Cowboys ranked 8th in the week 10 power rankings

The Week 10 Power Rankings for ESPN.com were released earlier today and our Dallas Cowboys remain the 8th spot. Who are the seven teams that are ranked ahead of them? Obviously you have the Saints and the Colts ranked at 1 and 2, followed by the Vikings.

The surprising Cincinnati Bengals are in at number 4 followed by the defending champions' Steelers and the New England Patriots. In at number 7 are the Denver Broncos.

Now I know that Denver beat us earlier in the season, but the Dallas Cowboys have won four straight games since that loss. With Denver losing on Monday night they are now losers of two in a row.

If you look at the way the two teams have been playing recently you could argue that the Cowboys, now, are the better team. If these two teams were to play today my money would be on the Cowboys.

Cows win, Cows win!!

The Cowboys did it! They went into Philadelphia to take on a much hated division rival and came away with a 20-16 victory. This was a big victory for the Cowboys who are now leading the NFC East division. Plus we're on a nice four game win streak.

Probably wouldn't think that would happen with the way things started out this season. With a 2-2 record at the beginning of the season and then having to go into overtime to pull out a victory over a lowly, lowly Kansas City team, things weren't looking to good for the 'Boys. There were a lot of questions and a lot of doubters, but now Dallas is starting to look good and starting to play up to their potential.

The Cowboys played well in all phases of the game last night. The defense did a nice job at stopping the big play offense of the Eagles. They didn't give up any big plays with the exception of a 45 yard screen pass to Eagles running back, LeSean McCoy.

Terence Newman, Mike Jenkins and the rest of the Dallas secondary were able to stifle and frustrate the two young, excellent Eagles receivers. Jeremy Maclin only caught 3 balls for 44 yards. DeSean Jackson only caught the ball twice for 29 yards. The secondary were also able to intercept McNabb twice in the game.

The defensive front were pretty much in Donovan McNabb's face all game long and recorded 4 sacks.

Tony Romo and the offense did have some problems against the blitzing defense of the Eagles but played well, none-the-less. Romo did finally throw a pick. His first in four games. But instead of getting down on himself and struggling the rest of the game after he made that mistake, Romo came back and completed 8 out of 10 passes and a nice touchdown pass to Miles Austin. Tony ended the game 21 or 34 for 307 yards and a touchdown and interception.

Roy Williams finally decided to get involved in the offense and caught 5 balls for 75 yards. Yeah, that's right, 5 catches!! That still don't make you the number one receiver, Roy, sorry. Especially after that duck out of bounds play you had. A real number one receiver would have turned it up field and out ran that lumbering linebacker that was coming after them. Not you, Roy, you duck out of bounds like some frighten child.

Miles Austin only caught that one pass in the middle of the fourth quarter for 49 yards and the go ahead touchdown. Patrick Crayton caught 2 balls for 74 yards and even the rookie Kevin Ogletree had 2 big catches.

Rushing wise, we did ok, but it could have been better. The Cowboys only had 76 rushing yards and Marion Barber had 50 of those. It would have been nice to see some more production as far as the rushing offense was concern.

Other than the low rushing output and the 11 bleeping penalties we had there really wasn't that many negative things to say about how Dallas played. The Cowboys looked good and continue to play like we all hoped they would at the beginning of the season. Let's hope they can continue to improve and work on clearing up those penalties and play like they have been the last three games.

We're 6-2 boys and we're looking good. Now lets get to working on the gameplan for next weeks game against the Green Bay Packers.

Can the Dallas Cowboys be victorious in Philadelphia?

The Dallas Cowboys have traveled back to Philadelphia today to take on the dreaded rival Eagles for tonight's game. I think all Cowboys fans remember what happened the last time the 'Boys played at the Linc.

In case you don't remember, the Cowboys got blown off the field as they took a 44-6 thrashing from the Eagles. That was our last game of the season and it sure did leave a bitter taste in all fans' mouths.

Things had to change, people had to change after that debacle in late December. And some things have. We finally got rid of the Cancer that infested the locker room that went by the name of T.O. Wade Phillips said he was get tougher. I'm not totally sure that has happened though.

