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2007 SCHEDULE
PRE-SEASON
Thu Aug 9 INDIANAPOLIS
(FOX) 7:00 pm
Sat Aug 18 DENVER (BSM)
7:00 pm
Sat Aug 25 @ Houston
(BSM) 7:00 pm
Thu Aug 30 @ Minnesota
(BSM) 7:00 pm
REGULAR SEASON
1. Sun, Sept. 9 NY GIANTS
(NBC) 7:15 pm
2. Sun, Sept. 16 @ Miami
(FOX) 3:05 pm
3. Sun, Sept. 23 @
Chicago (NBC) 7:15 pm
4. Sun, Sept. 30 ST. LOUIS
(FOX) Noon
5. Mon, Oct. 8 @ Buffalo
(ESPN) 7:30 pm
6. Sun, Oct. 14 NEW
ENGLAND (CBS) 3:15 pm
7. Sun, Oct. 21
MINNESOTA (FOX) Noon
8. Sun, Oct. 28 BYE WEEK
9. Sun, Nov 4 @
Philadelphia (NBC) 7:15
pm
10. Sun, Nov. 11 @ NY
Giants (FOX) 3:15 pm
11. Sun, Nov. 18
WASHINGTON (FOX) Noon
12. Thu, Nov. 22 NY JETS
(CBS) 3:15 pm
13. Thu, Nov. 29 GREEN
BAY (NFL) 7:15 pm
14. Sun, Dec. 9 @ Detroit
(FOX) Noon
15. Sun, Dec. 16 PHILLY
(FOX) 3:15 pm
16. Sat, Dec. 22 @
Carolina (NFL) 7:15 pm
17. Sun, Dec. 30 @
Washington (FOX) Noon
PRE-SEASON
Thu Aug 9 INDIANAPOLIS
(FOX) 7:00 pm
Sat Aug 18 DENVER (BSM)
7:00 pm
Sat Aug 25 @ Houston
(BSM) 7:00 pm
Thu Aug 30 @ Minnesota
(BSM) 7:00 pm
REGULAR SEASON
1. Sun, Sept. 9 NY GIANTS
(NBC) 7:15 pm
2. Sun, Sept. 16 @ Miami
(FOX) 3:05 pm
3. Sun, Sept. 23 @
Chicago (NBC) 7:15 pm
4. Sun, Sept. 30 ST. LOUIS
(FOX) Noon
5. Mon, Oct. 8 @ Buffalo
(ESPN) 7:30 pm
6. Sun, Oct. 14 NEW
ENGLAND (CBS) 3:15 pm
7. Sun, Oct. 21
MINNESOTA (FOX) Noon
8. Sun, Oct. 28 BYE WEEK
9. Sun, Nov 4 @
Philadelphia (NBC) 7:15
pm
10. Sun, Nov. 11 @ NY
Giants (FOX) 3:15 pm
11. Sun, Nov. 18
WASHINGTON (FOX) Noon
12. Thu, Nov. 22 NY JETS
(CBS) 3:15 pm
13. Thu, Nov. 29 GREEN
BAY (NFL) 7:15 pm
14. Sun, Dec. 9 @ Detroit
(FOX) Noon
15. Sun, Dec. 16 PHILLY
(FOX) 3:15 pm
16. Sat, Dec. 22 @
Carolina (NFL) 7:15 pm
17. Sun, Dec. 30 @
Washington (FOX) Noon
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Tim's Talk: Week 7
1. Well you knew it had to end eventually. I mean it sure seems to
me unrealistic that any team even the Patriots will go 19-0. The
game I do not feel was as close as the score suggests. The main
problem was the defense could not match or keep up with the
Patriots offense. Remember, Anthony Henry coming back will not
solve all the problems if we play them again. The Patriots are that
good. I mean forget Randy Moss, Wes Welker and Donte Stallworth
are dangerous receivers in fact I had pressed for the Cowboys to
go after Stallworth but they opted to stay with the current set. When
Welker is your slot and third receiver, I mean what defense in the
league can honestly match up with that. We always wondered what
Tom Brady would be like if he had receivers and now we see.
