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Dallas Cowboys 34, Chicago Bears 10

Monday, September 24th, 2007

The Dallas Cowboys exploded in the 2nd half of the game last night as they kicked the Cowboys’ ass!  Tony Romo completed 22 of 35 passes for 329 yards with 2 TD passes and 1 interception.  RB Marion Barber was outstanding as he was running over the Bears defense.  He carried the ball 15 times for 102 yards (6.8 ypc) with 1 TD run and he also caught 1 pass for 10 yards and it was a TD.  Julius Jones also carried some of the load in the running game last night as he toted the rock 7 times for 26 yards (3.7 ypc) and he also caught 2 passes for 29 yards (14.5 avg).  Terrell Owens was devastating to the Bears’ defense as he caught 8 passes for 145 yards (18.1 avg) and TE Jason Witten was also very busy with 6 catches for 90 yards (15.0 avg) and a TD.  The Cowboys finished up with 131 yards rushing on 25 carries (5.2 ypc) and they also completed 22 of 35 passes for 300 yards.

The defense of the Cowboys was outstanding last night.  Roy Williams (3 tackles, fumble recovery, interception), Anthony Henry (2 tackles, 2 interceptions (1 returned 51 yards for a TD)) and linebacker DeMarcus Ware (6 tackles, 2 sacks) were all outstanding!  The Cowboys held the Bears to 75 yards rushing on 23 carries (3.3 ypc) and the Bears also completed 15 of 33 passes for 164 yards.

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Dallas Cowboys vs. Chicago Bears

Friday, September 21st, 2007
Something has to give in this ballgame on Sunday Night. The Bears are only allowing 12.0 points per game and the Cowboys are averaging 41.0 points per game this season. It will be interesting to see how this football game plays out. The Bears will likely try to keep the ball on the ground to control the clock. To do that though, Cedric Benson (143 yards rushing, 3.3 ypc) and Adrian Peterson (47 yards rushing, 5.2 ypc) must hold onto the football. The Cowboys do give up 293.5 yards passing per game so the Bears will likely try to get the ball down the field to Bernard Berrian (10 rec, 148 yards) and over the middle to TEs Greg Olsen and Desmond Clark. Rex Grossman must be careful with the ball because the Cowboys already have five interceptions this season.

When the Cowboys have the football will be the funnest thing to watch in this game. They will try to run the football against the Bears defense that is only allowing 73.5 yards rushing per game and 2.5 yards per carry. So look for some high impact collisions between RBs Marion Barber (154 yards rushing, 3 TDs) and Julius Jones (98 yards rushing) and DT Tommie Harris and LBs Brian Urlacher and Lance Briggs. The Bears will blitz often to try to get to Tony Romo before he gets the ball off, but the Cowboys have only allowed 2 sacks this season. TE Jason Witten (8 rec, 143 yards, TD) will likely challenge the Bears safeties often and that is a weakness of the Bears defense. WR Terrell Owens (8 rec, 184 yards, 3 TDs) will put big time pressure on the corners of the Bears to make plays.

PREDICTION: The Cowboys will score early in this game and Rex Grossman will make a few big mistakes that will turn the game in the Cowboys favor. Because of that the Cowboys will win this game by about a TD.

 

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Next Up: Bears vs. Cowboys

Thursday, September 20th, 2007
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The Tank Now A Cowboy

Wednesday, September 19th, 2007
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A balanced offense wins games; Tank Johnson talks make me sick

Thursday, June 28th, 2007
It's been said that a balanced offense--running and passing an equal amount during a game--helps win ball games because your offense is less predictable to defenses. There's a reason Detroit can't win games and that's because the offense passed 66 percent of the time. Defenses knew that two out of three plays were going to passes. And because their running offense was horrible, we can figure out why Detroit blew it once again.

But Dallas is different. The offense passed 52 percent of the time and ran 48 percent of the time. Julius Jones and Marion Barber were effective, running for 120 yard total each game and averaged 4 yards per carry. The offense ranked third with 21 rushing touchdowns. Not bad.

A balanced offense doesn't guarantee wins, as Washington proved. But that team was so woeful last year that I am not sure anyone could have helped them win. Just bad chemistry and a horrible owner, one of the worst in the NFL.

I see Dallas' offense improving. Tony Romo will be more settled and I think Julius Jones will have a 1,000-plus yard season.

On a separate note, there is a lot of talk about Tank Johnson becoming a Cowboy. Of course, all of the Cowboy haters are licking their chops about this, making the same old bogus comments about how Dallas chooses talent over character. I don't think character is much of a factor for any team in the NFL until a player goes off the deep end, ala Tank Johnson and PacMan Jones. And the result of these bad character players is they got dropped or suspended. But everyone deserves a second chance.

With that said, I am not sure I want Tank Johnson or his drama. Sure, the guy could come in and immediately help our team and never get in trouble again. But history says something different and I prefer to keep our chemistry intact.
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McNabb Can’t win Super Bowls. He gets sick.

Tuesday, June 19th, 2007

The press is writing some hilarious stories about Donovan McNabb after Bears defensive lineman Tommie Harris said he'd love to have the quarterback play for the Bears. They'd win the Super Bowl, he quipped.

Now come on, Tommie. You are hanging out with Ricky Williams too much brah. Read it here.

McNabb is a choker. He had his chance to win a Super Bowl with a team as good as he will ever get. And what happened? He got sick in the fourth quarter. They wasted so much darn time as he puked his guts out. It was very poor clock management at the end of the game and Freddie Mitchell must have been truthful when he said McNabb was yacking. And the Patriots walked out with a victory. McNabb three three INTs in that game. Sort of Grossman-like, right?

What has McNabb done since then? He's played a total of 19 games in two years. He's had injury after injury since his puking Super Bowl performance.

And Tommie Harris thinks the Bears can win with this guy?

Poor Rex Grossman. In his first full year with the Bears, he had 23 TDs, 20 INTs and 3,193 yards. What did McNabb do in his first full 16-game year for the Eagles? 21 TDs, 13 INTs for 3,365 yards (2000). Sure McNabb''s numbers are better, but not THAT much better.


The Bears just shoot themselves in the foot, I think. McNabb won't play another full season in the NFL. He will always miss games because he has no endurance. He's now the Chipper Jones of the NFL.

And Rex Grossman may never play another game as Bear.
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Should We Approach Gary Fencik?

Thursday, February 1st, 2007
A story about the Dallas Cowboys head coaching search.
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