Tony Romo and Roy Williams said they would practice together throughout the off season so they can get comfortable with each other. Apparently all that practice has been for nothing, since they are still not on the same page. There has been a lot of talk about Roy Williams this week and his comments that he has made. I don't really want to get into the whole mess, other than you are NOT the number 1 receiver, sir. Heck you probably are not even the number 2 receiver. Just because you are overpaid does not make you a good player.

The good news coming into tonight's game against the Eagles is that the Cowboys have been playing their best football here of late. We've been able to move the ball and score touchdowns on offense. Our defense has been playing a lot better now that it was earlier in the season. They are finally getting some sacks and forcing some turnovers.

The special teams has also come alive recently with Patrick Crayton running a punt return for a touchdown in the last two games.

This is all good, the 'Boys need to continue playing well tonight in Philadelphia. The Eagles are also on a two game win streak of their own after that embarrassing lost to Oakland. Last week the Eagles thumped the New York football Giants 40-17.

If the Cowboys want to win this game Tony Romo is going to have to continue taking care of the ball. He hasn't thrown an interception in 120 passes over three games. Some might say he's due to throw one tonight. The receivers are going to have to catch the ball when thrown to them (that means you, Roy) and hang on to the ball.

The offensive line and running backs are going to have to do a good job in protecting Romo. The Eagles love to blitz and will be coming after him often. So the 'Boys are going to have to pick up those incoming rushers.

One of the key matchups of the game will be the Cowboys' secondary against those quick Eagles receivers. DeSean Jackson and Jeremy Maclin are two very fast and elusive guys that are able to break a big one anytime they touch the ball. Terence Newman, Mike Jenkins and the rest of the secondary will have their hands full tonight. They need to bring some of those big hits that they have been unloading on people early in the game to help slow down the Eagles.

Tonight should be an interesting game and I know we are all looking forward to watching a great game. Hopefully the Cowboys will be able to leave Philadelphia this time with a victory.

Ware finally gets his new contract

It was announced Monday that the Dallas Cowboys and their stud defensive linebacker DeMarcus Ware finally agreed to a contract extension. They signed Ware to a six year extension, keeping the Pro Bowler a Cowboy through 2015. The new contract is worth $78 million dollars with $40 million of that guaranteed.

So, is he worth it? After the big year he had last year, including a league leading 20 sacks you can definitely make the argument that he is. So why didn't they get this deal done during the offseason? There was a lot of talk about it during that time. Why isn't Jerry giving Ware the money he deserves?

This year has been a bit of a let down for Ware, so far. DeMarcus was without a sack until the fifth game of the year. He finally busted through and got 2 sacks in the win against Kansas City. He got two more sacks in their win against Atlanta on Sunday to up his total to 4 sacks in 6 games this year.

With the slow start of the season there was a lot of talk about whether or not Ware was holding back until he gets his new contract. People were beginning to wonder if Ware wasn't playing to his full potential this year because Jerry was slow in paying the guy. Then during the bye week we learned that he has a stress fracture in his left foot and has been playing with this for a couple of games. That might explain the slow start.

Ware has quickly become one of the best defensive players in the league. Since the Cowboys drafted him as the 11th overall pick in 2005, he has recorded 57.5 sacks in 70 games. He has three of the top five sack seasons in Cowboys franchise history and has been named to the Pro Bowl for the last three years.

Here's what Jerry had to say about DeMarcus Ware.

"He's a cornerstone player of this franchise, and will be for a long time to come. He's gone beyond anything we could have imagined when we drafted him."

This deal is good for both Jerry and the Cowboys organization and DeMarcus Ware, as well as all the Cowboy fans out there. Now let's hope that Ware will continue playing like he has been the last two games and justify the new fat contract to any doubters that might be out there.

