Dallas Cowboys Update: Injuries are Still Plaguing The Cowboys

Dallas Cowboys Update: Injuries are Still Plaguing The Cowboys

The betting world is now wondering if Dallas Cowboys quarterback Tony Romo will actually come back to play the last two games of this season. There have been rumors circulating by those in the NFL betting world that Romo will not be back and that the next move for the Cowboys is to place Romo on the season-ending injured reserve list. Romo broke his collarbone in the week seven game against the New York Giants. While owner Jerry Jones and interim head coach Jason Garrett are not giving any specific details on Romo’s projected return, the feeling around the Cowboys is getting strong that the quarterback will be placed on IR as soon as this week.

In other injury news, the NFL predictions surrounding the return of safety Gerald Sensabaugh and linebacker Sean Lee are looking just as grim. Both are suffering from concussions and both have been unable to pass the tests necessary to clear them for practice this week. The normal procedure is to wait until Friday to test players for the game coming up on Sunday. If Sensabaugh and Lee fail their tests on Friday, then both will miss the game against the Cardinals on Christmas Day. Read more

(Updated) The BEST defenses for Weeks 14-17

My list of the top-10 defenses for the fantasy playoffs broken down by each team’s schedule for weeks 14-17. Every team’s overall performance for weeks 1-10 was cross-referenced with their performances during weeks 6-10 to see how teams have changed throughout the season.

The overall ability of each defense, and how many fantasy-points teams give away to opposing defenses was taken into account.

Don’t forget to check out our Week-11 contest where you can win some fabulous prizes from Bridgford Jerky!

If contests are not your thing you should still check out the store. Use the promotional code,”fantasy“, during checkout and receive Free Shipping on any order.

Key:

Green = Good

Orange = Bad

Red = Ugly

The numbers beside each team represent how favorable of a match-up I view it to be. (1 = Good, 10=Ugly)

1. Eagles – 14, 15, 16, 17

14: Dallas (5) 15: Giants (5)

16: Vikings (3) 17: Dallas (5)

2. Redskins – 14, 15, 16, 17

14: Bucs (6) 15: Dallas (5)

16: Jaguars (6) 17: Giants (5)

3. Cardinals – 14, 15, 16, 17

14: Broncos (10) 15: Panthers (2)

16: Dallas (5) 17: 49ers (7)

4. Packers – 14, 15, 16, 17

14: Lions (8) 15: Patriots (10)

16: Giants (5) 17: Bears (4)

5. Steelers – 14, 15, 16, 17

14: Bengals (6) 15: Jets (8)

16: Panthers (2) 17: Browns (9)

6. Cowboys – 14, 15, 16, 17

14: Eagles (10) 15: Redskins (2)

16: Cardinals (1) 17: Eagles (10)

7. Giants – 14, 15, 16, 17

14: Vikings (3) 15: Eagles (10)

16: Packers (10) 17: Redskins (2)

8. Bucs – 14, 15, 16, 17

14: Redskins (2) 15: Lions (8)

16: Seahawks (6) 17: Saints (7)

9. Seahawks – 14, 15, 16, 17

14: 49ers (7) 15: Chargers (6)

16: Rams (9) 17: Cardinals (1)

10. Bears – 14, 15, 16, 17

14: Patriots (10) 15: Vikings (3)

16: Jets (8) 17: Packers (10)

The BEST defenses for Weeks 14-17

My list of the top-10 defenses for the fantasy playoffs broken down by each team’s schedule for weeks 14-17. Every team’s overall performance for weeks 1-10 was cross-referenced with their performances during weeks 6-10 to see how teams have changed throughout the season.

The overall ability of each defense, and how many fantasy-points teams give away to opposing defenses was taken into account.

Don’t forget to check out our Week-11 contest where you can win some fabulous prizes from Bridgford Jerky!

If contests are not your thing you should still check out the store. Use the promotional code,”fantasy“, during checkout and receive Free Shipping on any order.

