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The NFL’s offseason Super Bowl is in the bag, and now comes the undrafted free agent signings. We should know who else we’re bringing in by the end of the night. For now, let’s look at the NFC East draft picks. All teams in the East have just stacked up talent with this draft. Its going to be another challenging year.

 Dallas Cowboys:

#22: Felix Jones, RB, Arkansas
#25: Mike Jenkins, CB, South Florida
#61: Martellus Bennett, TE, Texas A&M
#122: Tashard Choice, RB, Georgia Tech
#143: Orlando Scandrick, CB, Boise State
#167: Erik Walden, DE, Middle Tennessee State

New York Giants:

#31: Kenny Phillips, S, Miami
#63: Terrell Thomas, CB, USC
#95: Mario Manningham, WR, Michigan
#123: Bryan Kehl, OLB, BYU
#198: Andre Woodson, QB, Kentucky
#199: Robert Henderson, DE, Southern Miss

Washington Redskins:

#34: Devin Thomas, WR, Michigan State
#48: Fred Davis, TE, USC
#51: Malcolm Kelly, WR, Oklahoma
#96: Chad Rinehart, OT, Northern Iowa
#124: Justin Tryon, CB, Arizona State
#168: Durant Brooks, P, Georgia Tech
#180: Kareem Moore, CB, Nicholls State
#186: Colt Brennan, QB, Hawaii
#242: Rob Jackson, DE, Kansas State
#249: Chris Horton, FS, UCLA

Philadelphia Eagles:

#47: Trevor Laws, DT, Notre Dame
#49: DeSean Jackson, WR, California
#80: Bryan Smith, OLB, McNeese State
#109: Mike McGlynn, OT, Pittsburgh
#117: Quintin Demps, FS, Texas-El Paso
#131: Jack Ikegwuonu, CB, Wisconsin
#184: Mike Gibson, OT, California
#200: Joe Mays, ILB, N. Dokata State
#203: Andy Studebaker, OLB, Wheaton
#230: King Dunlap, OT, Auburn

The NFL Draft for day one is in the bag. I liked the new streamlined format, made for more excitement and sped up the draft. Here’s what the NFC East did today:

Dallas Cowboys

#22: Felix Jones, RB, Arkansas
#25: Mike Jenkins, CB, South Florida
#61: Martellus Bennett, TE, Texas A&M

New York Giants:

#31: Kenny Phillips, S, Miami
#63: Terrell Thomas, CB, USC

Washington Redskins

#34: Devin Thomas, WR, Michigan State
#48: Fred Davis, TE, USC
#51: Malcolm Kelly, WR, Oklahoma

Philadelphia Eagles

#47: Trevor Laws, DT, Notre Dame
#49: DeSean Jackson, WR, California

All around, the NFC East did not get any easier by any means. The NFC East as a whole had a great draft filled with immediate impact players. This is why this is the toughest division in the NFL. Tomorrow we’ll see the 3rd-7th rounds. The Cowboys currently have the #92, #100, and #167

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

This was a close game, and like last week, we mange to find ways to keep teams in the game. Gurode has his worst game in several seasons, what was all that about? Yes, Jason Campbell looked good, but the defense just floundered around in the 2nd half and let the Redskins in the game, very disappointing. The offense has the killer instinct, but the defense has some ways to go. Newman made a play at the end, but other than that, the 2nd half was too easy for the Redskins.

Don’t get me wrong, I love this win, I hate the Redskins, so let’s take this win and move forward to that “trap” game. The Jets are horrible, and we’re at home… Let’s play with some intensity, crush the Jets and have some momentum for the following week in a game that could be for homefield advantage against the Packers.

Player of the game: Terrell Owens

LVP: Andre Gurode

Right now we’re 8-1 and taking names, but how good could we really be if we didn’t have so many penalties this year, straight up. The Cowboys could be blowing people up if it weren’t for the consistent barrage of penalties we incur each and every game. The high scoring offense has been able to offset the ridiculous penalties, but the odds only increase that this will hurt the Cowboys at the worse possible time - the playoffs.

Kevin Burnett idiotic penalty just about sunk the team, but our resilience overcame it in the 2nd half. Consequently, the League fined Burnett $5000 for his taunting foul. Coach Phillips has made it his personal challenge to the players to give him their word that the dumb penalties will cease.

“I want their word that they’re going to try to do the right thing,” Phillips said rather candidly after Thursday’s practice, with his team preparing in earnest for Sunday’s game against Washington. “That’s my feelings on it. It may be silly, but I was serious about it and I feel like I need something that they need to respond to. And everybody saw that it cost us points.”

Phillips then commented on the Burnett penalty specifically by saying:

“As far as the taunting (on Burnett), one of our receivers was walking across the field about 15 yards and their guy was right in his face and it wasn’t called taunting,” Phillips said. “We did it, but there were players on the other team that I thought could have gotten penalties. I don’t think we were the only ones doing it. Both teams were emotional.”

I’m sure we’ve all seen the same thing every game, these officials are targeting the Cowboys for whatever reason, its blatant and very obvious. I would agree with Coach Phillips with his assessment of last week’s game, but its not just last week, we’re getting penalized every game for very nit picky crap, and its just out of hand.

Redskins Next

Looks like cheap shot Sean Taylor will miss the game, and the Cowboys will have their way with the middle of the field. This means Witten, Owens, Crayton, Fasano and anyone else willing to go in the middle will have some ease at doing whatever they want. Either way they cut it, the only way to beat the Cowboys right now is to have a better offense, a high scoring offense, and the Redskins do not have this. We’re going to kick their ass.

Thank God for the Boston Red Sox and their sweep of the Colorado Rockies. The quick end to the World Series brings an end to the long drawn out baseball season. Here’s to you Beantown! Congrats.

Now, its time for Football coverage 24/7 fullspeed ahead.

The Cowboys go back to work, and will be looking at taking out the Eagles on the road. The Eagles have been having a rollercoaster season, but when the Eagles play the Cowboys all season records go out the window. This is a bitter rivalry, and this will be a close game. With McNabb and Westbrook in the game its never a guaranteed win. The Eagles still have a decent defense, and the offense is led by Westbrook. The Eagles resemble the Vikings in my opinion. They have a better QB, but they also have a solid dual threat with Westbrook as a RB or WR. Their receivers are horrible, same as the Vikings, so this game will come down to the Cowboys slowing down Westbrook and over coming drive killing penalties.

The Redskins got obliterated by the Patriots, it wasn’t even close, this somewhat gives us a guage how we stack up the the Redskins. At least we made the game competitive and had a lead in the game. We lost that game because of our own mistakes, the Redskins just got whipped all game long.

The Giants had some problems against the lowly Dolphins, but a win is a win. I expect another battle when we face the G-men in NY.