Atlanta vs Dallas Game Stats

	1	2	3	4	T
Atlanta (4-2)	7	0	7	7	21
Dallas (4-2)	0	17	7	13	37

	Atlanta	Dallas
1st Downs	21	18
Passing 1st Downs	13	13
Rushing 1st Downs	7	5
1st downs from Penalties	1	0
3rd down efficiency	6-12	6-13
4th down efficiency	1-1	0-0
Total Plays	65	59
Total Yards	298	414
Passing	174	299
Comp-Att	19-35	21-29
Rushing	124	115
Rushing Attempts	26	28
Yards per rush	4.8	4.1
Red Zone (Made-Att)	2-2	1-3
Penalties	3-30	8-50
Turnovers	3	1
Fumbles lost	1	1
INT	2	0
Def/SP Team TDs	0	1
Time	31:08	28:52

	C/ATT	YDS	AVG	TD	INT	RTG
Tony Romo	21/29	311	10.7	3	0	141.6

	CAR	YDS	AVG	TD	LG
M. Barber	14	47	3.4	0	13
F. Jones	8	37	4.6	0	12
T. Romo	6	31	5.2	0	17

	REC	YDS	AVG	TD	LG
M. Austin	6	171	28.5	2	59
J. Witten	5	53	10.6	0	22

Dallas beats Atlanta 37-21

The Dallas Cowboys are victorious this day in Jerry World winning over a pretty good Atlanta Falcons team.

Is this a big win for the 'Boys? You better believe it! We needed this win...big time. We had two weeks to prepare for this game so anything less than a win would be a major let down. We needed to go up 4-2 to have any shot at making the playoffs this year. At 3-3 you could have count us done for.

But this game, this win was important for moral too. For both the players and we, the fans. We looked good, real good against a pretty good team.

It didn't start out that way though as we let Atlanta march the opening possession down the field for a touchdown and then our offense got on the field and went three and out. Nope didn't look to good at all.

Then the second quarter happened. Romo and the 'Boys stared the second quarter on fire. Romo even came back after taking a hard hit at the end of the first quarter. Maybe we need to hit Tony in the head before every game?

Tony found Miles Austin for a 59 yard touchdown and Patrick Crayton for a short TD pass to go up 17-7 at halftime.

Cowboys came out in the second half looking flat again and Atlanta scored on a touchdown run to make the game interesting again at 17-14. Dallas then decided to take charge of the game again.

We played well on both offense and defense although we continue to hurt ourselves with stupid penalties. To many false starts by this team. I know we won but we need to clean up those stupid mistakes if we really expect to win against good teams.

Our newly signed return man Allen Rossum got hurt the first time he touch the ball and that might have been a good thing cause that let Patrick Crayton go back to return punts again. He took a punt back for a touchdown in the 4th quarter to help seal the victory.

Our rushing game wasn't very good in this game though in my opinion. I thought that our big offensive line men were going to run all over the smaller Atlanta defensive front. Didn't really look like it but we somehow managed to rush for 115 yards, well below our season average. Marion Barber was the leading rusher with 47 yards. Where was Tashard Choice? We didn't really get to see him that much.

Miles Austin continued on his tear as he caught six passes for 171 yards and 2 touchdowns. Can we make this guy our number one receiver now? He sure is playing a lot better than that Roy Williams guy, who continues to show his lack of play making ability. Hey, Roy, when a ball hits you in the hands, try catching it! It's your job.

Defense played, dare I say...great? Maybe I wouldn't go that far but we did play pretty well. Coming into this game Matt Ryan had only been sacked twice. He was sacked 4 times today, by a team that's among the league's worse at finding the quarterback.

We were also able to intercept Ryan twice improving our total to 4 interceptions on the season. League's worst, I believe. Also got a fumble recovery. Solid, solid day by our defense.

Overall we played liked we needed to play to beat a very good Atlanta team. Now, can this be a building block for continuing success for the rest of the season or will we go back to playing good one week then playing like crap the next? Guess we'll see next week.

Atlanta vs. Dallas 1st half thoughts

What a game we have so far here in Jerry World. Atlanta came out and took the opening kickoff and proceeded to march the ball down the field for a touchdown. Dallas then receives the kickoff from the Falcons and our newly signed return man, Allen Rossum gets himself hurt on his very first touch of the ball. He strained his right hamstring and is now questionable to return, so Patrick Crayton is now back to his old job of returning kicks.


