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Post by cowboymaniac on Dec 24, 2009 7:07:55 GMT -7
I really don't have a major problem with wade phillips, as I do with jason Garrett. I think Jason Garretts inability to understand how to manage a game is the real problem in dallas. he also has a tendency to out think himself and gets to cute with his play calling. Replace him and We will be fine. cowboymaniac
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Post by ccboy on Dec 24, 2009 21:50:44 GMT -7
He called a pretty good game plan against New Orleans...and the offense is still coming together. Balance was evident against the Saints...and there are still quite a few wrinkles that can come out during the next two games and a playoff run. I think that Garrett has elevated his game once again. If his offense starts to get off quickly these next two games, his interest around the league may return as well.
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Post by higgs44 on Dec 25, 2009 9:37:12 GMT -7
Garrett is going to be your HC next year.... bank on it!!!
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Post by MR COWBOY on Dec 25, 2009 19:50:30 GMT -7
Guys you should know by now , it's all about the play of the QB . Bobby , I have an assignment for you , if , you choose to accept it .( ala ' Mission Impossible ' ) For this season only , average out Danny White's stats and W/L record , both at home and on the road . I personally think he plays tighter at home , but I haven't kept track .
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Post by ccboy on Dec 26, 2009 0:00:59 GMT -7
Higgs, the game with New Orleans might perk some new interest in Garrett as a future head coach again, but it won't happen in Dallas. As the playoffs are being described now as in their own hands, well, so is Wade's job also. Win a short two game season, and Wade may have jelled his team strongly enough to push sharply into the playoffs. Then a realistic appraisol will be used, and not an abstract win or lose criteria then administered by Jerry. Jerry does a much more thorough evaluation on all matters involving coaches, players, and overlapping considerations. Evaluations around Valley Ranch have become much more thorough as well as effective in applications.
But, for your ejoyments:
SERIES HISTORY
98th regular-season meeting. Dallas leads the series, 58-37-2. The Cowboys won the earlier meeting in Dallas, 7-6.
Dallas has won two of the last three and three of the last five meetings in the series.
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Post by ccboy on Dec 26, 2009 0:04:16 GMT -7
The thing about Tony Romo is not home or away. It is very much more closely atuned to throwing interceptions and not. After throwing interceptions, the team is 2-3 this year. Without an interception, Dallas is then 7-2. Also, the past four games have been without an interception. The previous longest streak was six by Romo. He also has four consecutive games with QB ratings over 100...and that is pertinent information.
CBSSports.com: Cowboys report: Inside slant
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Cowboys report: Inside slant
Dec. 25, 2009 The Sports Xchange
Inside slant · Notes, quotes · Strategy and personnel
Tony Romo is finally playing his best football late in the season when it matters most. And if there is any reason to believe the Cowboys can close out the season with two wins and claim the NFC East title, Romo is it.
Never mind that the Cowboys are only 1-2 so far in December. It has nothing to do with Romo's play. They are 2-2 in the last four games when Romo has played as well as at any point of his career.
Just as history has shown that Romo doesn't normally play well in December or in big games, it has also taught us that the Cowboys usually win when Romo plays well. And if he keeps his current play up, the Cowboys (9-5) have a good chance of beating the Redskins (4-10) on Sunday and the Eagles (10-4) the next week in their regular-season finale.
If they do, they would make the playoffs and could go be as high as the second seed in the NFC if the Vikings continue to struggle.
Of course if the Cowboys don't finish strong they could be out of the playoffs.
"I think he is playing at a real high level," Cowboys coach Wade Phillips said of Romo. "He's played really well. We lost the game against the Giants. We don't lose many games when he plays well. He's playing outstanding. He's playing really good that's for sure."
Romo has no time for reflection now. His focus is on moving forward and helping the Cowboys make the playoffs.
"The greatest enjoyment is improvement as a football team and obviously each individual tries to do that from season to season," Romo said. "But I don't look back until after the season and say what did I not do as well to improve upon and then you kind of get a season of those things. Right now it's strictly about going forward. There's nothing you look back on right now. That's the only approach you can have, is to continue to try and reach your goals."
The reasons for Romo's improved play in December are numerous. There is the Romo-friendly environment ushered in by the departure of divisive receiver Terrell Owens. He has matured in just his third full year as the Cowboys' starter, and he is more comfortable in offensive coordinator Jason Garrett's offense.
Romo is also healthier and in better shape than at any other time this late in the season.
But most importantly, the offseason focus of taking care of the football and cutting down on mistakes has taken hold.
Before 2009, Romo had a 14-20 touchdown to interception ratio in December to go along with a 5-8 record since becoming the Cowboys' full-time starter in 2006. Over the past month, including three straight December games, Romo has eight touchdowns and no interceptions. He has had four straight games with a passer rating over 100.0. And he is in the midst of a career-best streak of 156 passes without an interception.
With seven interceptions on the season, he is on pace for a career low in 2009. After four picks the first four games this season, including three against the Giants in Week 2, he has three the past ten games.
Even more impressive to Phillips is that Romo is doing it while averaging more than eight yards an attempt. His ability to continue to make plays downfield while not turning the ball over is a sure sign of his growth, Phillips said.
"It's unrealistic to think you're going to (play) 16 games without throwing an interception, but that's the goal," Romo said. "The goal each week is to not give the other team an advantage with the ball in bad situations. The importance of the ball matters. For me I'm seeing it, I'm doing some things a little differently that I'm not going to tell you. But they've helped me to minimize certain decisions that I've made in the past and that's part of growing up and being experienced on the football field."
Now, Talon, don't you feel sooooo much better about raising the topic of choking....er, being a McChunk...?
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Post by prossman on Dec 26, 2009 6:30:55 GMT -7
I know Tony was trying to change his style of play since the preseason. With Rw11 and crayton starting we were big and slow, which didn't help Romos transition. With the emergence of Austin as our go to guy, tony started to turnm the corner and over the last few games looks very comfortable, and seems to have grown up on us. Thank God that just solved a ton of potential problems. Prossman
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Post by ironmaiden on Dec 26, 2009 6:32:42 GMT -7
Scary Higgs! I dont like him as our OC, much less running the show!ironmaiden
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Post by ccboy on Dec 27, 2009 8:07:35 GMT -7
Before he would even get real considerations here in Dallas, he has to first gain adorations and high praise in accomplisments. That would probably require a strong showing up and through a playoff period. Those aren't on his resume just yet....here.
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