The 2008 Dallas Cowboys road to the Super Bowl....

stickboy wrote:

yea "IF" they play like they should

and what they "can" do and what they "WILL" do are 2 entirely diff things

right, if, you homer, if... which is what they were doing in the first few games until romo got hurt.

people seem to forget the games they lost with romo and company they lost by inches.

stickboy wrote:

nah I hardly forget. Well maybe you guys can go 6 and 1 cause youre def not beating the Giants. The rest might be a lil easier and even the Steelers game I dunno about. Thats gonna be just as tough

ok... can't wait.

Flagg wrote:

I know, I just think that with the way the Giants are playing right now (some sloppiness against the Eagles aside) and the way we are playing (problems even before Romo left), we can't catch them. Of course, like you said, there are 7 weeks left and anything can happen. But right now, I think Dallas is looking at wild card. And to get that, Washington and Philly are going to have to lose as much as possible. Dallas has to climb out of the cellar in the East.

I am not sold on the Eagles either. They look good one week and then they look bad. They way they have played the last few games, I think they are about to be done with Reid, McNabb, etc.

You are right though, Seattle is terrible.

This is all moot if we don't beat Washingont Sunday night though.

you know the only problems i saw before romo's injury was their defense (particularly the rushing defense) and their offensive line. but they can do better... i know they can. just hoping it's not all moot as you say.

my bet on beating the giants is tearing up the shit out of eli manning (just like they tried with poor ol' brad johnson)... manning's not a consistently good qb. and still has problems with his turnovers... i say let them try and beat you with the rush... towards the end once eli has given up on the pass focus on stopping jacobs and crew... the problem is that they have 3 solid good runningbacks which makes them dangerous and difficult to slow down or tire them. but if anything stop eli manning and limit his td passes. try turning them to interceptions (of course, it's a long claim for the cowboys to attain given that they only have about 3 or 4 for the season.) and now that romo will return hopefully the offense can be clicking again and start averaging 28-30 ppg... with that kind of offense they can easily contend to beat the giants.

stickboy wrote:

to get to Eli Manning you gotta go thru O'Hara, Seubert, Mackenzie, Diehl and the rest of that line.
good luck with that

they're good, but the Cowboys did a good job getting pressure on Eli especially considering how long they were on the field for. if we had an offense that game, we would've been more rested throughout the game and gotten more pressure on Eli.

clearly the Giants O-Line is one of the best in the league, but I'd say their strong suit is definitely run-blocking, the pass-blocking hasn't shown me much (except the Steelers game, that was impressive)

stylo17 wrote:

they're good, but the Cowboys did a good job getting pressure on Eli especially considering how long they were on the field for. if we had an offense that game, we would've been more rested throughout the game and gotten more pressure on Eli.

clearly the Giants O-Line is one of the best in the league, but I'd say their strong suit is definitely run-blocking, the pass-blocking hasn't shown me much (except the Steelers game, that was impressive)

exactly...

i'm sure stickboy is a true fan... but sometimes fans tend to see the little negative aspects about their teams. i do it sometimes... more so with the spurs rather than the cowboys. well, at least right now i'm not denying anything about the spurs... they suck right now.

anyways... i'm still a little more scared about the giants running game... especially seeing the way steven jackson played against them... with 3 running backs that the giants have they're pretty scary. eli manning... not so much.

stylo17 wrote:

a lot of Eli's success comes off play-action calls. in order to be successful at play-action, you gotta have a good running game. I myself still don't know exactly how good Eli is, because the running game is such a threat. Eli has had moments of greatness though, just look at the playoffs last year and the game-winning drive in the Super Bowl, that was fantastic.

the Cowboys Defense has been overrated from the beginning of last year. you want to know why Clinton Portis was the only back to run for over 100 yards against us? because our offense put up so many points that opposing teams HAD TO THROW against us. so basically, our offense was our best defense but I think that if our offense can simply do more than go 3 and out or turn it over, our D is one of the best around . now with Tony Romo, Kyle Kosier and (hopefully) Felix Jones coming back on offense, I expect better results. and Terence Newman coming back on D is great too.

felix jones won't be ready for sunday according to espn.... so bummer for that.

Should be an announcement shortly.....he worked out earlier but they need to have their rosters in at 5:45 Central....so we shall see.

Im hoping for 31-20.....but who knows anymore

big win tonight!! mental mistakes must be eliminated but my Boys are on the right track.

it's annoying but I lol'ed at flozel adams being the most penalized player.

amazing dallas won that last night...thought for sure the skins would score more than one touchdown.