Emotions run strong when a team has a loss in the manner that Dallas lost last night. All kinds of thoughts pop up, from firing Wade Phillips to trading Tony Romo to burning down the new stadium, collecting the insurance money and buying a whole new all-pro team next year when there are no salary caps. Most of these thoughts are just the emotionally propelled and desperate yammering of the fair-weather fans who expect the Cowboys to win every game without challenge.
Reality is this... It's only Week 2 and there's still 14 more games to play... they can recover.
Reality is this... Although a win to christen the new stadium would have been nice, there's still plenty of life left in the stadium and plenty of Dallas wins will come there.
Reality is this... The Cowboys have a 1-1 record, which places them alongside teams like the Patriots, San Diego, Philly, Green Bay and both of last year's Super Bowl teams, the Cardinals and the Steelers... 1-1 doesn't sound so bad now does it?
Reality is this... Tony Romo seems to have one of these really bad games at least once a season, but he has a lot more good games than bad. There isn't any other quarterback I would rather have if it were the Cowboys down by 1 with under a minute left to get up the field. It's funny, I heard nothing but praise after Romo had a career day in Tampa Bay, but one week later after a few interceptions and now everyone is ready to throw him to the curb. I just don't get that mentality.
I'm not saying that everything is peachy and there's no reason to feel despair, things definitely need to be tightened up with this team, but they are on the verge of being really good. The Giants should have won by a much larger margin if it wasn't for a few Dallas defensive stops. It just seems, and it has been the case for about 3 years, that the 'Boys make crucial mistakes at the worst possible times. This is the main thing they need to correct. Penalties, bad throws, missed tackles, etc... I pray that I'm not being far too naive, but I think they can turn it around... time will tell.
P.S.
Jerry Jones got one of his wishes for the grand opening of Cowboys Stadium... the attendance was 105,121... about a thousand more than a game played in Mexico which, until yesterday, held the record for most attendance at a regular season NFL game. I'd be willing to bet, however, that Jerry Jones would've happily taken his other wish instead... a victory.
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