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NFL Sunday Early Games Open Thread

The wait is almost over and we'll soon know our fate - more games in the playoffs or resigned to the offseason for 2012. In the meantime, enjoy the early games from the NFL.

Happy New Year!

This is an open thread for game chat.

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Seven and a half more hours.

The wait is agonizing.

I got the Winter Classic to enjoy
Early games suck

Philly vs was and miami jets wtf

The games we are getting here suck too

CHI at MIN and NYJ at MIA

Down in the b.e.a.utiful southwest

we have Saints-Panthers & Jets-Dolphins. meh.

Hope the skins win.

Worsens the draft position for them. Less likely they get a good QB, unless they firesale everything.

best early game

Breezy v Cam
Ought to be the shootout of the year

no that would be tonight
I bought a bottle of scotch last night for tonight......win or lose
What'd you buy?
nothing expensive

just Johnny Walker Red
couldn’t afford the good stuff, even though I really like Jameson and Black Label

in laws

want us to come over for dinner after the Broncos game. Part of me wants to be over there with everyone with my Romo jersey on to celebrate the BIG win. Part of me wants to send the wife and son over there and lock myself in the house and watch the Cowboys game by myself. What would you guys do?

I would do what my wife says lol

honestly, I would go if your going to have food and a good time
if not stay home

wife gave me clearance

To do whatever I wanted because I tend to do what the C.O. says too. She understands the importance of this game and knows I could be a real grumpy @hole if things don’t go right.
I think food may be the deciding factor.

well thats what I mean

if they got food over there, I would go
I hate making myself food for the game
food is the deciding factor here

Stay home, you don't need RL friends to celebrate the win, you got us!
Bigham

Bring over a Big Ham and we can all watch together!

tell him to bring the rubbbers.................RUBBER DUCKS THAT IS! HAHAHAHA
It never works out when I try to insulate myself for the game.

As long as the game is on, go with the fam.

I dont watch Cowboys games with other "people"

I am too nutty and passionate during the game
I swear and say some of the most ungodly things, me and god have an understanding that I dont mean much of what I say

if Spencer or Sensabaugh heard what I said about them during games they might cry and get a restraining order

Why don't we..

get a restraining order against them.

Chia that is how I am with LSU.
yeah so you know what I mean
O yea. People know not to call me during an LSU game. In fact they will text me to see if LSU is playing

because they know I won’t answer if they are.

I live in NY

so imagine how many texts I am gonna get tonight
i am staying off facebook completely

Can u put in an auto reply ?

Something like “Eli is ugly, now go away”

I just cant stand the fact that they talk crap about Romo

I understand you hate the Cowboys but calling Romo a sissy, not with an S is just absurd
he is good

Glad to know there are others....LMAO
glad to hear I am not the only one!
anytime i blow off family for Dallas they lose.

so i have everyone coming to my house. inlaws included im doing my best here fellas. all you guys better he doing all your good luck stuff today.

GO COWBOYS!!!

Thanks

I hope it’s enough.

Hope for the Best

Brace for the Worst
Hate to be negative so early, but I have seen the end of the season do or die game too often lately, and that outcome has not only been a loss, but a beat down!

Wow...hate to picture our defense vs that Saints offense.
I for one wonder why the Giants dont wear those god-awful red jerseys anymore

is it b/c we beat them everytime they did? Is that why we have to wear our Blue jerseys. since some believe it’s cursed or something? Or is it that the Giants play so bad at home that if they wear their away jerseys it will give them a mental boost or something?

Im taking this way to seriously…

I brought that up on the other article

when they wore red, we owned them

tonight

is the night the presumed blue jersey curse is exorcised.

Ive never believed in a curse.

but I havent been watching them for as long as some of yall so maybe I just havent noticed it.

There isn't a curse. The blues , the best uni in all of pro football.
I personally like the throwbacks and think they should wear them more.

but thats just me.

They should wear the blues as much as they wear the white now.

Or wear the white on the road like it should be.

You are crazy, the fact we wear white at home is a tradition, homage, just simply amazing.

Thank you Tex.

just the opposite

Hate those god-awful things…..

meaning the Retros....

sooooooooooo cheesy.

I may like them just because you dont see them but once a year.