Key:

Green = Good

Orange = Bad

Red = Ugly

The numbers beside each team represent how favorable of a match-up I view it to be.  (1 = Good, 10=Ugly)

1. Eagles – 14, 15, 16, 17

14: Dallas (4)         15: Giants (5)

16: Vikings (3)       17: Dallas (4)

2. Redskins – 14, 15, 16, 17

14: Bucs (6)             15: Dallas (5)

16: Jaguars (6)      17: Giants (5)

3. Cardinals – 14, 15, 16, 17

14: Broncos (10)     15: Panthers (2)

16: Dallas (4)           17: 49ers (7)

4. Packers – 14, 15, 16, 17

14: Lions (8)            15: Patriots (10)

16: Giants (5)           17: Bears (4)

5. Steelers – 14, 15, 16, 17

14: Bengals (6)                 15: Jets (8)

16: Panthers (2)               17: Browns (9)

6. Cowboys – 14, 15, 16, 17

14: Eagles (10)                 15: Redskins (2)

16: Cardinals (1)              17: Eagles (10)

7. Giants – 14, 15, 16, 17

14: Vikings (3)                          15: Eagles (10)

16:  Packers (10)                      17: Redskins (2)

8. Bucs – 14, 15, 16, 17

14: Redskins (2)                15: Lions (8)

16: Seahawks (6)              17: Saints (7)

9. Seahawks – 14, 15, 16, 17

14: 49ers (7)                       15: Chargers (6)

16: Rams (9)                       17: Cardinals (1)

10. Bears – 14, 15, 16, 17

14:  Patriots (10)               15: Vikings (3)

16: Jets (8)                           17: Packers (10)

NFL Week 11: Dallas Cowboys vs Detroit Lions

The Dallas Cowboys vs Detroit Lions TV Channel, TV Time, Kickoff Time and TV Announcers can be found at the end of this article, but first things first.

Jason Garrett aka Red Jesus led the Dallas Cowboys to their first victory since week 3 of the NFL season. The in the media all week was about how bad the Cowboys were going to be crushed by the Giants, but the Cowboys showed some backbone and actually showed up to play. So for at least one week I will not post anything bad about Jason Garrett, because it seems that he is making the Cowboys more accountable.

The Cowboys will face the Detroit Lions in week 11 of the NFL season in one of the Noon match ups on Sunday. There may not have been a game played with less on the line in the NFL this season, the Cowboys are ( 2 – 7 – 0 ) and the Lions are ( 2 – 7 – 0 ). The Lions star QB and Highland Park HS Graduate Matthew Stafford and Cowboys star QB Tony Romo have been lost for most, possibly all of this season. Remember that if this game gets to bad to watch you can check out the rest of the NFL TV Schedule for week 11. Below is the Dallas Cowboys vs Detroit Lions TV Channel, TV Time, Kickoff Time and TV Announcers:

NFL Week 11: Dallas Cowboys vs Detroit Lions TV Channel, TV Time, Kickoff Time and TV Announcers
• Game Day: Sunday – November 21 2010
• Kickoff Time: 12:10PM Central Time
• TV Time: 12:00PM Central Time
• TV Channel: FOX
• TV Announcers: Kenny Albert, Daryl Johnston, and Tony Siragusa
• Parking: Cowboys Stadium Parking Information
• Tickets: Dallas Cowboys Tickets

Image Source:NFL Soup

Week 10 Preview: Dallas Cowboys at New York Giants

The Dallas Cowboys vs New York Giants TV Channel, TV Time, Kickoff Time and TV Announcers can be found at the end of this article, but first things first.

The Dallas Cowboys will travel to New Meadowlands Stadium to play the red hot New York Giants. As we know the Cowboys have struggled all season to live up to their larger than life billing. Wade Phillips payed for their poor performance with his job Monday. Is Jason Garrett the solution? probably not, but he will be the head coach, for now at least. The offense under Garrett is inefficient, and has continued to be one of the biggest problems again. Did Jerry Jones just hand the keys to Jason Garrett, the man responsible for the offensive problems? Yes, but what other choice did he have? My prediction is that Garrett will flop and be fired by the end of the year.

Dallas Cowboys vs New York Giants Game Prediction
The Cowboys will get slaughtered in New York if they put up an effort like they did against the Packers and Jaguars. You really can’t expect a better effort either, the Cowboys are made up of supposed superstars, but when you read between the lines the talent level isn’t as advertised. Our supposed superstars aren’t playing anywhere near the level they did a season ago, and the other players on the roster are spares. The Cowboys don’t have any blue collar glue guys that fill out a roster, just superstars and spares.

