***Official 2010 Dallas Cowboys Season Thread***

[to21]

Just a warning, it definitely is different standing up an entire game and just standing up frequently. The one game I have done the party pass thing was the home opener against the Giants last season. I went into it with a similar mindset, that I "probably wouldn't be sitting much anyway." Once I experienced the party pass, I realized just how much I actually stay seated when I have a seat. Obviously, it was more packed that game than it will be for most, so I didn't get a rail spot and had to watch the entire game on a screen by the retractable windows. And let me tell you this: my legs and back hurt like a mofo during the 2nd half. I was constantly bending over and touching my toes. During timeouts I would sit on the floor for at least a little relief.

I just recommend my friend who wants to take his kids and not break his bank account he do the party pass. I'm gonna tell him now to look at another alternative. I've seen those folks there and they seem like they're having a good time. In that Giants game I had a guy and his gal offer to pay me some $ to sit in my seats for one quarter.

[Texas Chili Dog]

I just recommend my friend who wants to take his kids and not break his bank account he do the party pass. I'm gonna tell him now to look at another alternative. I've seen those folks there and they seem like they're having a good time. In that Giants game I had a guy and his gal offer to pay me some $ to sit in my seats for one quarter.

Really? Not surprised. It was pretty brutal. But that game was probably worse than any other game that has happened or will happen since. It was the first one, so I don't think people knew what to expect. It was a lot of people who were inexperienced at the party pass.

[badfish22]

http://sports.espn.go.com/dallas/nfl...ory?id=5463643

OXNARD, Calif. -- Now that he's gotten rid of his walking boot, Dez Bryant has adjusted his goal.

The Dallas Cowboys' first-round pick is determined to play in the final two preseason games. The rookie receiver said Saturday that he plans to push to return against the Houston Texans on Aug. 28, which would be four weeks and one day after he suffered a high right ankle sprain during a training camp practice at the Alamodome.

"The way I feel, my goal is Houston," Bryant said with a big smile after Saturday afternoon's practice. "Hopefully, if I feel really good, I'm going to get in their ear and beg them."

The original timetable was four to six weeks for Bryant's return. His optimism was shared by owner/general manager Jerry Jones after the team's medical staff gave Bryant permission to stop wearing the walking boot that had kept his ankle stable the last two weeks.

"He's doing well and we expected him to do well, by the way," Jones said. "We had expectations, and I am hopeful we will have him back for those last two preseason games."

For the first time since suffering the injury, Bryant did some cardio work and participated in light rehabilitation drills with other injured players. He had no problem balancing on his right leg.

"I felt pain-free," he said. "I hope they have something harder for me because what I'm doing now is kind of light. ... The only thing that's hard about it is just watching the other guys run routes, knowing I can't be out there to help."

Bryant also played catch with Miles Austin before practice. He jumped to catch one pass and landed without wincing.

"No pain at all. I'm fine," Bryant said. "At the same time, I still know I can't cut the way I want to. That's why they want to get me back 100 percent.

"It doesn't hurt when I cut, but I know my body. I know when I can cut, and I can't cut the way I want to."

Bryant had a sensational first week of training camp before suffering the injury when cornerback Orlando Scandrick accidentally fell on Bryant's leg while breaking up a pass.

It appeared that Bryant, whom the Cowboys selected with the 24th overall pick after trading up three spots, could challenge Roy E. Williams for a starting job. After missing most of the preseason, Bryant will probably begin the season as the team's No. 3 receiver.

The dilemma is that if he returns too soon, there's more of a chance for a setback, perhaps turning this into a problem that bothers him all season.

Wait too long, though, and he'll miss even more practice time. He needs it as much as any rookie since he played only three games last season at Oklahoma State.

"I just want to get the feel for the game," Bryant said.

Receivers coach Ray Sherman has been encouraged by the way Bryant has studied while he's been sidelined. Sherman said Bryant has been attentive during meetings and practices and doesn't anticipate him blowing many assignments despite his abbreviated training camp.

Whether or not he starts, the Cowboys expect Bryant to make a major impact as a rookie.

"He tells me every day that he's feeling good," Sherman said. "He's feeling really good. Hopefully, he can be out here soon. I don't know how soon that's going to be. This is what he loves to do. I just can't wait until we get him back out here."

The injury hasn't dimmed Bryant's expectations for this season.

"I still feel like I can help out," he said. "I will be able to help out and do the things I have been doing."

[badfish22]

great ing recovery

[BUMP]

"He's doing well and we expected him to do well, by the way," Jones said. "We had expectations, and I am hopeful we will have him back for those last two preseason games."

Glad to know this is your team Wade

[bigzak25]

Mike Taylor had the nerve to tell me and the rest of San Antonio that Jerry Jones wasn't the problem.

What an as the wind blows tool...

Don't worry Cowboy fans, I feel you'll get a big time head coach next year and then it will really be Rivalry Back On!

