Wade Phillips Fired, Jason Garrett in as Head Coach

Wade Phillips Out, Jason Garret in as Head Coach
As if things couldn’t get any worse for the Dallas Cowboys, now Red Jesus is talking over the reins.

CBS 11 is reporting that Wade Phillips is fired and Jason Garrett is in as the interim head coach. I don’t feel any better about Jason Garrett as head coach.

However, I do hope that he flops at head coach and we can get rid of his big bag of nothing as well.

This would open the door for a completely new head coach, hopefully on willing to put the talent on the Cowboys in positions to succeed.

Original Tweet from Bill Jones at CBS 11

Dallas Round-Up – Mavs Hope To Make Up For Rangers, Cowboys

World Series betting players are already gearing up for next year, and Texas has a lot of questions to answer after their run to the Fall Classic ended in disappointment, which is a word that doesn’t begin to describe the Cowboys. Hopefully, the Mavericks will lift the spirits of fans in the area.

Dallas Cowboys

Where to even start? The Cowboys are now 1-6 after an awful 35-17 loss at home against Jacksonville, and Jaguars quarterback David Garrard said that the Cowboys didn’t even look into the game. No one has answers, but you have to think that Wade Phillips’ time is almost up in Dallas (you could probably find decent odds on that prop if you’re betting on NFL lines). How far can they go with Jon Kitna? They’ll find out soon since Tony Romo is likely gone for the year. There hasn’t been an implosion of a team like this in, well, it’s hard to even think of one. It gets no better for the Cowboys, who head to Lambeau Field to face Green Bay on Sunday night.

Texas Rangers

The Rangers’ bats were silent in their five-game loss to San Francisco in the World Series, hitting an anemic .190 against the Giants. Possibly more surprising was that ace Cliff Lee was beaten twice by San Francisco counterpart Tim Lincecum, and although he pitched far better in Game 5 than he did in Game 1, when he didn’t make it out of the fifth inning, that performance must leave a bad taste in the mouth of Lee (and MLB betting players who wagered on the Rangers). Now, the Rangers have a couple of major decisions to make in the offseason. Will they bring back Vladdy Guerrero, as they declined his option but are hoping to re-sign him at a cheaper price? The bigger question is Lee, who is a free agent and will command $20 million a year. Can the Rangers afford to keep him? Can they afford to let him go?

Dallas Mavericks

The Mavericks have won three of their first four of the gate in the NBA season, rolling over Charlotte before a one-point loss to Memphis, with both games coming at home. The next games were on the road and the Mavericks passed their tests with flying colors, romping to a win over the Los Angeles Clippers before edging Denver in a one-point win on Wednesday. The usual suspects are leading the way as Dirk Nowitki has averaged 26.5 points and 9.8 rebounds, while Jason Terry has 17.5 points, and Caron Butler isn’t far behind with 16.5 points. Jason Kidd is still steering the team with 11.8 assists. The Mavericks are off to a great start, but it’s going to take some more convincing of the sportsbooks if they want to boost their betting odds this year.

Dallas Cowboys News: Tony Romo Injury Update

The betting world was waiting for the final prognosis on the broken collarbone of Dallas Cowboys quarterback Tony Romo. Well the final answer is in, and it is not good news for NFL betting fans of the Dallas Cowboys. Romo will not have surgery on his collarbone, which means that the fracture will have to be given time to heal naturally. The normal time for a player to be out with an injury like this is six to eight weeks. With only 10 weeks left in the Cowboys season, Romo’s injury could signal the end of the playoff hopes in Dallas.

Ever since the Romo injury there have been questions raised as to the mental and physical toughness of the team. Inevitably, those kinds of questions fall on the shoulders of the coach, and Dallas head coach Wade Phillips is feeling the weight of those questions.

With preseason NFL predictions that had the Cowboys in the Super Bowl, but NFL scores that show the reality to be quite something else, the Dallas media is once again asking whether or not Wade Phillips will make it to the end of the season as the Dallas head coach. A laid back coach trying to gain the respect of a locker room full of superstars is a difficult combination. It worked for Marv Levy in Buffalo, but it may not be the answer for Wade Phillips and the Dallas Cowboys.

Injuries seem to be one of the silent killers of the Dallas Cowboys season. Rookie wide receiver Dez Bryant is still feeling the effects of an ankle injury he sustained in the first week of the preseason. He has been held out of many of the drills in practice and does not expect to participate in a full practice this week. Despite his injury, Bryant was still able to return a punt return for a touchdown in the week seven Monday night loss to the Giants. He does not appear to show any ill effects from the ankle injury, but it can affect his ability to plant and cut when running routes.