Read more

Week 7 Preview: Dallas Cowboys vs New York Giants

The Cowboys will face the New York Football Giants on Monday night football for NFL week 7. There are no stats to throw at you to make you feel any better either, the Cowboy are still horribly inefficient on offense and the defense has been inconsistent. The Cowboys have played so poorly that baseball has been the talk of the town deep in the heart of football country. Yes the Texas Rangers are in the playoffs, but normally that wouldn’t displace the Cowboys faithful. However their awful play has relegated them to the back seat of the Dallas sports world. If you need any more evidence as to why please watch the video above.

Hopefully the Cowboys will find their way this week, however it may be to little to late. The Cowboys have quickly burned through the amount of games that a team can lose and still make the playoffs. Below you will find the TV Channel, TV announcers, Kickoff time and other game information. If you are craving an in depth preview or want to check out the rest of the NFL schedule this week head over to MSF:

• Cowboys vs Giants Preview
• NFL Week 7 Game Information

Dallas Cowboys vs New York Giants | Game Information – TV Channel – TV Announcers
Cowboys-Giants Location: Cowboys Stadium – Arlington, TX
Cowboys-Giants Day / Date: Monday – October 25 2010
Cowboys-Giants TV Channel: ESPN | TXA 21
Cowboys-Giants TV Announcers: Mike Tirico, Ron Jaworski, and Jon Gruden
Cowboys-Giants Over / Under: 44.5
Cowboys-Giants Point Spread: Cowboys -3
Cowboys Stadium Parking Information
Cowboys-Giants Tickets:Dallas Cowboys Tickets at StubHub.com!

Cowboys Well Rested As They Welcome Titans To Cowboys Stadium

No NFL betting franchise has ever made it to the Super Bowl in its own stadium. The Dallas Cowboys entered the 2010-11 season looking to break that trend, and on a team loaded with Pro Bowl talent on both sides of the ball, it appeared as though the idea that they would be the franchise that did it was legitimate. Consecutive losses to the NFC East division rival Washington Redskins and at home to the Chicago Bears had prognosticators quickly recalling their projection of the Cowboys as NFC favorites.

Head coach Wade Phillips had his team much more prepared for the next week’s contest at the Houston Texans, and the Cowboys prevailed in the Battle of Texas with a huge 27-13 online sports betting victory to ensure that they didn’t go in to the bye week winless. That win may have very well saved Phillips his job, as three straight losses entering the bye week would have surely pushed owner Jerry Jones to react. Ironically, the biggest reason for the Cowboys’ struggles through the first two games of the year was the offensive play calls, which Phillips isn’t even in charge of. That job is in the hands of offensive coordinator Jason Garrett, who is actually regarded as the man who will succeed Phillips when the latter eventually does move on. The Dallas offense responded with a much better effort week three however, securing the win, and that allowed fans in Texas to put the Cowboys’ season outlook in much better perspective than they had been doing when it seemed as though all was lost after two games.

The Cowboys went over plenty of betting on NFL film during the bye week, preparing for a crucial three week span that sees them playing the Titans at home, then making a road trip against the equally desperate Minnesota Vikings, before hosting the division rival New York Giants. While the early season bye was seen as somewhat of a curse before the year got underway, it may very well be a blessing in disguise for a team that was reeling early on. Dallas has one of the toughest schedule in the league, and will need to capitalize on the chances they get against relatively weaker teams in order to avoid falling out of the playoff race. In a month-long period from late November through December, the Cowboys will play the defending Super Bowl champion New Orleans Saints, then travel to take on the Indianapolis Colts, before welcoming two division rivals in successive weeks with the Philadelphia Eagles and Washington Redskins both coming to town. Given the team’s football betting struggles in latter months over the past couple of years, it will be crucial to capitalize on chances over the next couple of weeks to put themselves in position to succeed. If not, the Cowboys could be one of the major disappointments of the year. The path continues this Sunday, when Dallas welcomes the Titans to the home of the Super Bowl.