Unless Jerry still wants a puppet...in which case...I'll drink one for ya.

[BUMP]

Mike Taylor had the nerve to tell me and the rest of San Antonio that Jerry Jones wasn't the problem.

What an as the wind blows tool...

Don't worry Cowboy fans, I feel you'll get a big time head coach next year and then it will really be Rivalry Back On!

Unless Jerry still wants a puppet...in which case...I'll drink one for ya.

tbh, i was all aboard the Shanahan bandwagon after the 2008 season collapse.

Could you imagine what he could do with our weapons?

[bigzak25]

Shanihan would have been building up that Dallas Oline and if Wade wouldn't have stayed as Defensive Coordinator, then he would have found a very good replacement. The Skins now have Haslett who helped the New Orleans D last year.

And Shanihan would have Dallas in a run first offense. That would protect Romo from himself as he wouldn't be forced to carry the team on his shoulders.

Whitten and Austin, and whoever else would be that much more open when teams were trying to stop Marion and Felix Jones.

So yes, I thank God everyday that Shanihan is not walking the the sidelines in Cowboys land.

[BUMP]

The Skins now have Haslett who helped the New Orleans D last year.

You're talking about Gregg Williams. Haslett wasn't even in the NFL last year. He was coaching UFL or some

[bigzak25]

You're talking about Gregg Williams. Haslett wasn't even in the NFL last year. He was coaching UFL or some

Yes sir, good catch, my memory is not what it used to be, too many brain cells killed off. Yeah, Greg Williams is the coach that was supposed to take over for Gibbs when he left town, but he had an ego clash with Snyderatto at the time.

So no credit to Haslett for the Saints success last year.

But all that said, I have plenty of confidence in Haslett getting the job done on D in DC this year. He's got the resume.

[BUMP]

Why did they fire Blatche anyway? I thought he was doing a good job

[bigzak25]

Greg Blache...yeah...I'm not sure of the behind the scenes stuff, but his D had the corners playing way too soft way too often. I'm talking 10 yards back on 3rd and short. It was because our D couldn't get any pressure and he didn't want to get beat deep, but the other team would just take what was given to them, keep moving the chains, and just demoralize the whole D...so I'm sure he is a good man, but his D needed lots of work.

[Spursfan092120]

Mike Taylor had the nerve to tell me and the rest of San Antonio that Jerry Jones wasn't the problem.

What an as the wind blows tool...

Don't worry Cowboy fans, I feel you'll get a big time head coach next year and then it will really be Rivalry Back On!

Unless Jerry still wants a puppet...in which case...I'll drink one for ya.

You must not listen to Taylor..he's said all preseason that if something goes wrong this year, it's Jerry's fault. He said he doesn't think Wade should be here, and Jerry resigned him, so therefore, it's his fault. Pay a little more attention.

[bigzak25]

You must not listen to Taylor..he's said all preseason that if something goes wrong this year, it's Jerry's fault. He said he doesn't think Wade should be here, and Jerry resigned him, so therefore, it's his fault. Pay a little more attention.

Hey man, I have been paying attention. My statement that Mike Taylor is an as the wind blows tool is very valid.

IF something goes wrong this year?

Don't you mean when? Or do you honestly expect the Cowboys to win the Superbowl with Wade as a puppet head coach and Jerry Jones calling the personnel moves?

Who is the leader on your offense again? It should definitely be either your QB or RB. Unless Romo is a changed man on a mission this season, then your team is SOL.

Mike Taylor was going off about the Oline being disinterested as an excuse for that pathetic showing vs the Raiders. Well they better damn well get interested. This is their careers and Romo was behind center. What are they waiting for? Who is chewing their asses out this week? Nobody, that's who.

Maybe Jerry will make a locker room appearance in a Romo jersey and call an Oline meeting to tell them that if they get his money maker injured, it's their asses.

But right now Mike Taylor wants to put all the blame on your offensive co-coordinator. Don't you think Jason Garrett would call a run inside the 5 if he thought it would work? Or do you believe he just wants to get fired?

Jason Garrett has not been given the tools to succeed. You think he has. But the Oline is all that matters. It is the foundation after the QB...sometimes even before the QB. Jerry is not concerned with the Oline and Dallas will suffer the consequences.

Then later on in the season, Mike Taylor will jump on the hate Jerry bandwagon. If you heard him two days ago, he was ADAMANT that none of what we saw on the field is Jerry's fault. He is wrong...but he'll come around...when the obvious is obvious.

[samikeyp]

I think he doesn't call runs inside the 5 because he is too worried about being predictable. Garrett tries too hard at times to be creative. There is a time to be creative and sometimes you just have to blow off the line and knock someone on their asses....the Cowboys have proven that they can run...they do it up and down the field then Garrett gets brain lock inside the 10.

But this is just speculation and opinion...just like everyone else...no one here actually knows what goes on in a locker room....we just like to think we do.