But I am surprised they dont sport the Navy Blues more, I dont think they wore once in 2010, but I may be mistaken.

Sigh.. how can you be a come fan and not know the uni tradition
I get the Whites at home thing.

just surprised it isnt used more. I get that the white is more recognizable to many more people and so forth.

History lessen time

We wear white at home because Tex wanted the home crowd to see more colors. To see what the NFL has to offer instead of always seeing our blue and the other team in white.

Most teams wear their colors for their home crowd so therefore when we go on the road we wear white too.

It is the home teams choice to wear what jersey, on some occasions in September a team like the bucs might decide to wear white to force us to wear the blues which might be hotter.

Tex was a marketing genius and reason why our uniform is the most recognizable in NFL

Could be worse, could have Denvers throwbacks, or the Eagles throwbacks.

Those look like someone puked on a jersey and they said, “looks good”

Or the Steelers throwbacks. That's some ugly sh*t.
I like the steelers throwbacks.

But guys Throwbacks are always the ALT jersey. The team decide what their alt will for the year during the offseason. The pats don’t wear a throwback normally they just have a shiny silver alt, as we know the giants have the reds usually, the eagles, and cardnials favor the black style mostly as their alt too.

It changes every year.

no the Eagles throwbacks are dope
Those blue and yellow they have?

or the Kelley Green ones?

I pray you mean the KG ones.

the kelly green ones
you can only wear your alts 2x a year
The blues are not an alternate.
Use the up function I am not referring to the blues.

I am referring to our alts/throwbacks

yeah no curse

Some people buy into that notion. I agree the blues are awesome. From a fashion perspective they are definitely a better “outfit” than the mismatched whites.

Really?

Over the Raider, powder blues, and the home whites?

Really. The silver pants don't match the silver helmet when wearing whites.
16-25 in the blues since '92.

We’re due for a win.

Maybe the NY fans will see white jerseys and just boo mercillously(?)

confused them with us!

LOVE the throwbacks

Bad bad memories of the Blues as a kid

Could the Patriots be running out of gas?

Second straight week they’ve fallen behind an inferior team at home…

Last playoff game Belichick won was the 2007 AFC Championship Game. Just sayin’.

If they let Pitt get homefield .. sigh.
I hate both teams pretty equally
this Panthers/Saints game might be pretty good unless the Panthers turn it over.

but so far so good. 7-7

How is everyone today
anxious.

how about you?

Doing all right. Nervous about the game and how Romo's hand (and the O line and the D)

will hold up. You?

I am doing good today

Justv having lunch in my room at the hotel. Will head over to the stadium about 5pm. Romo’s hand is good to go. I do not think he will have any problems.

You'll be at the game? I'll look forward to reading your take on it (stay warm!).

Thanks for the info on the hand.

I will try and send updates from the game
That would be awesome. Thanks, Bird.
Also, happy new year!
hey BD

I’m well. And yourself?

Happy new year peeps

can’t wait till tonight go Cowboys

Is it just me or is Lambeau overrated?

I mean it’s old and kind of cool because of that, but as far as places I’d like to watch football on a regular basis it’s pretty far down the list.

Saints offense is a BEAST!
Saints may be peaking just in time.
I think they are going to win the super bowl
too bad you don't win it in week 17

Anything can happen chia. Remember what the 12th man did last year

I just think the saints are the best team in the NFL right now

that defense all it has to do is step up for like 3-4 games and with that offense and home field
idk

yeah but the Colts always said that, it only takes one game for the defense to be their crappy self to knock them out.
the Saints have major talent on that D

Porter, Jenkins, Harper, Jordan, Ellis, Smith, Rogers, Vilma
that is a solid unit

And Vilma isn't playing.
yup

idk I just see their front 4 and they get pressure, and they have playmakers in that secondary

I would take Malcom Jenkins and Tracy Porter over a lot of CB/S in the NFL

In a heartbeat. Saints d isn't fired up.
Thats find I am going bold here

Ravens, Pats, Saints, Packers none of them will be playing in the Superbowl

wow none of them?

so you either have the Cowboys or what the Falcons or Giants from the NFC

Ham is going with the Lions.
Idk

Niners could be who knows.

barf

no way

Cowboys ultimately haha
yeah I wish but I am just gonna keep it real

the Cowboys will not win a Super Bowl this year
next year if we do the right personnel decisions, yes

see that thinking is stupid.