Dallas Cowboys at New York Giants Preview

The Cowboys gave us reason to be thankful on Thanksgiving, but will the be able to march up to New York and beat the Giants? The Cowboys lead the NFC East, currently they hold a one game lead over the Eagles and a two game lead over the Giants. So once again this week the Cowboys can guarantee they will stay alone in first place with a win.

The New York Giants have lost 5 of their last 6 games, the only win in that stretch came after the Giants bye week. Last week the New York Football Giants lost in Denver 26-6 and Eli Manning is reported to have a problem with his foot, and Brandon Jacobs continues his season filled with disappointment for anyone who has him in fantasy football.

Read more

THE REV SPEAKS – Cowboys Giants Review

THE REV SPEAKS

Matthew R. Fuller

As an ordained Baptist minister I’ve heard my fair share of confessions.  Most are incontrovertibly genuine, with the penitents expressing a deep remorse and a concomitant pledge to turn away from the sins which, without fail, lead to shame, fear, abandonment, and heartache.  Sometimes, however, the mea culpa is more specious than the singing career of Heidi Montag

In these extreme circumstances it takes all of my Christian resolve to refrain from unleashing a thunderous torrent of dog cussing: How dare you defile the house of God with your bleeping mistakes!  Your pathetic excuses are bleeping cowardly!  Get your head out of your butt already! But that’s just me . . .

Which leads us to the embarrassment that occurred in Arlington (and not Dallas, thanks to former Mayor Laura “Madam No” Miller’s childish stonewalling, but don’t get me started) on Sunday night.  What should have been a glorious moment for the Dallas Cowboys was instead turned into a horrifying display of amateur football.  Thanks to the “franchise” quarterback, the grand opening of The Death Star was unequivocally marred.  If Jerry were to ask my advice (and why he doesn’t is beyond me) I’d demand that he pay FOX analyst Troy Aikman whatever he wished to pull a Favre and lace up his cleats just one more time.  (I’d also suggest he fire Wade, a.k.a. Mr. Fix It, immediately.  That’s for another column, however.)  Maybe I’m just sentimental since #8 won three Super Bowl titles during my formative high school years, but at this point any measure, no matter how extreme, should be enacted.  How many times are we devoted and deceived Cowboy fans going to be forced to listen to the mealy-mouthed confessions of one Tony Romo?  After every putrid game he’s delivered the same tired “I promise to protect the ball better” speech.  In Sunday night’s three-INT implosion against the hated Giants he was beyond careless with the pigskin.  He was reckless.  He was feckless.  He was gutless.  (For those who value this stat, Romo’s 29.6 QB Rating was the second-worst of his career after the 22.2 bomb he dropped in December 2007 against the hated Eagles.  The Cowboys would have beaten the Giants by at least a touchdown had Romo only thrown two picks!)  Like all Dallas disciples, I’ve grown extremely tired of Romo’s lip service.  Either you stop throwing the ball to the opposing team at an alarming rate—I don’t mind the occasional turnover that comes in the course of a long season, but there’s a limit to my grace—or stop feeding namby-pamby apologies to the media and the fans.  Call me a hidebound fundamentalist Southern Baptist, but either you sin or you don’t.  (This is a kissing cousin to the Big Bill Parcells theology of it is what it is.)  I am not trying to alarm you, but the Cowboys are a decidedly average 11-10 in their last 21 games.  That’s only ten more wins than the junior college Detroit Lions have posted over the same period of time!  This would be funny if it weren’t so sadly mediocre and true.

Romo still has a very vocal cadre of supporters, and these slimy sycophants are almost as crazy as Pacman Jones at the Joule Hotel.  At least he came out on Monday and held himself accountable for the loss against the Giants. While I admit this Romo reaction is light years better than his illicit Cancun vacation with Jessica “Yoko Ono” Simpson in January 2008, and much improved from his flippant if this is the worst thing that happens to me comment after last season’s win-or-go-home disaster in Philly, Romo could blame himself for the mess that is the Obama Healthcare Plan and I still wouldn’t be satisfied.  Quarterbacking the Cowboys is one of the most glamorous and visible positions in all of sports, along with Shortstopping the Yankees (groan) and Caddying the Tiger (no pictures during his backswing), and Romo treats it like he’s playing Tecmo Bowl on Nintendo.  Whatever.  Then there are the Romo lemmings who are quick to point out that his career has started just like the prototype of all NFL QBs, Peyton Manning (http://www.pro-football-reference.com/players/M/MannPe00.htm).  Except for these salient facts which the lemmings either leave out or forget: Manning played four years at a major-caliber SEC college against many future pro athletes, and he was drafted #1; Romo played at tiny Eastern Illinois against many future rec league athletes and he wasn’t drafted at all; Manning was born with football genes and groomed to be a QB from birth; Romo was born with backward-hat-wearing genes and groomed to be a wannabe golfer from birth.  Again, whatever.