Of course the 'Boys can't do anything with the ball and go three and out and give the ball right back to Atlanta.

Then the Dallas defense decided to show up and held firm after that opening drive. We actually got a couple of sacks on Matt Ryan. Ryan had gone about 18 quarters without being sacked. We also got a couple of turnovers including a Mike Jenkins interception and a fumble recovery.

Dallas' offense was dead in the first quarter and it looked like Tony Romo might be knocked out of the game at the end when he got hit in the head and neck pretty hard while scrambling. Romo returned strong in the 2nd quarter though and the offense showed some signs of life, although we continue to shoot ourselves in the foot with stupid penalties. So many false starts, it's ridiculous.

Barber has done nothing so far in this ball game and neither has Jones. Felix has had a few runs and a couple of pass receptions but nothing big and he did fumble the ball back to Atlanta after we got that interception. Dallas didn't get Choice involved in the game until near the 2 minute mark of the 2nd quarter when he caught a long pass from Romo.

Roy Williams continues to prove that he is a bust by not catching balls that hit him in the hands. Get him off the field please. Miles Austin on the other hand has caught a few balls when Tony finally got around to throwing to him. Austin caught a 59 yard touchdown pass in the 2nd quarter. Romo ends the half with an incredible scramble shedding off would be tacklers and throwing a touchdown pass to Patrick Crayton.

Can we get Roy on the bench and have Crayton and Austin as the wide receivers? And like I wrote about earlier in the week, we need to get Choice more involved into the game. The other two running backs haven't been doing much.

We scored 17 unanswered points in the 2nd quarter to take the lead 17-7. Romo was 14 of 18 for 191 yards and 2 touchdowns. His counterpart Matt Ryan went 9 of 18 for 80 yards and 1 touchdown and 1 interception.

Week 7 NFL Predictions

Green Bay (3-2) at Cleveland (1-5)

The Browns stink like a certain brown something, if you know what I mean. Look for an easy Green Bay win.

Winner: Green Bay

San Diego (2-3) at Kansas City (1-5)

San Diego is sucking it up this year but that's no surprise to me. I think they are always overrated. Kansas City isn't looking to good either but I think they have a chance against this soft defense. Yeah Shawn, I called you soft.

Winner: Kansas City

Indianapolis (5-0) at St. Louis (0-6)

Will St. Louis be the next 0-16 team? It sure is looking that way. They might be able to squeak a win or two this year somewhere, but they sure won't win against Peyton and the Colts today. The Colts have had two weeks to prepare for this team so watch out St. Louis.

Winner: Indianapolis

Minnesota (6-0) at Pittsburgh (4-2)

Probably the game of the week and should be a pretty exciting game. Who would have thought that the Vikings would be 6-0? Pittsburgh started off slow but they have changed that around. It's hard to pick who might win this game but since the Steelers were my preseason pick to repeat and win the Championship again, I'm going to go with them.

Winner: Pittsburgh

New England (4-2) at Tampa Bay (0-6)

Tampa Bay is terrible and it looks like New England is starting to find it's groove. They demolished the Titans last week so look for them to do the same against the Bucs.

Winner: New England

San Francisco (3-2) at Houston (3-3)

Another tough game to pick. Both teams have looked pretty good at times and not so good at other times, so this is pretty much a toss up.

Winner: Houston

Buffalo (2-4) at Carolina (2-3)

Uhh, both teams are pretty bad. Is anybody going to actually watch this game?

Winner: Carolina

NY Jets (3-3) at Oakland (2-4)

The Jets started off great but are falling fast. Oakland is...well, Oakland. They have been able to squeak out a couple of wins surprisingly enough.

Winner: NY Jets

Atlanta (4-1) at Dallas (3-2)

As a Cowboy fan I believe this is a must win for the Cowboys. If we lose this game you can pretty much kiss our season goodbye. Atlanta is a good team and so far we are 0-2 against good teams. We've had two weeks to prepare for this game, so we need to show up and actually look like we want to win some football games.

