Thursday, October 11, 2007
The Vault
1. Well an ugly game. 6 turnovers with all 6 being attributed to QB Tony Romo, it was ugly. But somehow, Romo was able to overcome that and be able to lead the Cowboys on two drives that ended in 2 scores the TD to Crayton and the field goal by Folk. Romo showed he did not let the interceptions affect his performance. He was able to overcome the adversity and seal it with the drives. But that said, he needs to be able to go back study tape and find out why these interceptions happened. A couple times looked like there was miscommunication issues with the receivers. A deflected pass was just bad luck and timing. Another looked as though he tried to force a few balls. I remember Brett Favre throwing 24 interceptions to 19 TDs in his second season and looks like he turned out pretty good. But still lets hope this is just one of the few bad games a good or gret QB has. Remember, everyone jumped on thow bad the defense supposedly was back in the season opener and now it just had its best game.
2. You know the way the media is carrying on you think that no other Hall of Fame QB never had a multi interception game. I mean Tom Brady has had a 4 interception game every year since 2002. No one seems to be harping on him. Great QBS have bad games. The bottom line is that it is based on how few bad games they have and how they are able to overcome those games mentally and put them behind. This separates the Brett Favres and Peyton Mannings from the Tim Couchs and the Jeff Georges of the world. I mena ask any Bears fan right now how they would feel if Romo was their QB.
3. The Cowboys defense was great. All three TDS by the Bills were from the special teams and the defense. Even though Bills QB Trent Edwards looks like he is going to be good, the Cowboys were able to keep him from making the big play and not allow them to take advantage too much of the mistakes. I mean what kind of offense must you have to not take advantage of 6 turnovers by your own defense? Well only when the Cowboys defense steps up that is. I mean this was a momentum killing loss I feel for the Bills.
4. Another thing that is sure is the kicker. I mean what guts does it take to overcome the freezing timeout attempt to make a kick from 5o+ yards twice? This is no Mike Vanderjagt. We have a real kicker and not only is QB a non issue, kicker is non issue for years to come.
5. The NFL competition committee has to look at this rule about coaches being able to call timeouts just before the snap. I still don't know how I feel about it but I feel every option needs to be considered.
6. All in all it was a sloppy game and the Cowboys offense were not prepared for the schemes and stunts that the Bills defense threw at Tony Romo. That said if the Bills could get to Romo easily, what will happen next week? Now we can talk about the game at last. Yes the big bad evil Patriots are coming with the evil mastermind Bill Belicheck is coming with his ability to drive opposing QBS insane plus all that video equipment he keeps stashed in the back. You think the Bills were tough? Be prepared to see another potentially sloppy game by the offense as well as the defense. I am not saying the Cowboys will lose, I always pick them to win, but it will be a close, ugly game similar to Monday Night.
7. I felt this game was a trap game along with the Rams game. I don't really fault the Cowboys for looking ahead. Hey they are human. But now the pressure falls squarely on the Patriots. No media outlet I have seen has even suggested the Cowboys would even win. Boston media columnists are already saying that the only stumbling block on the Patriots quest for an undefeated season is the November game against the Colts, noting that the Cowboys will fall victim to the Patriots. Now it is a step up game. Show the league that the Cowboys are for real.
8. Another reason this concerns me is mainly a superstitious reason in the fact that Randy Moss factor kicks in. This guy has never lost to the Cowboys, continuing on his anger-filled grudge for the Cowboys not drafting him. Even when he was with the lowly Raiders, he beat us. Think he still has anger in him?
9. You know the taunt Texans Travis Johnson gave to Dolphins QB Trent Green was in bad taste but Iwill give him the benefit of the doubt that maybe he did not know immediately that Green was out cold and he was thinking of his own career as that was a low blcok and the knees could go. but after seeign him being carted off and having three+ hours to get over it, you would think that Johnson would know better than to say what he said. I mean in hindsight, how else does Green block the guy?