Those laypeople that support Romo are doing him no favors, just as Romo’s own teammates are sabotaging his ability to improve.  In order for a sinful soul to be completely washed clean, the guilty party must be surrounded by a circle of believers who, while offering forgiveness, also buffet him with ample amounts of tough love.  In this case, Romo’s accountability partners and prayer warriors are failing him immensely.  The praise for #9 (and I’ m not talking about the true winner Mike Modano) was effusive from Valley Ranch on Monday and Tuesday (http://www.dallasnews.com/sharedcontent/dws/spt/stories/092209dnspocowboysinsider.2cc1f57.html), further complicating the paradox of Romo’s greatness.  Teammates should absolutely stand by each other in times of crisis (and if they don’t they end up in the football hinterlands of Buffalo), but if Romo’s fellow Cowboys truly had his best interests at heart they would sit him (and Terence Newman while we’re at it) down and deliver a come-to-Jesus message: you can be one of the all-time greats if you just learn some discipline.  (Yet another reason Jerry should have hired Norv “Aikman Architect” Turner in 2007, along with the fact that Turner’s electric Chargers are chugging along at 9-0 in December and Wade’s anemic Cowboys are choking along at 3-5 in the coconut-crunching final month.)  Like a group of buddies who stage an intervention for one of their own who is abusing drugs and alcohol, so must Romo’s teammates stage an immediate intervention for the embattled quarterback.  His legacy—and the Cowboys’—depends on it.

There are also those voices who believe that Jason Garrett should “dumb down” the offense in order to make it more Romo-friendly.  This, too, would be a faulty solution.  According to QB Rating (again, for those who value this statistic), Romo’s lofty 94.2 would be third in history (behind Steve Young’s 96.8 and Manning’s 94.9.  Note: in order to qualify, a QB must have 1,500 pass attempts; with 1,363, Romo should easily pass that threshold by October) and makes him the second-best active passer behind Manning.  Should Romo indeed become, as Big Bill constantly preached, just a bus driver, handing off 35 times to his eclectic stable of backs?  As good as Barber, Choice, and Felix Jones are, I’m not sure this is a viable course of action.

A fitting way to color the portrait of one Antonio Ramiro Romo, therefore, is with many brushes, each drawing a patron’s eyes to different sections of the canvas with every look.  Romo is like a work of art by the famed abstract painter Picasso: the sum is clearly greater than the parts.  One week it’s hide-the-women-and-children ugly (http://www.sgallery.net/artnews/data/upimages/2007/08/picasso.jpg) and the next it’s spend-three-hours-in-awe resplendent (http://www.artquotes.net/masters/picasso/picasso_guernica1937.jpg).  In Dallas, however, the only masterpiece that matters is a Super Bowl ring.  (Or at the very least, an NFC Championship ring.  It is naïve to expect more from this heartless bunch.)  Anything less is a complete and utter failure.  While I’m not the ultimate judge, I will say with confidence that Romo’s repeated confessions always ring extraordinarily hollow.  We’re all waiting, Tony.  You’ve repented time and time again, but we have yet to see sustained excellence on the field.  Perhaps we’re expecting too much.  Maybe you just don’t have it between the ears to lead the Cowboys to the promised land.  (My favorite local theory.)  Instead of becoming Romo the Redeemed he’s merely Romo the Recidivist.  The Book of Proverbs (that’s in the Bible, folks) reminds us well: As a dog returns to its vomit, so a fool repeats his folly. If Romo throws up many more atrocious games like he did on Sunday night I’ll be throwing up.  And it’d be a travesty to waste the $6 I spent on the cup of Dr Pepper at Cowboys Stadium.

Here ends the lesson.  And all of God’s people say . . . “Amen!”