Another injury of significance is to cornerback Terence Newman who is still recovering from a rib injury. Newman is also seeing limited time in practice and it is unclear as to how much his rib discomfort is affecting his play.

To add to the Cowboys offensive problems, the left offensive guard position will be filled this week by third-stringer Phil Costa. The blind side guard position is normally played by starter Kyle Kosier. But neither Kosier nor back-up Montrae Holland are healthy enough to practice this week. That means that back-up quarterback Jon Kitna will be put in the position of turning the Cowboys season around without really knowing if his blind side is safe.

The Cowboys may finally have to give the ball more to their running backs Marion Barber and Felix Jones now that Tony Romo is injured. Each back is averaging less than 10 carries per game, but with Romo out the offensive focus could shift to a running game that was touted as the best in the NFL prior to the start of the season.

Dallas Cowboys Update: Romo Out for 6-8 Weeks

As if the sports betting experts were not already questioning the NFL predictions that had the Dallas Cowboys in the Super Bowl, now things really get complicated with the broken collar bone of Dallas quarterback Tony Romo. In their week seven Monday night loss to the New York Giants, Tony Romo was sacked with a clean and legal hit by linebacker Michael Boley. As the weight of Boley landed on Romo’s upper body Romo’s collar bone, and the fate of the Cowboys season, was broken.

Backup quarterback Jon Kitna came in to replace Romo and, after a slow start, Kitna started to put up NFL scores for the first time in two years. By the time the game was over, the Cowboy had lost 41-35 and had fallen to a record of 1-5. Realistically, the Cowboys are going to need to win at least nine of their last 10 games to have a shot at the playoffs, and they are going to have to do it without their starting quarterback.

As an attempt to calm the Cowboys fans, wide receiver Roy Williams announced after the game that Jon Kitna is just as good as Tony Romo. Everyone in and out of the NFL betting world knows that is not the case, and a statement like that may do more harm than good in an already divided Cowboys locker room.

On a positive note for Dallas, rookie wide receiver Dez Bryant showed why he was worth a first-round draft pick by running a punt back 93 yards for a touchdown in the first half. The original yardage was pegged at 88, and the “Monday Night Football” broadcast crew could not resist the urge to label the return as “88 for 88.” The yardage was eventually changed and Bryant finished the game with 54 receiving yards and two receiving touchdowns for a total of three scores in the game.

The feeling at Valley Ranch is that the 38-year-old veteran Kitna is more than capable of taking offensive weapons such as Miles Austin, Dez Bryant, Roy Williams and Felix Jones into the endzone. The fact that the Giants face a terrible secondary in the Jacksonville Jaguars in week eight also helps the Cowboys try and get on the right track with their starting quarterback down.

So where do the Cowboys go from here? Some in Dallas are hoping that Jerry Jones has learned the lesson of humility and will refrain from putting intense pressure on an already stressful situation. The Dallas Cowboys are constantly under the sports microscope, and making brash statements about going to the Super Bowl just makes the pressure more intense. The division in the locker room could be the result of that pressure. Others are thinking that head coach Wade Phillips could be in his last season with the Cowboys. Maybe it is Phillips that cannot handle the pressure of creating a Super Bowl winning team.

The Cowboys get the chance to re-group, dust themselves off and start their trek to the playoffs in week eight. Dallas will show a lot about their character as a team in how they respond to recent events.

NFL Week 6: Dallas Cowboys at Minnesota Vikings

The Cowboys aren’t used to taking a back seat in to other sports teams in Dallas, but fans are getting tired of sloppy play and excuses. Plus the Rangers are in the playoffs. Dallas Cowboys fans are well aware that even though the Cowboys roster is talented, however the team has not been able to get it together on the field, and the result is a 1 – 3 record. 1 win and 3 losses puts the Cowboys firmly in last place of the NFC East, the Eagles, Redskins and Giants are all 3 and 2.

This week the Cowboys have to win against a tough Minnesota Vikings team in Minnesota to keep a glimmer of playoff hope alive for the season. Frankly I think Percy Harvin (WR) and Visanthe Shiancoe (TE) are going to expose the Cowboys problems at inside linebacker and Randy Moss (WR) is going to expose our weakness at safety, unless we can get the pass rush going. Or maybe this is the week Brett Favre will get suspended for texting dong shots to that poor Jets reporter. If Brett does play and the game takes a turn for the worst check out the rest of the NFL Week 6 preview over at MSF.