10. Kurt Warner to replace MAtt Leinart. You know I like it and think Warner will help the Cardinals win. Leinart strikes me as the type that is concerned more with the Hollywood lifestyle and making the party and club scene than he does being an actual football player. Maybe with all the free time he can now have time to spend with his child instead of going to the clubs.
11. How embarassing a loss for the Broncos to lost by 30+ at home.
12. You think the Dolphins regret letting go of Daunte Culpepper?
13. Good job by Stanford and hats off to Jim Harbaugh for the upset of USC. This is an upset but because of the way the rankings are and that we have no college playoof, I have no idea how far to rank this upset. USC may just stink.
14. I told you Texas fans. Another long year and I am not on board with this theory that the national champion will have 2 losses. Never will happen.
15. I like the Red Sox in 7 and the Diamondbacks in 7.
16. The umpires should not have stopped the game with the Yankees-Indians game because of the bugs. Yankees would not have complained if they were winning.
17. You know A-Rod did not have a good series but man enough with the overanalysis of his hitting. You got Cal Ripken on TBS saying he sees A-Rod hitting a lot of pop-ups which is an indication he is trying to hard. Enough already. Jeter had a bad series as well and no one is getting on his back. The Yankees fan will be sorry when he opts out and winds up in an Angels or Cubs uniform.
18. Joe Torre did not lose this series. The only bad call was starting Wang on three days rest. If Joe Girardi, Don MAttingly, Tony La Russa or Lou Piniella was managing, this would not have changed the outcome one bit. Torre should be brought back.
19. So Jerry Buss wants to trade Kobe away. You will not get equal value and even if you did, such as a proposed Dirk Nowitzki, I mean Dirk is a great player but they will nto fill up the arena to see him because he does not have the superstar quality of a Kobe Bryant. The LAkers are about marketing with guys like Kareem, Magic, Shaq and now Kobe. Dirk is a great player but he does not have the quality the Lakers have looked for.
20. MArion Jones scandal now rocks her teammates. Now some of the mmay have to give up their medals. I understand that maybe they should not have to pay for her sins but whose to say that they would have won if not for her in the baton meter race? Or if they suspected she was doping, they said nothing. So if they take them, Iwould not have a problem with it.
21. Reggie Bush scandal looks like it will hit USC hard. Too bad he did not turn out to well as a pro.
2. You know the way the media is carrying on you think that no other Hall of Fame QB never had a multi interception game. I mean Tom Brady has had a 4 interception game every year since 2002. No one seems to be harping on him. Great QBS have bad games. The bottom line is that it is based on how few bad games they have and how they are able to overcome those games mentally and put them behind. This separates the Brett Favres and Peyton Mannings from the Tim Couchs and the Jeff Georges of the world. I mena ask any Bears fan right now how they would feel if Romo was their QB.
3. The Cowboys defense was great. All three TDS by the Bills were from the special teams and the defense. Even though Bills QB Trent Edwards looks like he is going to be good, the Cowboys were able to keep him from making the big play and not allow them to take advantage too much of the mistakes. I mean what kind of offense must you have to not take advantage of 6 turnovers by your own defense? Well only when the Cowboys defense steps up that is. I mean this was a momentum killing loss I feel for the Bills.
4. Another thing that is sure is the kicker. I mean what guts does it take to overcome the freezing timeout attempt to make a kick from 5o+ yards twice? This is no Mike Vanderjagt. We have a real kicker and not only is QB a non issue, kicker is non issue for years to come.
5. The NFL competition committee has to look at this rule about coaches being able to call timeouts just before the snap. I still don't know how I feel about it but I feel every option needs to be considered.
