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Well here I am! Not running away from our loss. Hats off to the Cowboys for the best MNF game I've seen in a long time.
We'll get revenge in December, when it counts.
These are by far the 2 best teams in the NFC as long as they can stay healthy. Mcnabb is back and in full force. He might have made some critical mistakes but he isnt the main culprit for why they lost. The Eagles D gave up big plays along with their special teams. It's a team game.
The Cowboys were on pace to blowing this game wide open up 14-6 with the ball until Romo's int followed by his fumble in the his own endzone put Philly in control. At the same time, the Eagles gave up a big play in the final seconds of the 2nd quarter to make it a 6 point lead rather than a 9 point lead with Dallas getting the ball back to start the 3rd (I believe they scored a td on that drive). Both teams made idiotic mistakes throughout the game and both teams were in position to increase their lead to double digits. In the end, the Cowboys got the W and the Eagles got the L. Both teams have lots of room for improvement. All in all, this was a fun game to watch.
We'll get revenge in December, when it counts.
Cowboys did not answer any of my doubts. They still have discipline issues, making rookie-like boneheaded mistakes at poor times, and still seem soft. Their opponents don't seem intimidated in the slightest bit. And another issue that I started noticing towards the end of last year that was exploited by the Giants quite a bit in the playoffs is even more evident...
This team relies almost ENTIRELY on big plays. Take away big plays, and Romo starts running wild in the pocket trying to make something out of nothing, which is when he starts to get in trouble. I have lots of questions about their ability to really sustain a drive once their opponent takes the big plays away.
On the other side... McNabb needs to run more. If he took off running a couple times there toward the end instead of trying to throw, the Eagles probably win the game. Oh, and his recievers are trash. It's amazing that he can run such a proficient passing offense with such garbage for recievers. I've never seen a QB get such good production out of such a trashy core of recievers. When they get Curtis and Brown back, the Eagles offense should be quite scary, as they will now have two blazing fast recievers in Curtis and Jackson, and a solid all-around guy in Brown, which should also open things up for Baskett to get single coverage and with his size advantage, will make him quite a threat.
Last edited by stretch; 09-16-2008 at 08:17 AM.
i think that PI was more of a makeup call for those two blatantly missed face masks.
yeah i thought they were supposed to enforce offensive face masking more often? I saw running backs grabbing face masks and shoving defenders all Sunday and last night too, no flags ever.
I'm pretty sure last night's game counted.
We'll get revenge in December, when it counts.
I'm pretty sure last night's game counted.Good luck against the Packers!
Props to the Cowboys for a heck of a game. It was well played on both sides, and it's a shame someone had to lose. As much as I can't stand Cowboys fans sometimes, I think the difference last night was the home crowd, and the fact that Dallas had one more big play than Philadelphia.
Usually I can't stand games where neither team plays defense (in any sport, really), but I enjoyed last night simply because it was a Cowboys/Eagles game, despite the ridiculous emotional roller coaster. Can't wait until the next one.
True, the crowd was very loud.
A friend of mine who was at the game last night has been going to games there for the last 10 years and said it was the loudest he had ever heard. Usually not something associated with Texas Stadium.
You have to admit these are the 2 best teams in the NFC. Both teams didnt look sharp at all but both can turn it around when December hits. It is a long season. The Cowboys have the talent to be a great team but they havent shown it yet.
Mcnabb needs to show he can stay healthy a full year. The guy IMO is going to have a better season than 04-05 when he had Owens. The guy gets a lot of from Eagles fans/other fans which I dont understand. Injuries have hurt him but he is one of the huge reasons why Philly went as far as they did all those years. Stretch I wouldnt call this core of wideouts trash either. Jackson is pretty good as are Baskett and Curtis/Brown(once they get back).
All in all both teams have their share of questions and concerns but I expect this to be the first of 3 meetings. The 2nd will be week 17 and the 3rd will be the NFC le game.
I agree completely. I have been saying that the whole time.
Yes, but Curtis/Brown arent back yet. When they come back, then the core is solid. But when Greg Lewis and Jason Avant are splitting your #2 reciever spot, then you know your core has issues. McNabb has done a a good job with them though.
Romo post-game when asked "what were you thinking during that play in the 2nd quarter?"
*chuckles*
Dang...
*chuckles*
I suck...
Are they going to fire Norv?we shall see
this is the year they will get to the superbowl
no this happened last season, the chargers are just a better team in the late parts of the season
hi ducks
norv is not the problem
he is way better then marty
http://www.thefutoncritic.com/news.a...20080916espn01
Kinda makes you wonder how many MNF games the cowboys would have got if it was still on ABC[09.16.08 - 02:55 PM]
MONDAY NIGHT FOOTBALL -- CABLE'S BIGGEST AUDIENCE EVER
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Monday Night Football -- Cable's Biggest Audience Ever
ESPN Wins Prime Time among All Networks for Second Straight Week
ESPN.com NFL Content Yields 8.6 Million Visits & 86 Million Page Views
Last night, ESPN's Monday Night Football the Dallas Cowboys' 41-37 home victory over the Philadelphia Eagles delivered the biggest audience in the history of cable television. The game earned a 13.3 rating, representing 12,953,000 homes (18,608,000 P2+), edging the previous record, ESPN's New England Baltimore Monday Night Football telecast of December 3, 2007 (12,529,000 homes, based on a 13.0 rating, 17,522,000 P2+). In addition, for the second straight Monday, ESPN won the night among all networks, broadcast or cable, and the game drove significant traffic to ESPN.com's NFL content.