[bigzak25]

I think he doesn't call runs inside the 5 because he is too worried about being predictable. Garrett tries too hard at times to be creative. There is a time to be creative and sometimes you just have to blow off the line and knock someone on their asses....the Cowboys have proven that they can run...they do it up and down the field then Garrett gets brain lock inside the 10.

But this is just speculation and opinion...just like everyone else...no one here actually knows what goes on in a locker room....we just like to think we do.

Good stuff Mike, but I don't think Garrett goes on brainlock.

It's just much tougher to run inside the 10. You can't back the safeties off deep. The corners are that much closer to offer run support, and the defense is usually in a heavy d-line package to stuff runs up the middle.

You gotta have the line to get the push up the middle in spite of all that.

Dallas Oline are no slouches, don't get me wrong, but I think that they are getting worse, not better is all I'm saying.

[BUMP]

I think he doesn't call runs inside the 5 because he is too worried about being predictable. Garrett tries too hard at times to be creative. There is a time to be creative and sometimes you just have to blow off the line and knock someone on their asses....the Cowboys have proven that they can run...they do it up and down the field then Garrett gets brain lock inside the 10.

But this is just speculation and opinion...just like everyone else...no one here actually knows what goes on in a locker room....we just like to think we do.

Agreed.

I think sometimes Garrett sees the talent we have on offense and gets an orgasm on how many different ways we can get it to the endzone.

I remember in a tight game last year we had the ball 1st and goal on the 1 and we did two straight fades to Bennett and ended up kicking a field goal. I though I was dreaming

[BUMP]

Dallas Oline are no slouches, don't get me wrong, but I think that they are getting worse, not better is all I'm saying.

How can you assume that when we haven't even tried running it in the redzone one time?

In the HOF game we got it all the way down to the goal line and did 3 straight passing plays.

[samikeyp]

Good stuff Mike, but I don't think Garrett goes on brainlock.

It's just much tougher to run inside the 10. You can't back the safeties off deep. The corners are that much closer to offer run support, and the defense is usually in a heavy d-line package to stuff runs up the middle.

You gotta have the line to get the push up the middle in spite of all that.

Dallas Oline are no slouches, don't get me wrong, but I think that they are getting worse, not better is all I'm saying.

Good stuff, as always, from you as well my friend.

I would disagree, I think they would be better this year...I think Garrett gets the yips.

I do agree with you though, that it is tougher to run inside the 10 but Garrett completely abandons the run game and you can't do that.

[bigzak25]

How can you assume that when we haven't even tried running it in the redzone one time?

In the HOF game we got it all the way down to the goal line and did 3 straight passing plays.

BUMP, with all due respect, you answered your own question.

The reason we all know the line is getting worse is because the Cowboys got it all the way to the goal line and passed it three straight times.

That shows a big big lack of confidence in the running game.

Basically, Garrett is doing the math in his head and feels that those passes have a greater chance of success than a run would. That's a big red flag man.

There are lots of teams that can move the ball between the 20s.

The Cowboys are one of the best.

But Smashmouth inside the 5?

Dallas has to prove they're one of those teams.

Those teams win Superbowls.

[BUMP]

BUMP, with all due respect, you answered your own question.

The reason we all know the line is getting worse is because the Cowboys got it all the way to the goal line and passed it three straight times.

That shows a big big lack of confidence in the running game.

It's also only preseason. If they start pulling that in the regular season, then it becomes a big issue. The Cowboys were 7th in the league in rushing last year, so they have the capability.

Garrett's inability to stick to the run game is perplexing and frustrating at times. Getting rid of Flozell was an immediate upgrade. Flo is done IMO, the league's leader in penalties got owned last night. Free looks a lot better already.

Back to what you said, I think it's too early too judge in preseason if the line has gotten better or worse overall. If this keeps up in the regular season than it becomes an issue.

[bigzak25]

It's also only preseason. If they start pulling that in the regular season, then it becomes a big issue. The Cowboys were 7th in the league in rushing last year, so they have the capability.

Garrett's inability to stick to the run game is perplexing and frustrating at times. Getting rid of Flozell was an immediate upgrade. Flo is done IMO, the league's leader in penalties got owned last night. Free looks a lot better already.

Back to what you said, I think it's too early too judge in preseason if the line has gotten better or worse overall. If this keeps up in the regular season than it becomes an issue.

Definitely fair enough man. It is very early. I'm glad our teams face off week 1. Should be a uva game.

[BUMP]

yessir. can't wait

[samikeyp]

The Cowboys are one of the best.

But Smashmouth inside the 5?

Dallas has to prove they're one of those teams.

Those teams win Superbowls.

This.

Dallas and Washington will decide the NFC East...as it should be.

[Chris]

Marc Colombo out 2-4 weeks, will require knee surgery

http://www.dallascowboys.com/news/ne...103306879D2405

Hopefully this won't be a lingering issue for the season.