Dallas @ Oakland - Pre Season Game 1

As far as Dallas' first preseason game, there was really only one drive that is worth mentioning from the dismal 31-10 loss to Oakland. The rest of the game looked like a lopsided high school match-up.

The first series was definitely not what The Cowboys had in mind to kick off the new season. They won the coin-toss and opted to receive, unfortunately, a holding penalty forced the 'Boys to start the drive inside their own 10 yard line. To add a little insult to injury, the first play from scrimmage was a pass that got deflected by none other than recently released DE Greg Ellis... it looked like it was about to be picked off in the end zone too. Needless to say, they went 3 and out.

The starting defense struggled a bit as well, allowing a huge gain due to pass interference penalty by newly acquired saftey Gerald Sensabaugh. Luckily the Raiders were held to only a field goal.

The next drive for the Dallas offense was pure beauty. Isaiah Stanback returned the kickoff for 27 yards, Romo passed to Martellus Bennett, who stampeded over defenders for 7 yards, Barber went up the middle for 8 yards, Roy Williams caught a pass for 12 yards, Felix Jones tap-danced for a 14 yard run, Crayton took an end-around for 12 yards, Felix Jones got a screen pass for 9 yards, Barber rushed for 3 yards... and although the next play was brought back due to another holding penalty, it couldn't stop the good ol' Romo/Witten connection as Witten grabbed the pass in the end zone for a Touchdown.

The remainder of the game was not as eventful, and although I watched until the clock struck 00:00, I'm not going to go into depth about 4th string linebackers and reality show winners, so in closing, there was one really good drive and that's about it. Next week should be more exciting as Dallas hosts Tennessee for the very first game in their newly built stadium. I would imagine that the starters may play a bit longer, if only to get a feel for the new stadium, and although Tennessee is not a team to write-off at all, let's hope Dallas can grab a 'W', if only to get a little pride. Texas Stadium closed with an embarrassing loss, hopefully Cowboys Stadium will open with a bang and turn their luck around.