The Cowboys fired another assistant coach, and this time its defensive coordinator Rob Ryan. This is a move that I wanted to see happen, and one that needed to happen. Fact is, Ryan talked too much and couldn’t back it up, nor did he he ever elevate the defense to a top flight defense. Its funny to hear that his defense was exotic and aggressive – it was not. How many times did the defense crumble under pressure. You can call it a scapegoat firing, but don’t pretend this was not needed. Its ridiculous seeing so many people taking an issue with this firing. I promise you these same people were cussing out Ryan everytime the defense looked lost and gave up touchdowns. Ryan was an adequate coach, but very upgradable. Ray Horton is a name being floated around, but I think its time to call it for the 3-4. None of the supposéd gurus, Parcells, Phillips, and Ryan have made it work. We no longer have the larger personnel to run the 3-4, Spears is busted up, Ratliff played a psuedo NT and is beatup, Brent may have anchored the NT, but he’s done. Don’t be surprised if the Cowboys finally move to the 4-3. There’s plenty of quality 4-3 defensive guys out there,

Cowboys Nation is still waiting for some “changes” in Dallas, nothing last week, but with a full work week this week, maybe some changes will start coming. Last year Tony Sparano looked like a good fit to return, but didn’t happen, and this year the talk revolves around Norv Turner. You also have the possibility of changes on defense, Rob Ryan and the 3-4 are on the hot seat, so we’ll see if Jerry Jones makes a shakeup there. For now, lets talk about how the Cowboys will be able to create some cap space. The Cowboys can cut some players loose which they will certainly do, and they will likely need to negotiate some of these bloated contracts. The contract I’m interested in is that of Tony Romo. Jerry has made is clear that he sees Romo here for a long time unfortunately, but is that just talk, does he really see him here a long time? I don’t, nor do I and most of Cowboys Nation want Romo here anymore. He is what he is, he’s a mid-tier QB with flashes of greatness, but has more disastrous plays that are attached to his name and play. The Cowboys will need to extend Romo mainly for cap purposes and not really for an absolute need for Romo as the

Well, Jason Garrett’s press conference just finished and he didn’t want to entertain questions about the coordinators, and pretty much defended Rob Ryan. Listening to Garrett just further confirms my fears for 2013, in which, Rob Ryan will be back for the 2013 season. Furthermore, the 3-4 will remain as the base defense, and he will be the one calling the plays – not encouraging. Looks like we are going status quo with the coaching staff; moreover, if Norv Turner is not brought in to help out Garrett. The loss last night still stings bitterly, but knowing Ryan will be back gives me zero faith that we’ll be able to game plan consistently against our divisional rivals. How many times did we see the defense take forever to make adjustments, its part of the problem this year. We can’t give up so many quick points and then try to answer with our bumbling offense. One thing is for sure, we better get some other guys that can pressure the QB from the line position. Jason Hatcher has finally developed into a solid player, but like Ware, he’s in his 30′s are are more susceptible to injury. Ware is on the backside of his career and the injuries are starting

The season is over, and its the same story, different year. Tony Romo is never going to get the Cowboys to the Super Bowl. He cannot do it, he just cannot win the big games – he’s no good. Romo has been adequate, but he just keeps killing the team in playoff type games and in the playoffs. Heartbreaking. I can’t even believe this is how the season ended, what a waste. Moving forward, if Dallas does in fact keep Garrett as the head coach, there needs to be some accountability from the coaching staff, and it starts with the offensive coordinator and defensive coordinators. Hire Norv Turner, fire Rob Ryan and bring in another coordinator. I did think it was interesting that Jerry did not want to comment on coaches, I wonder if Garrett is still safe. Interesting. There needs to be a Romo exit strategy where we look for a guy somewhere in the next 2-3 drafts. We can’t keep this same story with Romo. We need some durable players too, STOP draft injury prone whimps. You can’t count on Austin and Murray, they are great players, so when they go out we are totally screwed. The Cowboys better start drafting as if they are drafting to replace some of these players. This

If you need more assurances that Jason Garrett will be back in 2013, we just got the clincher tonight as Jay Glazer reported that the Saints and Sean Payton have agreed in principle to a 5yr extension. Garrett will be back in 2013 even with a loss to the Redskins. I’m hoping the Cowboys will be able to defeat the Redskins and make a playoff run; however, if we lose, there are a few things the Cowboys will need to address for “black monday.” Here’s my list of things the Cowboys will need to change for 2013 with Garrett returning: Offensive Coordinator - with Norv Turner available on black monday, the Cowboys should be looking at bringing him in to run the offense. Another year with Garrett doing double-duties will not yield us favorable results. Garrett is a head coach learning on the job, it is what it is, and he needs some help in this area. Defensive Coordinator - a change should definitely happen here if we are defeated against the Redskins; moreover, if we lose to the Redskins because of a bad defensive outing. Its time to move back to the 4-3, there’s no evidence to support the 3-4 has been an effective pressure defense in Dallas. With Anthony Spencer

After seeing two doctors and both advising Dez Bryant have surgery, Dez will look to delay the surgery to his index finger. If Dez can look catch and play in practice the Cowboys will clear him to play against the Steelers. To me, I think this is going to be more as a decoy, I’m not sure he’ll be as effective obviously. That being said, I look for Dwayne Harris and Cole Beasley to get more chances to play. During this morning’s press conference Garrett said that Dez has yet to practice, he participated in a walk-thru, but not practicing yet. So, we’ll see how this goes, I’d hate to see Dez further injure his finger. Share

