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One word… Tough

Here is a complete list of the Cowboys’ 2008 opponents:

Home: New York Giants, Philadelphia Eagles, Washington Redskins, San Francisco 49ers, Seattle Seahawks, Tampa Bay Buccaneers, Baltimore Ravens, Cincinnati Bengals

Away: New York Giants, Philadelphia Eagles, Washington Redskins, Arizona Cardinals, St. Louis Rams, Green Bay Packers, Cleveland Browns, Pittsburgh Steelers

Here we are at 13-3, we’ve had a great deal of trouble moving the ball over the last 4 weeks or so. Right now, I feel as confident of winning a playoff game as I did last year, and by that I mean bleak… We’re not dominating ANYONE, the passing game is horrid, Romo doesn’t look confident,the defense has been suspect, the secondary is bad. We haven’t played well at home, crowd noise at big games has been a ZERO factor. We’re in trouble.
Sorry to sound so pessimistic, but if we show up like we have the last few weeks its going to be “One and Done” and this will be devastating, perhaps worse than last years loss.

The Cowboys have given out another new contract, this time it goes to WR Patrick Crayton. Crayton was set to hit the market this coming offseason; however, the Cowboys have other plans for the rising star.

The Cowboys re-signed Crayton to 4yr deal for $14 million, including a $6 million dollar signing bonus. Not a bad deal. The Cowboys needed to lock down Crayton. Its my belief that this will be Glenn’s last season, and the draft prospects for the 2008 draft look grim. In addition, the free agent market for WRs is nothing spectacular at all. Smart move by the Cowboys. We’re probably looking at Terrell Owens and Patrick Crayton as the main guys for 2008. I have a feeling though, that another WR could be added via trade, question is who?

I love this re-signing, but I’m still waiting for Marion Barber to get his deal. I don’t not want to see this situation getting fouled up in a way that sends Barber out of town or something similarly stupid. Get Barber signed. The Cowboys work best with the Quadruplets (Romo, Owens, Witten, and Barber) on the field, take away one and the offensive juggernaut is significantly weakened.

The Cowboys took care of business in a close game against the lowly Panthers, but the Packers got clobbered by the Bears on the road, and thus assuring the Cowboys homefield advantage through the playoffs.

The Super Bowl goes through Dallas! The Cowboys now have some much needed options in resting players against the Redskins. I don’t expect the Cowboys to player several key players much at all. This next game against the Redskins means nothing now. Terrell Owens will rest up as will the rest of our banged up players.

Great job, now we need to take care of business in the Divisional Playoffs!  Go Cowboys!!

Another so-so performance from the offense as far as points go, but a win is a win. This is not the type of performances we should be having this late in the season, and its definitely a concern. Romo looked to be back on track and the thumb did not seem to be a big factor, Marion Barber was back in form, and Witten continues to be clutch. The defense was shaky in the beginning, but they were able to ratchet down and shutdown the Panthers.

So, the Cowboys win and improve to 13-2, but they are still in a dogfight for homefield advantage with the surging Packers. The Cowboys will be on the road to close out the regular season against the much hated Redskins, who could also be battling for a wild card game, so this is going to be a huge game for both teams.

Historically, the Redskins have played the Cowboys tough, and this game will be no different. The Cowboys could be missing T.O. and this will be a big blow, I don’t care how other people may try to be optimistic, but get real. Without T.O. on the road, at Washington, a slowing offense…I don’t like those odds at all. I’m hoping for an upset from the Bears tomorrow so we can rest everyone against the Redskins and get that monkey off our back.

Players of the game (offense): Romo, Barber, and Witten

Players of the game (defense): Ware and Canty

I’ve had it, I was behind him for awhile, but the Roy Williams experiement has been a complete and utter failure. Unless we can clone Darren Woodson and move Roy back to FS, this is a lost cause.

Here’s a simple formula we need to use this offseason and it goes a little like this:

Re-sign Ken Hamlin, move to SS, start Pat Wakins at FS.

Trade Roy Williams and one of our first rounders to Detroit for their Roy Williams. Matt Millen is an idiot and we can pull this off.

If Matt Millen is gone, then Trade Roy for a first rounder to some dope out there…believe it or not, there is a market for over-hyped players. Jerry get it done for the sake of the franchise and future seasons.

A horrible performance against a bad Lions team, and another bad performance for a loss AT HOME against the Eagles begs the question…Did we peak to soon? I don’t know about the rest of Cowboys Nation, but I am concerned that this team has lost its steam. Where’s the running game at? We aren’t seeing any dominating drives with Barber leading the way, and the WRs have been quiet for the last two weeks.

In addition, we have some serious injury concerns to deal with. We did not take care of business, and now we’re in trouble…what a big let down.

The Cowboys did not maul the Lions, in fact it was nearly the other way around. The Cowboys looked sluggish on both sides of the ball, and never led the game until the game winning strike to Jason Witten. What a game.

The Cowboys were stiffled most ofthe game, but made some key plays to make up for some keyfoul-ups. In the end, the Cowboys won the game with seconds left on the clock. Jason Witten redeemed himself in a major game winning TD strike from Romo. The legend continues, Romomentum keeps on rolling. The Cowboys have now clinched the NFC East. Phillips take the Cowboys to 12-1. The Cowboys host the Eagles next.

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The Cowboys have come a long way from the near debacle in Buffalo, and the drubbing at home by the Patriots; but, on the positive side the Cowboys have gained mounts of experience in the Phillips 34 and Garrett’s attacking offense. Each game in the bag means bad news for opposing teams.

All the offseason hardwork is culminating towards one goal, the Super Bowl and Romo is leading the way. Romo has bounced back from the Seattle game back in January and has be steadfast in his game management. The defense is beginning to click and looks to be swarming now, something this defense did not have last year, and most definitely did not have in December.

This game against the Lions is a bigger game than it appears. The defense knows what December did to the Cowboys, and there’s an arguement that could be made that our season slipped away because the defense crumbled. This year the defense wants to keep it going, and Bradie James is leading the way. Not only does James want to get after the Lions, he wants to lead the defense to a dominating December. It all starts against the Lions.