this year, you didn’t see him become more effective until Ware started to get a good jump on the ball in the clutch.
- I think Hanna will not only replace Witten when Witten can’t go anymore, but he will be more of a Dallas Clark style type of TE.
- I do think we still have trouble with looking for Witten too often when we need a play. I thought we got into that in our final drives in regulation. Everybody knows it is coming and they’ll either double Witten or allow him to catch a pass well short of the first down.
- As far as the Josh Brent situation goes, I would not have him on the sidelines. Not because he was the driver of the car that Brown was killed in. But because he was drunk driving and could have killed somebody else. I think Brown’s family knows that Jerry Brown and Josh Brent were close friends. I also think that their view is that both were drunk and Jerry Brown got into a car with a drunk driver. Furthermore, they probably realize that the situation could have been reversed and Jerry could have been driving the car and killed Josh Brent.
- The question I have for the people who find it ‘tasteless’ is how and why does Josh Brent being on the sideline affect you and your life personally? Really *think* about it.
Now, you may have a legitimately good reason for feeling that way. Perhaps you had a family member killed by a drunk driver. But I would guess that many people have no rationale behind thinking that way like Boomer Esiason did. Quite frankly, he came off as grandstanding to me.
Like I mentioned, I wouldn’t allow him on the sidelines because he could have killed somebody completely innocent to the situation. But, acting like it makes ONLY the Cowboys ‘tasteless’ because they let him on the sidelines negates all of the tasteless teams that have had players getting DUI’s and not only were on the sidelines that week, but got to play.
All I’m really asking for is a consistency in logic instead of just shouting out meaningless platitudes. You can’t argue it was insulting the Brown family when they wanted Brent to still be a member of the team. You can’t argue that the Cowboys are the only ‘tasteless’ team when every team has had players with DUI’s getting to still play that week.
That is my issue with Boomer Esiason. It's obvious he never bothered to learn about what the Brown family wanted. And it's obvious that he never stopped to think that if that is what the Brown family wanted, how does Josh Brent being on the sidelines personally affect him.
- Anyway, next week will be another test for the team. This time, we get to see if this team can put together another good performance. While there is plenty to be proud about this team, this organization still suffers from players not knowing how to quite handle success and not being able to play consistently well, week-in and week-out.
YR