Winner: Dallas

Chicago (3-2) at Cincinnati (4-2)

Another match up of teams that look good one week and bad another. The Bengals are a surprising 4-2 though.

Winner: Chicago

New Orleans (5-0) at Miami (2-3)

There's been a lot of talk from the "experts" that say the Dolphins are going to win this game. They might have a chance but the Saints are looking really good this year.

Winner: New Orleans

Arizona (3-2) at NY Giants (5-1)

Arizona hasn't played all that well this year. The Giants have, well, until last week when they played New Orleans and got their butts handed to them. Look for the Giants to bounce back though.

Winner: NY Giants
Philadelphia (3-2) at Washington (2-4)

Yikes, what can be said about the Redskins? They are just in a downward spiral. This will be the first game where they play someone that actually has a win. The 'Skins should be at least 4-2. The Eagles on the other hand are coming off probably one of the worst losses in franchise history. Can they regroup?

Winner: Philadelphia

BYE - Denver (6-0), Detroit (1-5), Tennessee (0-6), Seattle (2-4), Jacksonville (3-3), Baltimore (3-3)

How Romo and Ryan match up by the numbers

	COMP	ATT	YDS	COMP%	YDS/A	LONG	TD	INT	SCK	RAT
Tony Romo	96	165	1341	58.2	8.13	80	6	4	9	86.5
Matt Ryan	101	156	1162	64.7	7.45	90	9	4	2	95.6

Looking at the numbers I would have to say that the advantage would go to Matt Ryan. His overall QB rating is much better than Romo's plus his completion percentage is nearly 7 points better. That means that Ryan is making better throw's and his receivers are making the catches, something that our receivers don't know how to do sometimes.

You'll also see that Matt Ryan doesn't get sack a whole lot. He likes to get rid of the ball quick and has a lot of short drop backs. It's going to be tough for us to get pressure on him and get the sack.

Another advantage I would give to Ryan is that I believe he is a better leader even though this is just his second year in the league. I like Romo, I really do, but I don't believe he is a very good leader and that is something that he needs to be around here. This team needs him to be a leader, someone to take charge of things and get into peoples faces when they make dumb mistakes and get their heads back into the game. Tony does not do this. Troy did and so do other great quarterbacks and leaders.

Now I haven't seen Matt Ryan do this so I don't know if he does or not but from all the things that I've heard on the radio shows and TV is that he is one of the hardest working players in the game. He is at work pretty much every day even when he doesn't have to looking at tape and working to get better. You never hear of Romo doing stuff like this.

Dallas Cowboys and Atlanta Falcons season stats, so far

I was just looking over the season stats for the Dallas Cowboys and how they match up with their next opponent the Atlanta Falcons and thought I would share the info.

Offensively, Dallas is second in the NFL in yards per game with 420.4. Atlanta is 18th with 327.8 yards per game. Advantage Cowboys, by nearly a hundred yards.

In passing yards per game, Dallas is 9th with 259.4. Atlanta is 15th with 229.2. Advantage Cowboys.

The Cowboys are 3rd in the NFL in rushing yards per game with 161.0. Atlanta is 24th with 98.0. Pretty big advantage to Dallas.

Dallas and Atlanta are pretty much even in points per game. Dallas is 11th with 24.4 while Atlanta is 10th with 24.6. So there is really no advantage to any team here.

Defensively Dallas is 22nd in yards per game allowing 357.8. Atlanta is not that far behind us allowing 359.2. So we are pretty much even there.

In pass yards given up per game Dallas is 26th allowing 251.4. Atlanta is slightly better with only given up 241.0 per game. Slight advantage to Atlanta.

Dallas is 17th in the NFL allowing 106.4 rushing yards per game. Atlanta is 23rd allowing 118.2. Slight advantage to the 'Boys.

In scoring defense the Cowboys are tied for 12th place with the 49ers allowing 19.6 points a game. The Atlanta defense is 4th in the league only given up 15.4 points a game. Advantage Falcons.

So overall who is the better team going by the stats? I would like to say that there is a slight edge to the Dallas Cowboys. But we all know that stats can be deceiving, right? Should be an interesting game Sunday.