We won’t have the personnel to win one until we actually win one you know.

Anything is possible that is how to approach it.

You will always be a year away until you win it then you aren’t.

I am a realist

the Cowboys don’t have the defense to win a super bowl right now
they don’t
its not stupid

And if they win a superbowl this year, would that mean they had a defense to win one?

See what I am saying? Its the NFL, not NBA. Anything can happen.

anything can happen

but usually doesn’t.

Four teams the last 10 years by my estimate have made completely 100% unexpected SB runs. The 2001 Patriots 2003 Panthers and 2007 Giants. The 2006 Colts had a humongous defensive turnaround, but they had Bob Sanders get healthy.

Really, in the last 5 years the only outlier is the Giants and that team had a far better regular season D than we do.

thats your estimate

my list would be a lot bigger including the cardnials among a ton other teams and WC teams

LMAO. You think the Rams are a year away ?

It’s not possible for them to win a superbowl this year or next year. They don’t have enough talent.

No I am not talking about the rams.

But how many times have people been saying this team is a year away? Since 2005? 2006? You are always a year away until you finally win it then you aren’t.

Dallas han't been a year away since their 96 win.
we were SB caliber in 2007

And MAYBE 2008 despite the way the year ended – we contended with and nearly beat the two AFC Championship teams in December. If Romo doesn’t go down that year who knows what happens.

But since then? No. The OL was a problem in 2009 and the defense has been a catastrophe since then.

I don't think we were SB caliber in 2007

We had a very good record, but had two of the wildest Harry Houdini improbable wins against mediocre teams I’ve ever seen. If we’d lost them like we should have, we would have been 11-5, which is good but not championship class. Our defense that year was soggy, and once Owens got hurt our offense went south and hasn’t been at that level since.

Rams went from worst to first in the year they won the Super Bowl.
cheer loudly

for all of us absentee fans!

mobile app issues

Dbl posting.

u think their

Defense can find that 2009 groove in time or u just think they’re going to out score e everyone?

both

I think that D is going to step up and I think that their offense is firing on all cylinders
and if they get some home games, watch out

To win this game tonight...

the OL has got to fend of that front 4 of the Giants, keep Romo upright and open holes for FJ and 23. Austin, Robinson and Dez have to make those 3rd and LONG grabs because you KNOW they’re gonna have 3rd and long most of the day.

As for the D….PLEASE try and keep that long ball to a minimum. Maybe HIck’s hamstring will limit the land grabs. Lee and Ware have to keep Eli, Bradshaw and Jacobs in check. IF Ware can put pressure on Eli and IF we can keep the runs to short gains and make ’em go 3 and out all day.. then WE HAVE A CHANCE.

This is IF the weather cooperates and doesn’t rain or snow….AND if Romo’s hand is really ok.

Otherwise…it may be a loooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooong day and then the Offseason and the Draft will be on the radar.

think I am gonna bust out the blue Romo jersey tonight

gotta blow the dust off it

Haha, I am wearing my blue felix , gotta match the team.
yup gotta match

I got Cowboys plaid pants, basically PJ’s, gonna rock them and my new Cowboys robe wait for it wait for it WITH A HOOD!
and it has like white lines on the sleeves like a jersey
its dope
love Christmas

haha, Ill be eating candy out of my new cowboy football candy dispenser

And holding onto my brand new cowboy football

You can’t find them in my next of the woods, I love it and have needed an offical one for a while

damn

I cant eat candy anymore but that is pretty dope

seriously this terry cloth robe TERRY CLOTH! HAHAHAHAHA its real comfortable
I'll break out

blue jersey tonight too.

but I don't have a blue

Romo jersey and I wanna show Romo love. Conundrum…

I only have one Romo and its blue

ebay 50 dollar joint, looks real though

I'm wearing the blue Romo jersey right now.
Only other blue jersey I own is #31

R. Williams. Anyone want to buy it?

I have a white Roy Williams 31

such a bad investment, but every player from that era was a bad jersey investment

Leaning towards my white Austin jersey
Really New England...lol. wow.
Awesome int. That is what the Saints d does.
cough yup cough yup
What was Newton thinking on that one???
WOW....great INT in the end zone for the Saints
We never see plays like that on Dallas.
See: Jerry Jones is a bad General Manager fanpost

haha perfect example right there.