2. The Cowboys are still the class of the NFC which is not saying
much because the NFC is so weak. This loss only established that
the Patriots are the best team in the league. That said I still do not
feel they will go 19-0. The team is on pace to clinch its division
early like in November and there is no way Belchick will play any of
his marquee players when he does not need to and so the Patriots
will fall victim to those opponents they play down the stretch.
3. The problem I had was with the decision to go for the field goal
when it was fourth down and trailing 38-24. The defense obviously
could not stop the Patriots offense so we needed the TD and not
the field goal. The field goal still made it a 2 possession game. It
was obvious the defense could not keep up. The game needed to
be won by a shootout.
4. Also the penalties keep mounting. There was the questionable
pass interference penalty on Terence Newman that was really for
Pat Watkins on Randy Moss. I mean Moss just ran into him, no
harm. Flozell Adams was his usual self. But the penalty on Kyle
Kosier for holding on a big pickup on fourth down is the stab in the
back. He did not even need to do it. The play would have resulted
in the first down.
5. There was no effort to throw the ball deep, probably a
precautionary effort to avoid a similar performance by Tony Romo
in the Buffalo game. Also the Cowboys just did not have the ball
long enough to establish any rhythm. Romo made a lot of safe
short underneath throws rather than force it and make a big play.
6. The Cowboys need to quit these slow starts in the first quarter.
And they need to do it my starting Marion Barber in the games. He
will give a quick burst of energy and the way he runs will probably
help set up some first quarter scoring drives.
7. I don't want to hear about adjustments the Boys could have
made because it was simply that they were over matched. The only
thing like I said that we can hope for is if we see them again is to
outscore them through the air because the Cowboys offense,
Romo in particular, did not looked fazed by the looks the Patriots
defense looked despite the short time it was out there. And of
course defensively hope for the return of Anthony Henry.
8. The Vikings will be a tough opponent considering because of
their rookie sensation Palestine, TX native Adrian Peterson, who is
sure to have a huge fan base at the game on Sunday. My advise is
put Roy Williams close to the line and pray he will actually wrap up
on a tackle and dare the Vikings to beat us with their QBS Tavarius
Jacson or Kelly Holcombe. If the Cowboys cannot stop these QBS,
then I do have questions.
9. The Cowboys according to various reports did not seem to be
depleted over this loss and I think if had it been to an opponent like
Buffalo last week, the locker room would have looked like a funeral
parlor. But the attitude was up because how can you be upset by
losing to the best team in the league.
10. The Cowboys though need to stop the trash talking. First TO
and his won't talk about the other 81, then refusing to admit the
Patriots were the better team. Plus now we have Patrick Crayton
guaranteeing a Super Bowl rematch with the Patriots. Just shut up!
1. Well you knew it had to end eventually. I mean it sure seems to
me unrealistic that any team even the Patriots will go 19-0. The
game I do not feel was as close as the score suggests. The main
problem was the defense could not match or keep up with the
Patriots offense. Remember, Anthony Henry coming back will not
solve all the problems if we play them again. The Patriots are that
good. I mean forget Randy Moss, Wes Welker and Donte Stallworth
are dangerous receivers in fact I had pressed for the Cowboys to
go after Stallworth but they opted to stay with the current set. When
Welker is your slot and third receiver, I mean what defense in the
league can honestly match up with that. We always wondered what
Tom Brady would be like if he had receivers and now we see.
2. The Cowboys are still the class of the NFC which is not saying
much because the NFC is so weak. This loss only established that
the Patriots are the best team in the league. That said I still do not
feel they will go 19-0. The team is on pace to clinch its division
early like in November and there is no way Belchick will play any of
his marquee players when he does not need to and so the Patriots
will fall victim to those opponents they play down the stretch.
3. The problem I had was with the decision to go for the field goal
when it was fourth down and trailing 38-24. The defense obviously
could not stop the Patriots offense so we needed the TD and not
the field goal. The field goal still made it a 2 possession game. It
was obvious the defense could not keep up. The game needed to
be won by a shootout.