Dallas coaching staff needs to grow some balls?

Patrick Crayton the former starting wide receiver for the Dallas Cowboys spoke out today about how it would have been nice if someone would have told him that he wouldn't be starting anymore. Instead he found out by watching what was going on on the practice field.

"I would have loved it," Crayton said of not getting an explanation from either Phillips or offensive coordinator Jason Garrett. "It would have been real stand-up. That's not what happened. Oh, well."

Of course Head Coach Wade Phillips said that he was pretty sure that they discussed it with him.

"We discussed it with him," Phillips said. "I have no doubt about that."

You have no doubt about that? Either you did or you didn't. Why don't any of them grow some balls and just flat out tell their players that they are either starting or not. Why are they afraid to hurt their feelings? You're the coach, tell them what they are or are not going to do.

Then there was the soundbytes of an interview if Jerry Jones when he was asked about the situation. Jerry just stumbled along saying that we, the coaching staff are not comfortable with that...and we just don't have to. I'll post a link to it whenever I find a link to it because you just have to listen to Jerry stutter his explanation.

You're not comfortable with telling someone that they are not going to start?? What in the hell is going on at Valley Ranch? Why can't you tell someone that, what's the big deal? It's your job isn't it?

Perhaps I'm just taking it the wrong way?

DeMarcus Ware, hurt??

As I was listening to our always delightful head coach Wade Phillips' press conference earlier, I heard him say something that kind of surprised me, but in a way didn't surprise me. If that makes any sense?

He said that DeMarcus Ware has a stress fracture in his foot. I can't recall which foot it was right now but he said that Ware had been complaining about it for a couple of weeks and they finally got around to seeing what the problem was yesterday.

So that makes one wonder if that is the reason why Ware has started off so slow this year? Apparently it's not that bad cause Coach Wade said that Ware would still be playing this weekend.

He also said that Marion Barber either broke or fractured his thumb on his left hand but that he would still be playing as well. Is it just me or does anybody else get frustrated at our running backs always being hurt in one way or another?

Week 7 NFL Power Rankings are out

The Week 7 NFL Power Rankings from ESPN.com are now out and there are some surprises in this week's rankings. The Colts are still number one but I believe the Saints made a strong statement Sunday for them being number 1 after what they did to the then number 2 NY Giants.

The San Diego Chargers moved UP two spots after getting man handled by the Broncos. The Dallas Cowboys dropped two spots from 17th to 19. What the bleep?

Here's the complete list.

1 (1)	Colts	5-0
2 (4)	Saints	5-0
3 (3)	Vikings	6-0
4 (5)	Broncos	6-0
5 (2)	Giants	5-1
6 (10)	Patriots	4-2
7 (8)	Falcons	4-1
8 (13)	Steelers	4-2
9 (6)	Bengals	4-2
10 (12)	Bears	3-2
11 (11)	Ravens	3-3
12 (7)	Eagles	3-2
13 (14)	Packers	3-2
14 (16)	Chargers	2-3
15 (15)	49ers	3-2
16 (19)	Cardinals	3-2
17 (22)	Texans	3-3
18 (9)	Jets	3-3
19 (17)	Cowboys	3-2
20 (18)	Dolphins	2-3
21 (21)	Jaguars	3-3
22 (23)	Panthers	2-3
23 (20)	Seahawks	2-4
24 (25)	Bills	2-4
25 (29)	Raiders	2-4
26 (26)	Lions	1-5
27 (24)	Redskins	2-4
28 (30)	Chiefs	1-5
29 (28)	Browns	1-5
30 (27)	Titans	0-6
31 (31)	Bucs	0-6
32 (32)	Rams	0-6

Dallas' bye week pobably the best thing for them

The Dallas Cowboys had Sunday off and that was probably the best thing for them. Sunday was not a very good day for the NFC East to put it mildly.

First off you had the New York Giants, who many had as the top team in the NFL going down to New Orleans and getting their butts handed to them. The Giants had the top ranked defense and the top ranked passing defense, but the Saints didn't care and beat the Giants 48-27. Drew Brees exploded for 369 yards and 4 TD's.