Last night's telecast is the most-watched prime-time NFL game of the 2008 season to date. It also is ESPN's third-highest rating of all time, trailing only two other NFL games: Chicago at Minnesota on December 6, 1987 (14.4 rating; 8,400,000 homes), and Detroit at Miami on Christmas 1994 (14.2 rating; 8,927,000).
Cable's third-biggest audience ever is also an ESPN Monday Night Football telecast from Dallas the New York Giants at the Cowboys on October 23, 2006, with an average of 11,807,000 homes (12.8 rating, 16.028 P2+).
For 2008, the three Monday Night Football telecasts represent cable's three biggest audiences of the year. The other two came in last week's special 2008 season-opening doubleheader of Monday Night Football:
Minnesota at Green Bay earned a 9.3 rating, representing an average of 9,051,000 households (12,501,000 viewers P2+)
Denver at Oakland received a 7.3 rating with an average of 7,153,000 households watching (9,665,000 viewers).
Those two games powered ESPN to an increase in ratings vs. the first NFL weekend of 2007, the only NFL partner network to post a ratings increase with its opening week games.
The telecast's statistics represent increases of 46% in rating, 48% in household impressions and 60% among P2+, respectively, vs. the same week last year (Philadelphia Washington: 9.1; 8,735,000 and 11,633,000).
For the NFL season to date, ESPN's Monday Night Football is averaging a 10.1 rating and 9,846,000 households (13,786,000 P2+), up 23%, 25% and 32%, respectively from last season through three games.
ESPN's presentation of the game around the game, which included NFL studio programming starting at 3:30 p.m. through the conclusion of NFL Primetime at 2:30 a.m. ET, delivered 25.6 gross household coverage ratings for its MNF coverage.
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Also, NFL content on ESPN.com, including Monday Night Surround, accessed via computers and mobile devices generated more than 8.6 million visits and more nearly 86 million page views from Monday through Tuesday at noon. In addition, during the same period there were more than 2.6 million views of pro football-related video on ESPN.com and SportsCenter Right Now was viewed more than 2.4 million times. Also, in the past week (Tuesday through Monday) ESPN football-related podcasts were downloaded more than 614,000 times.
NEXT WEEK ON MNF
Next week, ESPN's MNF schedule will continue with the New York Jets and Brett Favre visiting the San Diego Chargers at 8:30 p.m. The complete Monday NFL schedule on ESPN:
Time (ET) Program
3:30 p.m. NFL Live
4 p.m. NFL PrimeTime
5 p.m. Around the Horn
5:30 p.m. Pardon the Interruption
6 p.m. SportsCenter Monday Kickoff
7 p.m. Monday Night Countdown
8:30 p.m. MNF: New York Jets at San Diego Chargers
11:30 p.m. SportsCenter
Your concerns are legit and fortunately, we have 14 weeks to fix that. But the penalties do leave a lot to be desired. Some of those penalties should not have been called on Dallas. But others such as the facemask should never happen. Learn to tackle or find a much better technique. I did see that Dallas defense settled down only allowing 123 yards, 7 points, and sacking Mcnabb 3times. We have the talent to improve at that aspect.
As far as sustaining long drives. I really don't have any issues with that. They have shown they can face those type of adversities before. We lead the league on 3rd down conversions and went 6/10 in the game against Philly. I don't have any concerns that we can't sustain long drives because we still have players either out or players that are still trying to settle down in the offense. Once we find ways to use Felix or even Martellus, Austin, and Hurd in the offense, it adds more weapons on an already loaded offense which will confuses defenses.
I don't know man. They simply rely on the big play to get scores wayyyyyyyy too much. The Giants exploited that last year. Even though the Cowboys dominated in TOP (thanks to Barber), they were unable to get any big plays or in good scoring positions, thus Romo ended up having a poor showing, as he was held to a 5.6 YPA and only had 1 TD pass. I think they just have a hard time getting into scoring positions unless they get big plays. They cannot consistently have a good long 5-10 minute drives that ends in TDs. It's like either they score in 2 minutes (with a 30-40 yard bomb somewhere in there), or they punt in 2 minutes. Very rarely do they have sustained drives that just eat defenses away and tire them out. They need big strikes in their drives, or they run into offensive problems. That concerns me just as much as their issues with penalties.
The Cowboys are 3rd in the NFL in total first downs:
1. Denver 58
2. Philly 51
3. Dallas 50
4. Giants 46
http://sports.espn.go.com/nfl/statis...on=2&year=2008
And they lead the NFL in 3rd down conversion percentage - by a ton:
1. Dallas 66.7%
2. Baltimore 52.9%
3. Chicago 51.6%
4. Green Bay/Philly 50%
http://sports.espn.go.com/nfl/statis...on=2&year=2008
It'll be nice to see how the secondary improves having the dirtiest player in the NFL on the sideline. I remember the days when he used to hit people and they'd actually go down. I can't remember the last time that happened.
No, he isn't. Believe me, Redskin fans know.
Damn McNabb looks good this year.
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