4. Also the penalties keep mounting. There was the questionable
pass interference penalty on Terence Newman that was really for
Pat Watkins on Randy Moss. I mean Moss just ran into him, no
harm. Flozell Adams was his usual self. But the penalty on Kyle
Kosier for holding on a big pickup on fourth down is the stab in the
back. He did not even need to do it. The play would have resulted
in the first down.
5. There was no effort to throw the ball deep, probably a
precautionary effort to avoid a similar performance by Tony Romo
in the Buffalo game. Also the Cowboys just did not have the ball
long enough to establish any rhythm. Romo made a lot of safe
short underneath throws rather than force it and make a big play.
6. The Cowboys need to quit these slow starts in the first quarter.
And they need to do it my starting Marion Barber in the games. He
will give a quick burst of energy and the way he runs will probably
help set up some first quarter scoring drives.
7. I don't want to hear about adjustments the Boys could have
made because it was simply that they were over matched. The only
thing like I said that we can hope for is if we see them again is to
outscore them through the air because the Cowboys offense,
Romo in particular, did not looked fazed by the looks the Patriots
defense looked despite the short time it was out there. And of
course defensively hope for the return of Anthony Henry.
8. The Vikings will be a tough opponent considering because of
their rookie sensation Palestine, TX native Adrian Peterson, who is
sure to have a huge fan base at the game on Sunday. My advise is
put Roy Williams close to the line and pray he will actually wrap up
on a tackle and dare the Vikings to beat us with their QBS Tavarius
Jacson or Kelly Holcombe. If the Cowboys cannot stop these QBS,
then I do have questions.
9. The Cowboys according to various reports did not seem to be
depleted over this loss and I think if had it been to an opponent like
Buffalo last week, the locker room would have looked like a funeral
parlor. But the attitude was up because how can you be upset by
losing to the best team in the league.
10. The Cowboys though need to stop the trash talking. First TO
and his won't talk about the other 81, then refusing to admit the
Patriots were the better team. Plus now we have Patrick Crayton
guaranteeing a Super Bowl rematch with the Patriots. Just shut up!
Cowboys vs. Vikings Game Notes
This game was pretty ordinary and what I would expect from the
Cowboys for most of the rest of the season. They made some
mistakes against an inferior team, but in the end they were simply to
much. This team has the ability to overwhelm average or below
teams if we don't make mistakes. Even if we make mistakes, they
can usually only stick around for a little while unless we keep
making mistakes. This game was pretty similar to the Bills game in
the first half. The difference was we cleaned up our play much
earlier in the 2nd half.
I don't know how interesting these notes are going to be. Our guys
give consistent performances every week so I end up writing the
same things over and over again.
The offensive line started off slow, but they picked it up. The run
blocking was pretty good against a really stout run defense. Our
pass protection wasn't perfect as Romo had to dodge a couple of
sacks, but it wasn't bad most of the time.
Marion Barber ran hard. Julius Jones looked fast. I don't think
Barber is a better pure runner, it is just that Barber gets so many
more big holes. It is like that every week. It has to be his attitude.
He pumps up the lineman. Jones would look amazing if he got
gaping holes. Most of Barber's awesome runs are when he gets a
full head of steam into the secondary which happens every week.
The bottom line though is Barber is producing more than Jones.
Tony Romo was really accurate. He was fitting balls into very tight
windows. That is now 6 of 7 games in which he has been really,
really accurate. He had another fumble though. He needs to clean
that up.
Terrell Owens had a great first half. He was getting open against
double teams. He didn't drop any passes. Him and Crayton didn't
do anything in the 2nd half, but he didn't need a good 2nd half as
we already had a big day in the 1st half.
Jason Witten was the go-to-guy. Romo really trusts him to make
the tough catch. Some of the windows Romo throws to him through
are tiny.
I really like Deon Anderson. He is a solid lead blocker and he
catches all the passes that come his way. He can also get a few
yards after the catch. He is a special teams demon as well.
