Not much to say really... well, actually there's tons I could say, but there's not much I really want to say...
Dallas shit the bed majorly in this matchup... talk about bad luck when we go to Seattle (do I really have to remind you how Romo did when we last went to Seattle...)
Romo didn't do too much better this time around, although we certainly can't place the entire blame on him... we could also place blame on Felix Jones, Jason Witten, Dez Bryant, the Defense, the Offensive Line, Jason Garrett, Rob Ryan... it was bad all around...
Giving Seattle 10 points within the first 5 minutes of the game on two horrible Special Teams mistakes set the tone and Dallas could not recover from the blunders.
The rest of the game was pretty much torturous to watch with drop after drop and missed opportunity after missed opportunity...
I have been saying to justify to myself that I figured Dallas would be 1-1 at this point, but I thought the loss would have been to The Giants, certainly not Seattle... That's OK though... besides the fact the Eagles are 2-0, everyone else is 1-1 in our division and we hold 2nd place because we already beat NY so we're still doing pretty good in the division... well it is early though and anything could and will happen... so let's look ahead and not behind... we finally get to play at home next week, and host Tampa Bay... at team that we better not be looking past, because you see what happens when we do that...
Monday, September 17, 2012
Thursday, September 13, 2012
Week 1 Recap : Dallas (24) @ NY Giants (17)
Set up to fail... Dallas was matched up against the defending Super-Bowl Champions, the New York football Giants, in New York (welllll... New Jersey,) and placed on a big national stage as the opening game of the 2012 NFL Season. So what happened...
Well Dallas didn't relent and call it quits, they didn't trip over their own feet, they saw the challenge placed before them and attacked it.
After a slow and scoreless first quarter, The Giants picked off a Tony Romo pass and almost ran it back for 6 points when Tyrone Smith decided a horsecollar tackle was better than a touchdown... and in this instance it was because The Giants could only manage a field goal.
Dallas' offense took the reigns and managed to send Kevin Ogletree (that's receiver # 3) into the end zone to catch a 10 yard pass and give Dallas the lead at 7-3. New York couldn't really overcome The Cowboys' defense for the rest of the game and while Dallas soared to 24 points to 10, The Giants got another late touchdown by none other than former Cowboy, Martellus Bennett, but Dallas' defense remained stout and kept Manning and company far from the end zone. The final score 24-17. Win number 1 for Dallas.
It's pretty obvious that the moves made in the off-season have paid off... the defense has been reworked and it is showing. Morris Claiborne and Brandon Carr have made this team a much better team and it will only get better. The defensive line held The Giants to just 82 total rushing yards and 187 passing.
And there was much jubilation....
Next week Dallas goes back on the road to the opposite coast and will face off against The Seattle Seahawks. There is a good chance that certain injuries will improve and Dallas will be ready to strike. Let's Go Cowboys...
Well Dallas didn't relent and call it quits, they didn't trip over their own feet, they saw the challenge placed before them and attacked it.
After a slow and scoreless first quarter, The Giants picked off a Tony Romo pass and almost ran it back for 6 points when Tyrone Smith decided a horsecollar tackle was better than a touchdown... and in this instance it was because The Giants could only manage a field goal.
Dallas' offense took the reigns and managed to send Kevin Ogletree (that's receiver # 3) into the end zone to catch a 10 yard pass and give Dallas the lead at 7-3. New York couldn't really overcome The Cowboys' defense for the rest of the game and while Dallas soared to 24 points to 10, The Giants got another late touchdown by none other than former Cowboy, Martellus Bennett, but Dallas' defense remained stout and kept Manning and company far from the end zone. The final score 24-17. Win number 1 for Dallas.
It's pretty obvious that the moves made in the off-season have paid off... the defense has been reworked and it is showing. Morris Claiborne and Brandon Carr have made this team a much better team and it will only get better. The defensive line held The Giants to just 82 total rushing yards and 187 passing.
And there was much jubilation....
Next week Dallas goes back on the road to the opposite coast and will face off against The Seattle Seahawks. There is a good chance that certain injuries will improve and Dallas will be ready to strike. Let's Go Cowboys...
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