Any Cowboy fans out there?

Well, Im not - the Panthers are going to slaughter them this weekend though...

Assuming Jake dosnt choke...

Unless Parcell has something in his contract that rewards him an insane amount of money if Jerry Jones starts his usual play calling, I wouldn't think the move was permanent.

brettw22 wrote:

Unless Parcell has something in his contract that rewards him an insane amount of money if Jerry Jones starts his usual play calling, I wouldn't think the move was permanent.

Cowboys good....Jerry Jones bad. Just send him home to North Little Rock and let someone who can be an "owner" buy the Cowboys.

TO is fine.

Drew was pulled when we were down by FIVE points. What was the final score? Jerry said before the season started, he didn't want to rebuild, he wanted to go for it now. That is not going to happen with Tony, period.

Cheers,
Russ

Yeah, T.O. is just fine...as long as he's getting passes, and of course actually running complete routes, oh, and actually catching the ball and not worrying about getting hit. The guy is a joke, and unfortunately Dallas hasn't realized they're better off without him. I've never seen a bigger crybaby in the NFL to date.

We'll see...there's still a lot of season left and hey...they are doing better than the SB champs, the Steelers.

Still 10 games to go and only one game out of first. Ya'll act like their season is over already. It's the NFC East...anyone of those teams could win that division.

Gotta say I feel bad for Drew. He was in New England for years, and was always the nicest guy, a team guy. Has his flaws as a player but as a person and teammate you can't really say anything bad. Hell, evne when he left for Buffalo, which was under some pretty **** circumstances, he took out a full-page ad in the Boston Herald thanking the fans for his time in Boston.

Hate to see him go down like this, but... you gotta do what's best for your team, and it seems Romo may be it... although time will tell.

I saw the first half of the giants game, and witnessed an absolutly horrible offensive line on the part of the boys.

how the eff do you have any blocking scheme that doesnt throw a shoulder on Michael frikkin Strahan. seeing him come in untouched stunned me.

then there was the safety, again untouched!!!!!

maybe its more the coaching than the players, actually there is a very good chance of that, I dont know, and dont really care, but something has to be done on that front.

without the o-line, you can put Jesus in the QB spot and still be screwed.

ohskigod wrote:

maybe its more the coaching than the players, actually there is a very good chance of that, I dont know, and dont really care, but something has to be done on that front.

I really doubt it's the coaching. Parcells is one of the better coaches to ever coach the game. He has a winning record and has been to the Super Bowl a number of times and as far as I know, the ONLY coach in NFL history to put 4 different teams into the playoffs. He's old-school for sure and he rarely has problems taming wild players. T.O. is nothing compared to L.T. and he was able to shut Meshawn up and when he did, Meshawn turned out to be a better player than most thought he was.

Parcells has had problems coaching when his management did not allow him enough autonomy to make the decisions and changes the organization he was working for needed. However, in every instance of his coaching career, he took a team that was down in the dumps and compeletly turned them around. This includes the Cowboys. It takes 2-3 years to pull a team out of the dumper...longer if they are plagued with injuries.

Jerry Jones is a hard **** and gets too involved but one thing he does do is recognize when his coach knows what he is talking about. Evidence of that is the mid-90's Cowboy's dynasty where they trounced the Bills in 3 Super Bowls and went to 4 Super Bowls in 5 years while dominating the NFC East and a good chunk of the rest of the league. Jerry stepped aside on that one until Jimmy started talking about retiring.

Where the Cowboys currently are now is where they were in about 1990-1992. They were making mistakes but had those glimpses of glory through out the season. They aren't going anywyhere this year it seems but like Noel said, they are 1 game back from the NFC East top spot and the NFC East arguably has 3 of the best teams in the conference this year. Philly, Dallas and NY are all on fairly equal footing. If the Giants do keep it up and keep thier act together, I think they are better than Philly and Dallas and deserve the top spot. If they do get far though, the Giants will not get past the Bears.

The defense is a problem for the Cowboys though. It seems they are running a 4-3 Defense still and Parcells is not only used to his stronger 3-4 Defense but the players he has picked for his D-line are big boys with a good deal of strength but not really mobile or fast. The 4-3 Defense favors speed and agility, the 3-4 Defense favors big, strong lineman and relies on fast and powerful linebackers to put the pressure on. With the defense struggling like it is to click, the offense has more emphasis put on scoring.

For Bledsoe this is not good. His pocket stays together fairly well. However, because thier running game sucks right now with such a young RB, they rely too heavily on thier passing game. T.O. gets double coverage often because as much of a pain as he is, he is still a huge threat to a defense. The rest of the recievers are not as experienced. This leads to simple screen coverage on the recievers being devastatingly effective. Bledsoe is old and not as mobile. He has a cannon for an arm but that does him no good if his players can't get open. Consequently, he spends way to much time in the pocket and eventually, any pocket will crumble on any team. Bledsoe's only saving grace at that point is that he's a big guy and can stand toe to toe with alot of lineman. It's not so easy to knock a big QB down for a sack.

I don't think the problem is coaching. Dallas is a formidable team when they play like a team. If JJ gives Parcells the freedom to work out the kinks, Parcells has a very good base with a ton of potential to start on. I would be so bold to say that if the Cowboys can get thier act together and keep it together, Parcells has built a championship team, the players just need to realize it and start playing like it. They make too many "rookie mistakes" and they drop plays and coverages too often. That's not a coaching problem, that sloppy play by the players. Yeah, the coach could be doing something about it but the coach can only do so much. I mean, the coach can't play the game for the players.

J,

I meant maybe along the lines of the oline coach, maybe as high as the offe3nsive coordinator. with the o-line doing such a bad job of protecting the qb (espescially with guys running in untouched, especially STRAHAN gettting in untouched), I cant help but think its something in the planning that went into the game. As far as I know, the Dallas o-line is at least a decent squad, I'm not too sure though. havent heard specifically that they suck ****.

Of course, there are those that think Parcells, paired with such a hands on owner, just isnt a good mix for success, Parcells being legendary notwithstanding

eh, who knows.