Dallas Cowboys at Minnesota Vikings Preview: TV Channel – TV Kickoff Time – Announcers
Cowboys-Vikings Location: Mall of America Field at the Hubert H. Humphrey Metrodome ( Say that 3 times fast, ridiculous use of sponsorship ). Minneapolis, MN
Cowboys-Vikings Day / Date: Sunday – October 10th 2010
Cowboys-Vikings TV Kickoff Time: 3:15 PM Central Time
Cowboys-Vikings TV Channel: FOX
Cowboys-Vikings TV Announcers: Thom Brennaman and Troy Aikman

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 Update: Dallas Comes Through in Houston

Things were looking sketchy in Dallas after the first two weeks of the season. The sports book makers were starting to second guess their choice of Dallas as one of the NFC favorites to get to the Super Bowl. The offense was not clicking and the special teams were terrible. The NFL betting world was turning on America’s Team and rumors about coaching jobs and quarterback benchings were starting to fly.

Then the Cowboys went in to Houston and beat a legitimate playoff contender in the Houston Texans. The NFL scores the first couple of weeks were against the Cowboys, but the week three game saw a 27-13 win for Dallas. Now Wade Phillips’ job is safe again, Tony Romo is one of the NFL’s elite quarterbacks again and Jerry Jones is starting to force a smile.

While the win was significant for the Cowboys, the team is still 1-2 on the season. They will need to put together a string of wins if the locker room division is going to stop, and the finger-pointing at coaches and players is going to stop as well. The players tried to keep the problems among themselves, and Phillips kept acting like he has the answers but no one is listening. We will see what future games will bring.

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Dallas Cowboys Update: Jason Witten’s Public Outburst

The sports betting hype surrounding the Cowboys making it to Super Bowl XLV was heavy in the preseason. Now, many in the NFL betting world are starting to wonder if the pressure is starting to get to the Cowboys as they languish in an 0-2 start to the 2010 season.

Tight end Jason Witten knows the rules about concussions. The rules are there to protect the players. But when Witten was informed that the concussion he suffered in week two against the Chicago Bears, he blew up on the sidelines. The very popular Internet video has Witten lecturing the team trainer who told Witten that he was not playing the rest of the game. It is the complete embodiment of frustration. Witten is expected to start against the Houston Texans this week.

The football betting community is starting to see other signs that the Cowboys are cracking under the pressure to make Super Bowl XLV created by Cowboys owner Jerry Jones. After the loss to Chicago, Dallas safety Gerald Sensabaugh exploded at reporters I the locker room telling them that he only wants to talk about the Houston game. Sensabaugh went on to say that the Super Bowl hype is indeed becoming a serious distraction to the team.

Dallas head coach and his entire coaching staff is starting to come under fire for comments being made by players that the coaches have no idea what is going on at practice. Cornerback Terrance Newman was quoted as saying that practices lack intensity which is one of the root causes of the Cowboys terrible start. There has also been rumors floating around that the players have developed their own way of practicing that allows them to take it easy on themselves, and the coaches have no idea it is going on. A players-only meeting has been called to try and address the situation.

Cornerback Mike Jenkins was taken off the field in a motorized cart in the fourth quarter of the loss to Chicago. However, head coach Wade Philips has announced that the injury looked worse than it was and that Jenkins will play in the upcoming game against Houston.

Before making their NFL predictions this season, the Dallas front office should have taken a look at the progression of the team under head coach Wade Philips. In his first season as head coach of the Cowboys in 2007, Philips took Dallas to a 4-0 start. In 2008 that start dropped to 3-1, then in 2009 it was 2-2 and now we sit 0-2 in 2010 with the very real possibility of going 0-3 against the surging Houston Texans.

In training camp and the preseason the Cowboys looked strong. The team finished the 2009 regular season strong and did well in the playoffs. Expectations were right to be high. But now that the season has started, the short cuts the players were taking are starting to show up on the field. The head coach is accountable for his team’s performance, and many are starting to wonder if the Cowboys will come out of their bye week with Wade Philips as the head coach, or Jason Garrett.

Dallas Cowboys Update: The Return of Dez Bryant

The betting world has watched as the Dallas Cowboys offense has struggled in the first three preseason games. So far in the preseason the Cowboys combined offense has been unable to put more than 16 points on the board in any of its preseason games. The worst part is that the Cowboys first-string offense has scored a total of 13 points in the first three preseason games.