Then you have the Philadelphia Eagles in what should of been an easy win against the Oakland Raiders. Yeah, the Eagles lost to the lowly Oakland Raiders 13-9. Is the Raider defense really that good that they are able to keep McNabb and company out of the endzone? I guess so.

And of course there are the Washington Redskins who faced their sixth straight winless team. Yep, they lost to the winless Kansas City Chiefs 14-6. With the schedule that they have had the Redskins should be at least 4-2 but instead they are 2-4. Things are not right in Washington D.C. No matter how bad we have it here in Dallas, at least we can look at the Redskins and know that they have it worse.

So without us playing another crappy game and perhaps even losing we are able to get into a second place tie in the division. Hopefully the Boys will get their act together now and come out of the bye week on the right track.

Tashard Choice is the right choice

I was just reading Tim MacMahon's blog entry over at ESPNDallas.com where Tashard Choice was talking about wanting to be a workhorse for the team. Call me crazy but I think he should be the workhorse and the number one back...for now anyways.

I am a big fan of both Marion Barber and Felix Jones but they can't stay healthy, especially Felix. Tashard is healthy at the moment so in my opinion he should be getting the carries for this team. He has done a pretty good job so far this year and we should let him get in a rhythm on the field. Keep Barber and Jones on the sidelines and let them recover 100%. I think the Boys made the mistake of bringing Barber back so soon and letting him re-aggravate his injury.

So I say give Choice the chance to prove that he can be the number one back and the workhorse for this team and rest Barber and Jones so they can get 100% healthy so they can come back and be productive for this team.

Cowboys No. 17 in NFL Power Rankings for Week 6

The ESPN NFL Power Rankings are now out. You can check the whole list out, here.

Obviously the 5 undefeated teams stand atop the rankings, as they should, but if you scroll down to the seventeenth spot you'll see the Dallas Cowboys shining bright. If you ask me, a die hard Cowboys fan, this is a generous ranking. To be brutally honest, we stink people! Yeah we may be a few close plays to being 5-0 and that would be great. We should have won against the Giants, who are currently number 2 on that list and we should have won against the Bronco's as well. The Bronco's are number 5 on that list. Both of those teams are undefeated, the Bronco's surprisingly so.

But have you looked at the three teams we have are wins against?

We beat Tampa Bay opening day 34-21. Our offense showed up and Tony hardly made any mistakes. Oh yeah, the Bucs are now 0-5 and number 31 in the power rankings.

We beat the Carolina Panthers 21-7 on a Monday night when Romo played smart and didn't turn the ball over. The Panthers are 1-3, getting their first win in comeback fashion Sunday. They are 23rd on the list.

And of course Sunday we somehow managed a win against the Kansas City Chiefs 26-20...in overtime. How many games have the Chiefs won? None, they are 0-5 and are 30th in the power rankings. Did I mention that it took us overtime to beat these guys? We should have lost to them.

There are a whole lot of negatives with this Dallas team and very, very few positives. We have a Bye week this week and we should use this time to get refocused on football and playing smart and not making all the mistakes that have been killing us. What are they actually going to do this week? Probably nothing, knowing them. They need a kick in the butt and they need it now.

Did I mention we beat Kansas City, in overtime?

Week 4 NFL Predictions.

There are a couple of interesting match-ups this weekend for the NFL. First off my Cowboy's go to Denver to take on the surprisingly undefeated Bronco's. But the Bronco's really haven't played anyone that good, so that record can be deceiving. Baltimore travels to New England should be a nice game. The Ravens have finally found some offense and Flacco has been doing a pretty good job at Quarterback. Then there is the battle of the undefeated with the Jets going down to New Orleans. Sanchez and the Jets has a whole have been playing really well, so we shall see if they can continue rolling along against the high powered Saints offense and a defense that has been showing up and playing fairly decent as well.

Now for my picks with the team that I believe will win in green.

