The Cowboys before this season have really been invovled with the hype and hoopla of where they would end up at the season's end. Personally, I know exactly where they'd be.
Dallas as of late has gone through the first quarter of the regular season, and they haven't shyed away from what critics and media have been saying for so long. Tony Romo, Jason Witten, Terrell Owens and Co. are doing what they got to do to win and succeed. Though a couple of weeks ago, the Cowboys stumbled a bit against their arch enemy Washington at home.
My church is about to end around the time the game started, (my church at times would just sort of go on and on when it'd be around game time at 3:15; I'm just wanting to go home.) and once I get home to watch the game, it's pretty even, and then all of a sudden, the Cowboys' run defense who's known to stop anything coming at them, falters and lets Redskins' RB Clinton Portis, the same player who was the only running back vs. the Cowboys to rush for over 100 yards, does the exact same thing to them again. Really frustrating to watch them from behind, which would be the same for anyone else whose a diehard Cowboys' fan.
Cowboys attempted to rally late; scored a touchdown to Miles Austin, a 3-year player whose shown that he can really help out the WR position under Owens, Patrick Crayton, and Jason Witten. Then an onside kick would have to follow in order for the 'good guys' to get the ball, [at this point, the score's 26-24, which was ultimately the final] then as the ball leaves the tee, it just barely touches another young wide reciever's hands, Sam Hurd, and it goes out of bounds.
That's it. Ball game.
Afterwards, Terrell Owens talks on the podium, literally complaining about not getting the ball enough.
Look, the ball was in your hands for about 2/3 of the offensive play calls. [thrown to 18 times, caught 2; also ran the ball off reverses a few times.] and you still say that you weren't involved? I totally respect the man, don't get me wrong, but he should just shut his mouth; get open when they're covering you like white on rice, and actually catch the ball whenever it's in your grasp. It'd help a lot. Not just YOU.
But the TEAM.
Even the Cowboys' first round draft pick Felix Jones, known for his ability to be compared as "lightning in a bottle", hardly got a touch in the action, if any. It would've really been a game-changer if he was to get it going and the rock fed to him a few times.
The following game, this past week vs. Cincinnati, the 'Boys actually showed what the team's all about; run first, then get the ball in the air to the open guy; gain yardage and punch the ball in for the score. Making sure its a habit that you can't get rid of. Early in the game, it was definitely all Cowboys 17-0, but the Bengals were awaken from their slumber and came out firing; having the score up at 17-16 at one point.
The deciding play, well, two, are one when lineback Anthony Spencer recovers a fumble to give the Cowboys to redeem themselves after a poor 3-and-out the previous drive. If it wasn't for the fortuitous fumble, then the Bengals would've been on top late in the game, and it would've been all she wrote.
"Not so fast my friend!", in the lines of College football's own, Lee Corso.
The other big play was when T.O. snags the ball of a slant route and get a block from fellow receiever Patrick Crayton further down the field to springboard him for 6; along with his own blazing speed, of course.
So they're sitting high and mighty right now, though after the Redskins' loss, speculators of the media seemed to think that Dallas isn't that good of a team, not what they thought from before. It's okay though. There wasn't a following week of a loss to stack up the "L" column; they got their heads together, made sure it was a TEAM performance, and they did what they had to, and always and shall do.
Which is make this team and city proud of them by winning and perhaps bringing home some much deprived hardware.
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