It's officially Dallas week!

[TheMalcolmConnection]

I'll give you and others that it could be the play-calling, but EVERYONE is seeing this. Everyone is seeing that even though his "stats" look great, he doesn't. He has lots of garbage time yardage. He is just terrified to try and thread a pass. Have you ever heard the announcers talking about how "Brunell threw that pass where only Receiver A could catch it?" I don't. If he sees a receiver is remotely covered, it's dump-off time. Sure, he's not totally to blame, but in games where the D was lacking, there surely could have been some better plays from the offense.

[The Zimmermans]

Jason Witten is gonna eat us alive unless our linebacking core picks it up. As for downfield throws, Romo is shaky enough to throw a few ducks, we just gotta be ready for when they arrive (which we never are). The reason Carolina was able to gain yards on short throws to foster was the fact that the threat of steve smith deep spread our dallas' D. If we don't illustrate a downfield threat at some point this weekend, it's gonna be a long day for portis, cooley and company. Dallas can tackle, making the short pass ineffectvie. I don't think blitzing romo is gonna work much, he has a quick release and good mobility, i would say sit back and hope for D-line pressure, and confuse romo with many different zones.

God help us, please please, i just wanna beat dallas once this year

[D'BOYZ]

I just don't see it there are way to many ? marks in your team if gibbs could fix all that in 2 weeks than we have a contest I don't say we're great we can shoot ourselves in the foot to many times but I still believe we're better.

And we sure need the W if we want to still be close to NY they pla ythe texans for Christ sake.

[htownskinfan]

I dont think theres anyway we win this game,theres a chance we wont have portis or moss,even if we do we cant stop anybody on defense,Romo will have a field day against our D,we cant even get pressure on bledsoe,a mobile qb will eat our lunch,carolina's D actually can put pressure on the qb and he beat them.I was very impressed with romo,that didnt look like that was his first start,he was directing traffic like manning and calling audibles,he missed on some of his passes but he looked good,but thats why they play the game,theres a chance we will win,but I dont hold much hope

[Crat92]

Originally Posted by htownskinfan

I dont think theres anyway we win this game,theres a chance we wont have portis or moss,even if we do we cant stop anybody on defense,Romo will have a field day against our D,we cant even get pressure on bledsoe,a mobile qb will eat our lunch,carolina's D actually can put pressure on the qb and he beat them.I was very impressed with romo,that didnt look like that was his first start,he was directing traffic like manning and calling audibles,he missed on some of his passes but he looked good,but thats why they play the game,theres a chance we will win,but I dont hold much hope

With Brunell having the problems he's having with his timing, we will be going 3 and out a lot! I don't care how good the D plays, if the offense can't sustain drives, the D will be on the field all day!

[TheMalcolmConnection]

Honestly, our D will be perfectly fine. Don't put Romo in the hall yet. I mean holy shit, he only had to engineer a couple decent drives thanks to turnovers. We'll have both starting corners back. Portis and Moss will be fine. Don't worry about our defense. We'll see the defense we were supposed to see all season.

[5RINGS]

I haven't bought my tickets to Miami just yet. Romo looked good, but I still feel homocidal over that NY Giants loss.

Our D looked horrible, our secondary looked lost, our QB's looked lost.

I love that they came back and beat Carolina, but that is Carolina's M.O. - they show up big one week and then disappear the next, kind of like their All World DE Peppers.

This game should be close.

[5RINGS]

I don't think the Bledsoe / Brunell situations are similar.

If Brunell is:
Causing Sacks
Missing Blitzers
Unable to feel pressure
Going into a fetal position when Defenders are four steps away,

then you can talk about a QB switch.

[Crat92]

Originally Posted by 5RINGS

I don't think the Bledsoe / Brunell situations are similar.

If Brunell is:
Causing Sacks
Missing Blitzers
Unable to feel pressure
Going into a fetal position when Defenders are four steps away,

then you can talk about a QB switch.

Both sitauations are different yet similar. The difference is, Brunell will not take the sack. He will check down to the 3rd receiver when it's 3rd and forever! When given time, Bledsoe will get the ball down field. Our offense his based on timing. The WR's are open down field, but Brunell won't pull the trigger! Different situations, same result.................no production. However there is one huge difference. The Cowboys did the right thing and went with Romo.

[Sheriff Gonna Getcha]

I've gotta disagree TMC, I thought the Cowboys looked pretty strong. The Panthers definately hurt themselves, but the Cowboys looked solid. Romo threw for 270 yards, the Cowboys racked up over 400 yards, and the Panthers were held to just 200 yards.

[mooby]

Portis and Moss are looking unlikely to play at this point. It's still early though, so i'm holding out hope. That said the bye week didn't do anything as far as healing up injured players.

[Hog1]

As far as I'm concerned the game will determine whether we are still in the Brunell era with (a weak) a playoff pulse, or Beginning the JC era! In the worst way..................I want them to................KICK DALLLAS ASS!!!!!!!!!!!!!

[dmek25]

to me this game determines what happens the rest of the season. and i don't give a damn about who is hurt. lets take the players we have and see if any of them have any heart. i hate the cowboys, and to me they ain't shit

[TheMalcolmConnection]

What REALLY pisses me off is that we were all like, "Damn, we FINALLY have the WR depth we need!" So if Moss and Randle El don't play, who do we start? Lloyd and Thrash?!

[SmootSmack]

I'd really be surprised if they don't play.