6. All in all it was a sloppy game and the Cowboys offense were not prepared for the schemes and stunts that the Bills defense threw at Tony Romo. That said if the Bills could get to Romo easily, what will happen next week? Now we can talk about the game at last. Yes the big bad evil Patriots are coming with the evil mastermind Bill Belicheck is coming with his ability to drive opposing QBS insane plus all that video equipment he keeps stashed in the back. You think the Bills were tough? Be prepared to see another potentially sloppy game by the offense as well as the defense. I am not saying the Cowboys will lose, I always pick them to win, but it will be a close, ugly game similar to Monday Night.
7. I felt this game was a trap game along with the Rams game. I don't really fault the Cowboys for looking ahead. Hey they are human. But now the pressure falls squarely on the Patriots. No media outlet I have seen has even suggested the Cowboys would even win. Boston media columnists are already saying that the only stumbling block on the Patriots quest for an undefeated season is the November game against the Colts, noting that the Cowboys will fall victim to the Patriots. Now it is a step up game. Show the league that the Cowboys are for real.
8. Another reason this concerns me is mainly a superstitious reason in the fact that Randy Moss factor kicks in. This guy has never lost to the Cowboys, continuing on his anger-filled grudge for the Cowboys not drafting him. Even when he was with the lowly Raiders, he beat us. Think he still has anger in him?
9. You know the taunt Texans Travis Johnson gave to Dolphins QB Trent Green was in bad taste but Iwill give him the benefit of the doubt that maybe he did not know immediately that Green was out cold and he was thinking of his own career as that was a low blcok and the knees could go. but after seeign him being carted off and having three+ hours to get over it, you would think that Johnson would know better than to say what he said. I mean in hindsight, how else does Green block the guy?
10. Kurt Warner to replace MAtt Leinart. You know I like it and think Warner will help the Cardinals win. Leinart strikes me as the type that is concerned more with the Hollywood lifestyle and making the party and club scene than he does being an actual football player. Maybe with all the free time he can now have time to spend with his child instead of going to the clubs.
11. How embarassing a loss for the Broncos to lost by 30+ at home.
12. You think the Dolphins regret letting go of Daunte Culpepper?
13. Good job by Stanford and hats off to Jim Harbaugh for the upset of USC. This is an upset but because of the way the rankings are and that we have no college playoof, I have no idea how far to rank this upset. USC may just stink.
14. I told you Texas fans. Another long year and I am not on board with this theory that the national champion will have 2 losses. Never will happen.
15. I like the Red Sox in 7 and the Diamondbacks in 7.
16. The umpires should not have stopped the game with the Yankees-Indians game because of the bugs. Yankees would not have complained if they were winning.
17. You know A-Rod did not have a good series but man enough with the overanalysis of his hitting. You got Cal Ripken on TBS saying he sees A-Rod hitting a lot of pop-ups which is an indication he is trying to hard. Enough already. Jeter had a bad series as well and no one is getting on his back. The Yankees fan will be sorry when he opts out and winds up in an Angels or Cubs uniform.
18. Joe Torre did not lose this series. The only bad call was starting Wang on three days rest. If Joe Girardi, Don MAttingly, Tony La Russa or Lou Piniella was managing, this would not have changed the outcome one bit. Torre should be brought back.
19. So Jerry Buss wants to trade Kobe away. You will not get equal value and even if you did, such as a proposed Dirk Nowitzki, I mean Dirk is a great player but they will nto fill up the arena to see him because he does not have the superstar quality of a Kobe Bryant. The LAkers are about marketing with guys like Kareem, Magic, Shaq and now Kobe. Dirk is a great player but he does not have the quality the Lakers have looked for.
20. MArion Jones scandal now rocks her teammates. Now some of the mmay have to give up their medals. I understand that maybe they should not have to pay for her sins but whose to say that they would have won if not for her in the baton meter race? Or if they suspected she was doping, they said nothing. So if they take them, Iwould not have a problem with it.
21. Reggie Bush scandal looks like it will hit USC hard. Too bad he did not turn out to well as a pro.
# posted by ttheman @ 7:14 PM 