Our defense did a great job as we didn't even allow 200 yards. We
struggled stopping the run on the first drive, but we stuffed them
after that. The Vikings did nothing in the air. I know Jackson and
their receivers are bad, but they haven't had a performance that
bad yet. Our safeties did a good job in coverage and Ware and
Ellis mounted a consistent pass rush.
Chris Canty had the play of the game blocking the field goal. That
was a 10 point swing right there. Pat Watkins did a good job of
alertly picking it up and running all the way back for the score.
So he is human, Nick Folk finally missed a field goal. He pulled one
just a hair left on a 50 yarder. He nailed his only other attempt
which was from 45 yards out.
I think you guys get the idea. I could write about Jay Ratliff or
Jacques Reeves or Bradie James or Matt McBriar, but what is the
point. You could look at any of my game notes and it would have
the same thing about those three that I am going to say now.
Reeves is solid, Ratliff is very good at stopping the run, and Bradie
James consistently blows up short yardage running plays. I guess I
just told you but you see how it is a broken record. This team does
a lot of things really well and they struggle with some things. These
facts are evident every single week. I pretty much know what to
expect from this team. They have an identity. I will go into greater
detail about their identity at some point in the near future.
This game was pretty ordinary and what I would expect from the
Cowboys for most of the rest of the season. They made some
mistakes against an inferior team, but in the end they were simply to
much. This team has the ability to overwhelm average or below
teams if we don't make mistakes. Even if we make mistakes, they
can usually only stick around for a little while unless we keep
making mistakes. This game was pretty similar to the Bills game in
the first half. The difference was we cleaned up our play much
earlier in the 2nd half.
I don't know how interesting these notes are going to be. Our guys
give consistent performances every week so I end up writing the
same things over and over again.
The offensive line started off slow, but they picked it up. The run
blocking was pretty good against a really stout run defense. Our
pass protection wasn't perfect as Romo had to dodge a couple of
sacks, but it wasn't bad most of the time.
Marion Barber ran hard. Julius Jones looked fast. I don't think
Barber is a better pure runner, it is just that Barber gets so many
more big holes. It is like that every week. It has to be his attitude.
He pumps up the lineman. Jones would look amazing if he got
gaping holes. Most of Barber's awesome runs are when he gets a
full head of steam into the secondary which happens every week.
The bottom line though is Barber is producing more than Jones.
Tony Romo was really accurate. He was fitting balls into very tight
windows. That is now 6 of 7 games in which he has been really,
really accurate. He had another fumble though. He needs to clean
that up.
Terrell Owens had a great first half. He was getting open against
double teams. He didn't drop any passes. Him and Crayton didn't
do anything in the 2nd half, but he didn't need a good 2nd half as
we already had a big day in the 1st half.
Jason Witten was the go-to-guy. Romo really trusts him to make
the tough catch. Some of the windows Romo throws to him through
are tiny.
I really like Deon Anderson. He is a solid lead blocker and he
catches all the passes that come his way. He can also get a few
yards after the catch. He is a special teams demon as well.
Our defense did a great job as we didn't even allow 200 yards. We
struggled stopping the run on the first drive, but we stuffed them
after that. The Vikings did nothing in the air. I know Jackson and
their receivers are bad, but they haven't had a performance that
bad yet. Our safeties did a good job in coverage and Ware and
Ellis mounted a consistent pass rush.
Chris Canty had the play of the game blocking the field goal. That
was a 10 point swing right there. Pat Watkins did a good job of
alertly picking it up and running all the way back for the score.
So he is human, Nick Folk finally missed a field goal. He pulled one
just a hair left on a 50 yarder. He nailed his only other attempt
which was from 45 yards out.
I think you guys get the idea. I could write about Jay Ratliff or
Jacques Reeves or Bradie James or Matt McBriar, but what is the
point. You could look at any of my game notes and it would have
the same thing about those three that I am going to say now.
Reeves is solid, Ratliff is very good at stopping the run, and Bradie
James consistently blows up short yardage running plays. I guess I
just told you but you see how it is a broken record. This team does
a lot of things really well and they struggle with some things. These
facts are evident every single week. I pretty much know what to
expect from this team. They have an identity. I will go into greater
detail about their identity at some point in the near future.