BED I am with u
who picked it off
sophmore patrick robinson
wasnt a big fan of him but he has ballhawk skills
That's the way I feel about a lot of Saints players

not my favorite guys in a draft but they draft starters

yeah they manage to start for them

if you notice, a lot of their picks were secondary and front 4
areas we need to focus on, areas we should have been focusing on

BED to further your point....

see the Niners. They kept drafting players in all position groups. And with the very mediocre Alex Smith and a real coach now look. Jerry just doesn’t operate that way. He isn’t smart like that.

Our defense doesnt have that mentality.

Only time we get picks is if hit them in the hands.
Even then it isnt always a INT, exhibit A: Newman in Giants game 1.

we dont have ballhawks

Jenkins is our best player in the secondary and its not even close and he isnt a ballhawk
he is more of a cover corner, he isnt going to have a lot of picks and thats fine, you need a cover guy

Im ok if the corners arent ball-hawks. Dont need them to be.

I just wish we had a safety that was. Like a Ed Reed or Palamalu.

Our ballhawk is Sean Lee. Which is awesome and odd.

its sad that our ballhawk is a LB
very much disagree

I’d like ALL of my secondary to be ball hawks. The Saints D certainly has or did have the mentality that HEY….that’s OUR ball and we’re gonna take it away from you! Need that badly on the Cowboys D.

our mentality is not to get burnt

sad but true

younger defensive talent will help a lot
ugh, only because I DON NOT want Spitt to get home field in the A.F.C or a better chance at it.

also, if tonight does not go the way we want it, then for me ANYBODY except NY, Pitt and S.F.for the S.B.

lol look at that cat!

looks like my main coon cat Winston

a maine coon is a breed of cats by the way
yeah, she did not like the hat deal! lol
she looked pretty pissed lol
So man Buf got shafted losing Freddie.
I got shafted

right along with them. Fred had me rolling through FF league then I got ousted in 1st round by a 6 seed.

I'll just say it

the Saints are the best offense in this league and by far the most complete. Week in week out they’re scoring 30+ and putting up outrageous yard totals.

Aaron Rodgers may be the best qb, but he has an average oline and little running game. The Saints have it all.

and on that note

Brees just threw a godawful red zone interception.

Sproles had made a huge difference for them.
huge

the Chargers need to draft Lamichael James

yes, its really just not fair
New Orleans is gonna host us in the NFC championship game

Ryan: Newman, you play 20 yards back because you suck

-41
Terence Oldman

favorite actor: Gary Oldman
jersey number: resembles his age
best usage in the scheme: playing 20 yards back off the line in zero coverage
injury prone area: his hips and groin, because he has the body of a 80 year old

LOL

Ryan: Why did I try to recruit Nnamdi with Newman, what the hell was I thinking

We held the Eagles to 20 points last game..

That is improvement, I see it continuing.

I see Oldman getting worse game by game
I like our chances today

I think its going to be a very different game from the first one.

I dont

I want to win, I just don’t see it happening
I have no faith in this team right now
I hope I am totally wrong

If we were playing Philly, NO or GB

I would be with you.

But this Giants team has so many holes. Eli’s played worse at home, as has the whole team for that matter. Their D is a mess regardless of how they did against Matt Sanchez. We are mostly healthy and Romo has been incredible the last two months. The greatest indicator as to who wins playoff games its which qb is playing better and that is Romo.

I may be just getting my hopes up, but I think at the very least it will be competitive. My biggest concern is that Ihave zero faith we can stop Eli in a 2 minute drill situation – that guy has scored many many times in that situation against us in his career.

would take that in a heartbeat.
Brees throws an INT
But I thought Romo was the only one that threw INTs

Brees must be a terrible QB!

LOL. I almost said that, but you beat me to it.
Go Bears!!!

14 points in 1 minute. Win your way up the draft order.

Now Tennessee, you need to win too.