Detroit at Chicago
Cincinnati at Cleveland
Seattle at Indianapolis
NY Giants at Kansas City
Baltimore at New England
Tampa Bay at Washington
Tennessee at Jacksonville
Oakland at Houston
NY Jets at New Orleans
Buffalo at Miami
St. Louis at San Francisco
Dallas at Denver
San Diego at Pittsburgh
Green Bay at Minnesota

Oh yeah, I forgot about the Green Bay - Minnesota game. Favre against his old team on Monday Night Football. Personally I have lost some respect for Favre over the last couple of years with all of his flip flopping and such. I wished he would have just stayed and retired as a Packer. I have Minnesota winning but I really hope that Green Bay beats Favre.

Random Thoughts on the Cowboys-Panthers game.

The first thing to say would probably have to be about that sorry stinking first half of the game. I went to bed shortly after the second half started because I was pretty disappointed in the way the Cowboys were playing and I just didn't want to stay up that late watching them play like crap. But it was nice to wake up to a Cowboy's win, 21-7. That is always a good feeling.

One bad thing is that Felix Jones was banged up a little bit and will miss a couple of weeks due to a sprained posterior cruciate ligament, but atleast he won't be out for the season so that is good to hear.

Wee also got our first sacks and turnovers of the season, so we are now no longer the only team without a sack or turnover. Excellent.

More thoughts coming here in a bit.

Thoughts on Week 3 of the NFL

I was finally able to get my laptop to work again so now I should be able to resume posting regularly again. Well, I hope to anyways.

So did anything exciting happen in Week 3? Uh, yeah, the Lions freaking WON!! Wow, finally their first win in like 19 games. The Redskins sure are stinking up so far this year. Let's hope they keep playing like this that way my Cowboys will get two easy wins out of them. But who am I kidding here? The 'Boys could still find a way to lose the game.

The Steelers have let another game slip through their fingers this week losing to the stinking Bengals. Bad thing is, is that the Steelers were leading the whole game and then let the Bengals march all the way down the field in the closing minutes and score the game winning touchdown. Now they are 0-2 without Troy. He really needs to hurry up and get healthy again so Pittsburgh can right the ship and start playing like champions again.

Brett Favre and the Viking were able to pull out a win against the 49ers in what was probably the unlikely game of the week coming into this week. Favre threw an amazing touchdown pass in the closing seconds to win. Click here to see the video.

The Eagles offense looked pretty good even without McNabb in the game, but then again they were playing against the Chiefs. The NY Jets won for the 3rd straight week, although their defense finally gave up their first touchdown of the season.

The Cowboys play Monday night against the Panthers. The way the Panthers have been playing we should be able to come away with a victory, but you never know which Tony Romo will show up. The Tony that has flashes of greatness (like against Tampa Bay) or the Tony that stinks up the field (like against the Giants). Guess we'll see Monday night.

NFL Week 1

Thankfully the NFL season will be kicking off Thursday night. Can't wait to see what the year has in store for us.

First off I thought I would pick my winners for the divisions and who goes on to win the Super Bowl.

NFC EAST: Dallas
NFC NORTH: Green Bay
NFC SOUTH: New Orleans
NFC WEST: Arizona
WILDCARDS: Giants, Atlanta

AFC EAST: New England
AFC NORTH: Pittsburgh
AFC SOUTH: Indianapolis
AFC WEST: San Diego
WILDCARDS: Baltimore, Tennessee

I believe that Pittsburgh will go all the way to the Super Bowl again and face Green Bay. I really wish I could go with Dallas but I just don't think they will be able to pull it off. I have Pittsburgh winning it all, again.

Now for my Week 1 picks with the who I pick as the winner in green

Thursday, September 10
Tennessee at Pittsburgh

Sunday, September 13
Miami at Atlanta
Denver at Cincinnati
Minnesota at Cleveland
Jacksonville at Indianapolis
Detroit at New Orleans
Dallas at Tampa Bay
Philadelphia at Carolina
Kansas City at Baltimore
NY Jets at Houston
Washington at NY Giants
San Francisco at Arizona
St. Louis at Seattle
Chicago at Green Bay

Monday, September 14
Buffalo at New England
San Diego at Oakland