The Dallas Cowboys went to play the New York Giants this last Sunday and lost. Despite the fact that I am a die hard Dallas fan I was afraid that the turn out would be Dallas losing the game and I was correct. For whatever reasons Dallas has gotten an ugly reputation as being a team with a lot of talent and potential that falls apart right around play off time. During the first half Dallas went up 10 to 0 over the Giants and they looked pretty decent up until the fumble by Marion Barber which equated to a touchdown from NYG. It seems to me that Dallas lost their wind and their running game pretty much ended at that point. Marion Barber loses the football and we quit? It seemed that we were running the ball pretty well up until that point. Why did Dallas turn into a one dimensional football team going to only the pass? As for the passing game Tony Romo did an awesome job of connecting with Jason Whitten and Roy Williams. There were two things that nailed the lid on the Dallas coffin in the second half. The first one was the pass to the NYG running back who outran all the Dallas defenders for 74 yards and a touch down. There is no way that our coverage should have been so out of synch that we could not have tackled this guy. The other thing that killed Dallas's hopes of coming from behind was the punt return for a touch down. That was the 14 points that put the game out of reach in the fourth quarter. There was another thing that killed Dallas and that was the fact that the NY Giants were emotionally charged up and ready to play the game. They did whatever it took to win. I rarely ever see that level of enthusiasm out of the Dallas Cowboys. I almost forgot about the stupid move Flozzel Adams made at the half when he locked horns with one of the NYG team mates. I am sure that will cost him a pretty penny for that move. Lets see some of that emotion during the game play and not on the side line with the opposing team Flozzell.
Dallas is still in the lead in the NFC East but they have a very tough schedule for the rest of the season. I am hopeful that they will keep their poise and stop quiting when they run into a turn over. Mistakes are made and all you can do is learn from them and go on. You have to hold on to the ball and realize the defense is going to come after it. We must get the running game going and we also need to air the ball out down the field and loosen up the opponents defense some. If all you do is throw short passes to Whitten and you never air one out that is going to give the defenses secondary the confidence to play man to man coverage and play up close which makes it almost impossible to run.
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