I'm going to spend today rooting for teams to lose

only to see the Giants reap the benefits.

Good pass by Newton, hope Olsen is ok
that was PI
Can't believe the ref was right there and missed the call. Wtf...
The defender didnt have a blue star on his helmet.

Had that been Jenkins, the flag would still be in the air.

thats because of last year

once you get flagged for PI alot, which Jenkins did in 2010, that label stays with you

only PI

when the refs feel like it. One thing about referring that has changed the most from when I was a kid is that there isn’t the same consistency game to game, or even within a game.

That INT was a blatant PI by Philly. No call.

If thats the Cowboys the ref us throwing the flag before the ball gets there.

My wife says I'm "pent up" for this game tonight....lol

any of yours said anything like that to you?

tell her to do something about it? lol
I am not even pumped up like I should be

I am nervous
too many areas of concern right now, one is the left side of the line, Free has been suspect and I know he is good but damn, and Dockery sucks
the secondary concerns me
the pass rush concerns me
Romo’s health concerns me
Felix’s health concerns me

and other than all that they're okay. lol
I hear you Chia....seems like too much going against us...that said...you never know
like I said, I hope I am wrong

because it reminds me of 2008 Philly game

I'm zen about this game

If we lose, we get good draft position. If we win we go to the playoffs. Win-win.

(so long as Philly, Tenesee, Chicago, Seattle, and San Diego win)

I'm trying to be

I’ll root like hell for this team, but I feel like a win (with the possibility of another in round 1) may long term hurt this franchise – I’m not sure we get to a SB talent level without a top 15 pick this year. Romo + Ware + Ratliff + Witten only have so much time left.

On the other hand, I think I’ll puke if the Giants win this division.

This situation seems heavy with irony to me.

well....the problem with this team

is way too many questions at too many positions. Unpredictable and inconsistent play all around. Despite all the many close losses, they are what their record says they are. Why should we expect anything different?

cmon and the giants are in the same position?

They have won 2 games out of 7!

same its like im playing i have butterflies and everything.

my wife laughs at me because of this all the time.

Turnover Tenesee

Go Tennessee, march down for a TD!

Touchdown Titans!

Go Titans!

Chia with past and recent failures of this team there is no reason to be overly excited.

It will be fun to watch the game . Good enough.

Am I the only one that thinks

‘Touched" is just a supernatural spin off of ’24’ by the looks of it?

Fox: Keifer, we give you 20 million, you play the same Jack Bauer character, except you run around with a little boy and fight ghosts
Keier: Deal

Keifer: Can I still drink on set and do the bank of america adds?
Fox: yes

WE'RE RUNNING OUT OF TIME!
Heheheh
There is a traitor vampire in our group!
I would run in circles like fool

dressed like a clown for 20 million

I'll do it for 1 million
750k
500K

don’t try to out bid me Haha

There's isn't much I wouldn't do for 20 million
root for Giants today?
brown paper bag 20 million I am sorry

but there isn’t much I wouldn’t do for that, if anything.

im with you

no homo but i would do extremely homo things for 20 mil… im having a hard time thinking of what i WOULDNT do for that much. maybe kill my mom. maybe…

pfft she would want me to do it.
exactly and ill watch every second of its short lived series haha
Bills fans are crapping their pants right now.
All 10 of them.
remember when they were 5-0

and Fitzpatrick was considered they smartest QB, AND they were thought to be actual contenders by ESPN, NFL Net, CBS, and FOX? They crapped the bed on that one. lol.

Then they gave him a new contract? That's when it all fell apart.
no, they lost freddie.
They were falling apart before that.
Yeah, it was before Freddie.
Just play , hard and play smart and if we lose, then we lose with no excuses. That's all I can ask for.
amen

I can almost stomach a loss if we get beat by a better team. The losses where we have breakdowns mentally, schematically, or through poor execution ate the ones that make me want to spork (yes I said SPORK) myself in the eye, violently!

*are not ate
The Giants aren't a better team.
But...but...but...ESPN...
but will they be on this day

I think not too. We’ll see.

Best team doesn't always win, that's for sure.
Terrance Newman said that Jason Garrett gave a speech to the team yesterday

that was the best he has heard in all his years playing football.

