When the 2007 season began, many wondered how everything was going to come together for coach Wade Phillips and the Gang. As the season began, many bandwagon fans and media “experts” annointed certain games as “statement games.” They were contests that were going to tell us exactly what this team was made of and where they were at […]

Boy, did I nail this one wrong!
My theory going in to this NFC East showdown with the much-hated Eagles was that every great QB has to have a bad game in Philly. Tony Romo has, in fact, only started a season-full of games and while he is enjoying some early success and seems to be […]

Goodbye, Minnesota.
Hello, Bye week!
I’m out of town on business in the City of the Winless Rams. My flight boarded just before Romo found T.O. in the end zone for the game’s first score. By the time I landed, the game was part of NFL history and the Vikings were smarting from the 24-14 loss.
In watching […]

By now, everyone has heard of the historic day that Adrian Peterson had last week against the so-called Monsters of the Midway in the Windy City. That moniker no longer exists thanks to the rings of fire that A.P. created as he ran like a cheetah with his tail on fire in and out of […]

12 penalties.
It’s hard to beat the Miami Dolphins or Rutgers when you have 12 penalties much less the New England Patriots.  I’m not saying that Dallas would have won if they had zero penalties, but I guarantee you it would have been a closer game.
The pass interference call on Patrick Watkins in the end zone […]

On the night of December 10, 2006, the Cowboys were riding a 4-game win streak heading into a home game vs. New Orleans on national TV.  They were 8-4, and Bill Parcells’ protege’ Sean Payton was facing his mentor for the first time. No former Parcells assistant had ever beaten Big Bill in their first […]

Things aren’t going well for the Rams, and the Dallas Cowboys exploited that demise with a 35-7 thrashing that was worse than the score indicated. Both teams got off to a slow start and were a bit rusty in the first half, but then they went in opposite directions after half time.
The Cowboys still have […]

Many of you are probably rolling your eyes both at the very stale cliche’ and the idea that a Rams team without their star RB Steven Jackson, an O-line playing musical chairs before each game, and a QB that is nursing broken ribs can surprise Dallas and limp out of Texas Stadium with a win Sunday. I […]

The Monsters of the Midway had developed a reputation for a very stingy and suffocating defense, a dynamic special teams, and an offense that was not explosive or potent but effective when it had to be. They were also the NFC Champions of 2006 and smothered opposing offenses at home. Given the state of the […]

I’ve been hearing a lot of insight and commentary from all sorts of venues regarding the battle this Sunday night between Dallas and Chicago. There has been in-depth analysis from NFL Network, local sports talk shows, ESPN, etc. on Dallas’ high-powered offense vs. this smothering Bears defense. Questions are raining down about whether to punt […]