The Cowboys got some good news as the wide receiver that was lighting up the college football betting boards, Dez Bryant, has been cleared to practice. Dallas head coach Wade Phillips has not indicated whether or not Bryant will play in the final preseason game, but Bryant is expected to make an impact on NFL betting in the Cowboys’ opening regular season game against the Washington Redskins.

The recent offensive woes experienced by the Cowboys first stringers has prompted the Dallas coaching staff to remain tight-lipped as to whether or not the starters will play at all in the last preseason game. The offense under quarterback Tony Romo has not looked sharp at all, and head coach Wade Phillips may want to use the last preseason game to try and get his offense tuned up for the season opener. It is expected that no one will really know until the Cowboys take the field against the Miami Dolphins on September 2 for the final preseason game.

In an interesting story that may not affect NFL football betting lines but still may be of interest to some Dallas fans is the release of free agent wide receiver Terrell Hudgins and tight end Scott Sicko. Hudgins played his college ball at Elon and was a long-shot to make the team, but Sicko had created a stir by releasing an Internet video that said he was more interested in staying in school than playing in the NFL. It was shortly after that announcement that Sicko was signing a free agent contract with the Cowboys.

Cowboys safety Barry Church is getting more than a little friendly ribbing about being tackled by quarterback Phillip Rivers after an interception in the Cowboys most recent preseason game. Everyone from the defensive coordinator to the head coach has indicated their displeasure with the way Church allowed Rivers to prevent an interception return for a touchdown. It is doubtful that disciplinary action will be taken, but Church has learned to step up the pace and get by the quarterback next time he is in that situation.

If the road to the Super Bowl is going to go through and then end in Dallas, then the Cowboys are going to have to step up their game right from the beginning of the season. The Cowboys first six opponents are all playoff contenders. The Cowboys open the season in Washington against the Redskins and then move on to play the Bears, Texans, Titans, Vikings and Giants. The Cowboys defense is expected to be up to the task, but without offensive points on the board the Cowboys may be watching Super Bowl XLV from the stands.

Cowboys Aim For Bigger Goals In 2010

While Cowboys fans may take solace in the fact that their team finally won a playoff game, the fact remains that head coach Wade Phillips and company once again fell short of their ultimate goal, which is making it to the Super Bowl. A couple of wins over the division rival Philadelphia Eagles that helped Dallas earn the division title and advance to the second round after winning at home was the key to Phillips having his contract secured for a couple of more betting years in “Jerryworld”, but with the window closing it may not be long before owner Jerry Jones decides that change is required once more.

That’s not to say that Phillips didn’t do a good job as NFL betting head coach a year ago, also taking over as defensive coordinator for the better part of the season, a big part of the Cowboys’ notable success. The strong finished was proof that this group was capable of succeeding, and that with time Phillips could make the defense even better. Jason Garrett had one of his best season’s as the offensive play caller, helping quarterback Tony Romo lower his interceptions total, while doing an excellent job dividing the carries between running backs Marion Barber and Felix Jones. That tandem could be even better in 2010 if they can stay healthy, and there is insurance in third-down running back Tashard Choice, who has performed well in limited snaps.

Garrett’s biggest tasks for this season will include getting consistent play from an offensive line that lost long time left tackle Flozell Adams, who may have been undervalued in Dallas, and getting more out of wide receiver Roy Williams. Jones invested a lot of money, and a lot of draft pick value when he made the trade with the Detroit Lions to acquire Williams two years ago, but has yet to see much of a return. Williams has become the third receiving option behind emerging talent Miles Austin, and tight end Jason Witten. Jones may have been sending a betting on NFL message by moving up to select wide receiver Dez Bryant in the first round, but it appears as though the hopes still are that Williams will produce.

On the defensive side of the ball, Phillips took over at midseason and it seemed like a completely different team. Now, with a full offseason to work with his players, Phillips could have his men even better prepared. Perhaps the most improved player on the defensive side of the ball last season was Anthony Spencer, who took over on the outside linebacker spot opposite of DeMarcus Ware, and registered eight sacks in his last eight games. Terrence Newman and Mike Jenkins remain the keys in the secondary, and will need to be much better for a defensive unit that added little in the offseason. The same can be said about the entire roster, as offensive tackle Alex Barron was the only significant addition outside of the draft, but time will tell if perhaps Jones should have been more aggressive with no salary cap alike the bet on MLB big spending teams.

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