Dad's COWBOYS Roundup

Dallas Cowboys report by guest blogger Sam Walk:

Well boys, like it or not - this is the way it's going to be this year...so we might as well get a good grip and hang on to the Tony Romo roller coaster, which has more ups and downs that the Fiesta Texas Rattler. If you'll notice in the short article above, they don't mention that Miles Austin set a Dallas Cowboy receiving record of 250 yards in a single game (and the Cowboys have had some great receivers) the headline says, "Romo responds to challenge." I hope a new day is dawning for Mr. Austin and the Dallas Cowboys.

I was thinking about the Romo situation and realized that Jerry Jones will fire every coach on the team, trade every receiver and fire the mayor of Arlington before he'll change quarterbacks. He can't! Tony Romo is his franchise quarterback come hell or high water. Therefore, we need to resign ourselves to agonize through the bad games and rejoice when Tony has a good game. As usual Tony Romo was right at the top of the heap with his passing yardage and other stats for yesterday's game. All of this recalls my days with Roger Staubach...the guy I loved to hate him, but my goodness what a great quarterback.

The one thing that really bothers me is...the only teams Dallas has defeated (while struggling at that) are the one who haven't won a single game yet. Right now, the Dallas newspapers are pushing hard for Jones to fire Phillips and move Garrett to the head coach position. I'd be surprised if that really happens. Such a thing would be very disruptive to the team.

I would like to see a more judicious use of Tashard Choice. He had a very productive game, but isn't being used for optimum performance. Choice carried the ball only eight times, but finished with 92 yards, including a 36-yard touchdown. Obviously, Marion Barber is not back up to full speed yet. I'm not comparing the two, but remember it was said of Emmitt Smith, that when he gained at least 100 yards...the Cowboys usually won the game.

Felix Jones, our speed merchant, watched the game from his home in Dallas. Jones is expected to play against Atlanta on October 25th, in Big D. Roy Williams (bruised ribs) will also return for the Atlanta game. Cowboys WR Kevin Ogletree, is back on the sidelines. He had a very good pre-season, but hasn't played much due to an injury...he will be healthy for the Falcon game also.

Here's a post game quote from Jerry Jones. "A loss, no matter how you couch it, would've been pretty significant for us." He continued, "I think we're looking up, even though we really stunk today. We had to win in spite of all that. I saw the same game you saw."

If Dallas had lost Sunday's game, the lynch mob would have hit the street demanding Phillips be led to the gallows and one of the following come to Dallas as head coach... Mike Shanahan, Mike Holmgren, or Jon Gruden.

I'll say one thing...it's not a dull season. We can all use the upcoming bye week and then hit it with a great amount of alacrity against the Atlanta Falcons on October 25th. That game will be played at Jerry's World - on Sunday at 3:15pm.

Yesterday, Matt Ryan and the Atlanta Falcons blasted the San Francisco 49ers 45 to 10. Ouch! Ryan ended the day with 22-for-32 passing and 329 yards. "We have seen the enemy and the enemy is us!" (Pogo)

Fun Fact: Last year, in a cold weather game with the Steelers, Romo went bare sleeved to be cool - declaring he was used to winters in Wisconsin. During the game, he was on the sideline and in the huddle freezing his nards off! Meanwhile, Big Ben had long sleeves, and stayed cozy warm. I noticed yesterday that Tony had long sleeves playing in the thirty degree weather in Kansas.

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