The Cowboys keep winning close games, but today’s was one that can propel them through the rest of the season, the emotions are unfathomable and the Cowboys won. This game had all the trademarks that have driven Cowboys fans crazy, but with the close win the Cowboys are very much still in the wild card race. The Cowboys will need everything they have in them the rest of the season. The last three games are going to be tough, but we need to run the table because the Giants don’t appear to be giving up the division right now. Last three games: Steelers, Saints, @Redskins Just one loss in this stretch will likely end the playoff talk. At this point, I’m done predicting losses or wins by our ‘boys, we know the type of team we are and what type of games we’ve played, so it really is a one game at a time attitude for fans too. Can we beat the Steelers? We should, they are beat up and playing bad. Can we beat the Saints? We should, they aren’t that good this year. How bout the ‘Skins? The season could once again come down to the last game of the year, a win and you’re in, playoff type game. We’ll see. No matter how this season ends, two

The Cowboys are on the road against a solid team, so this game should be interesting. I honestly don’t see the Cowboys winning this game. This year has just be disastrous to say the least, and now the offense is playing better, but the defense has reverted to 2011. The defense will have their hands full, and if we can’t get to Dalton, this will be a long day. I’ve been saying this all season, but I think today, we’ll see further proof why out 3-4 needs to be dumped, no matter who is coaching Dallas in 2013. We don’t get to the QB consistently, we only have one guy that rushes the QB in a system that is suppose to bring the pressure from anyone on the field. Its bull, and has been BS since Parcells brought it to Dallas. 4-3 in 2013. We’ll see how this game plays out, but as usual I won’t be surprised by anything in this game. Its another must win in December, so there you have it. Share

The Cowboys move past the Eagles tonight, and move to 6-6 and somehow still in the playoff hunt. First thing, I’d like to mention is that we’re going to see some people go over board with this win, and think we’re back on track. We are not, the defense has slowly reverted back to its 2011 self, in some part due to injuries. Let’s quell the playoff talk people. There’s still a lot of football to be played, and you know how these guys play when they need to win down the stretch they let us down. I’m not one bit sold on this win. Yes, I love that we swept our hated rivals, and I love seeing the Eagles in worse shape than us, but let’s be real. We are suppose to beat these bad teams, and we’re suppose to put together some consecutive wins. The task ahead is enormous, and still hard to fathom us coming out of this schedule with some more wins. Remaining games: @Bengals, Steelers, Saints, @Redskins That’s tough, real tough. Getting DeMarco Murray will help, but everyone knows Doug Free is a disaster, and that is going to sink this passing game. He can’t run or pass block, and he’s getting manhandled by smaller players. The

The two worst teams in the NFC East will face off again tonight, for a battle of last place. Who will win, does anyone care at this point? The Cowboys and Eagles are mirror images of themselves, so it’ll just be a matter of which team will make the most mistakes. Both of these teams embody and define what a bad football team is, and tonight one of these teams will take another step towards a top 10 draft pick. I know the Cowboys are still mathematically still in the hunt; but lets be frank, this team is horrible and way too beat up on both sides of the ball. One thing I have learned is that training camp reports from across the web fed us false hope saying that we had some playmakers, draft picks that will contribute, undrafted players that will contribute, an explosive offense, a pretty good stable of running backs, improvement on the offensive line – ALL lies. What happened with the Cowboys is bad cap management, plain and simple. This roster moving forward is in serious trouble, big time trouble. We are going to see the same player restructuring just to make a little cap space to sign mid tier, average players. 2013 free agency will look just like last year. Do you like

The Cowboys are a sorry team. There’s no hope for the 2013 season after watching this abysmal display of what is suppose to be professional football. We need to get over the thoughts of playoffs; and yes, we are mathematically still in it, but we are not competitively in it – we suck. When we went down 21-3, I knew it was game over, it was laughable to say the least, and it was torturous at the same time. Disgraceful. Pathetic. Fire Jason Garrett, Hire Mike Holmgren As far as I’m concerned we are now in evaluation mode. This team is reeling on both sides of the ball. At the end of the season, Jerry Jones better fire Jason Garrett. I want to see Jerry bring in Mike Holmgren, and scrap the 3-4. The 3-4 has been a complete and utter bust scheme in Dallas. We need to build around Sean Lee and Bruce Carter, and add another scrappy LB, and get the 4 best lineman upfront and attack. During free agency we should add Cliff Avril to be the other DE pass rusher opposite Ware. The pass rush simply has not materialized in this 3-4 scheme, its been a sham, and its hurting us every year. Remaining games: Eagles, @Bengals, Steelers, Saints, @Redskins After today’s horrendous

I’m going to take a page from George St. Pierre and say: Dallas, I was not impressed by your performance. I’ve never been one to be optimistic when it comes to saying a win is a win. The Cowboys are horrible, straight up sloppy sorry football. How do we even have 5 wins? Stop holding your breath in waiting for that offensive break-out game, its never going to happen. When I saw the first drives on offense and on defense I knew this was going to be one of those sorry games, and these types of games are becoming the norm around here and that’s NOT championship football. Garrett needs to scratch and crawl his way out of Dallas, he’s not getting this team on an upward trajectory. We look like a 5-11 team, like a Campo type team, and I’m almost hoping this season just hurries up, so we can move on. We all know how this season is going to end, but we’re still blinded by some kind of empty hope, lol. Do we turn it on at the end of the year, do we pull out must win games at the end of the season? No we are not that type of team. This season smells like last season, but a bit more putrid to be honest. We are barely beating sorry teams like the Panthers, Eagles,