Too bad that speech can't make Tburn a good player.
TNew sucking up trying to keep his job?
Sadly, it will be the last one he hears from Garrett, ha ha.
yep truth

T-old is done

he will hear 1 next week
To bad this isnt a hollywood movie, but if it works for him,

then I cant complain.

This CAR/NO game is freakin good. 17-17
yeah it's a good one but...

No real defense. It’s like watching 7 on 7. Maybe this is the future of the NFL. Smh

Is it me or (except for S.F,),the NFC playoff teams D's are not that good .
Anyone see the flag called for the hit on Brady? What a joke.
Practice for his acting career.
I didn't see it but I can

use my imagination. Barely breathed on him I’m sure.

Saints already have 360 yards in the First Half ....

Jim Schwarz is a humongous pie hole.

He was a prick when he played for Georgetown
ho hum

Nap time before Tebow time. Catch y’all on late game threads.

Don't waste any sleep on Tebow.
I won't sleep on Tebow
Forgive me if this was talked about in this post already but

are the cowboys wearing blue today? I havent seen anything offical but rumor is the giants are wearing white

I heard that too. Gints pulling out all of the stops....lol
yeah. Although I like our blue.

I’ve never belived in the jinx. If theres a jinx its when the giants wear red or blue at home.

who would you guys rather see dallas play in the wild card... Lions or Falcons

I like our chances vrs both. Would love another shot vrs detriot to avenge that loss earlier this year. Atlanta plays so slow and methodical. They dont scare me, although they have a very balanced attack unlike detriot.

I know Im way ahead of myself but Im also thinking about who would have a better chance to upset the saints at home, which would send dallas to san fran for the divisional round. Detriot played the saints OK earlier this year whithout Suh. Atlanta just got run out of the building

Detroit, payback.
I would take Atl in a minute. Thier passing game does not scare me as much as Det. does
Uhh, I do not want to see Newman covering Roddy White or Julio Jones. *Shudders*
true but Newman and any of our cbswould look allot better with a pass rush

last week in the first half Vick had all day, no way Newman or anyone can cover that long. 2nd half was a way different story once Ware and Rat woke up

I am not sure who I want Newman covering.....

maybe Dez Bryant next year after the Cowboys cut the stupid punk

would you rather see him "covering" Megatron??
thats what jenkins is for
Damnit Bears and Titans

We need you to win! Stop sandbagging for playoff spots!

lol

they are still doing ok….

INT NICE!

GO BEARS!!!

Jared Allen is sitting on the edge of the record, needs half a sack to tie.

must be nice for him facing Josh Mccown
As terrible as this Bears O-line is he'll beat the record

Every time the QB drops back he gets sacked

the all time record??
Yeah, he's going to break Strahan's record
NOOOO!!!!

THATS HORSE CHIT!!!

I'm not sure Marc Colombo isn't a better tackle than the guy the Bears are rolling out there

He’s playing the worst I’ve seen in a long time and the Bears are refusing to give him any help.

Ware could break it too!
but it wont be as sweet if jared breaks it too especially if hes the first

im sure no one will make a big deal of brady breaking marino’s cause its already done. not fair!

unless brady gets more..
idk..

looking pretty sketchy. brees looks like he;s gonna get 400 today.

lol

more like 450 if Carolina can pick up some quick points.

I would not want to have to go to the Superdome this year

oh i know

I am just saying, yeah its great for the first guy but in the end itll be the guy who has the most who gets the glory. And ware could do it, hell know what he needs to get it too.

Yeah, Ware is going to get 5 sacks?

I highly doubt it after he didn’t get any 3 weeks ago.

welll duh

he gets all his sacks on the road.. at one point i think he had 13 sacks on the road and 3 at home.. or some extremely skewed number like that. i blame the home field disadvantage.

that makes zero sense
What doesn't make sense?
since last game he got 0 sacks that means he cant get five this game...
What is going to change?

If they could have done something different to get to Manning the last time, don’t you think they might have tried it?

a million things have changed.
I'll bet my house on it.
of course its not a high probability but the results of the previous game are not reason for that.
Ware will be on SNF

he’ll get the glory if it happens lol.

Jimmy Graham.....BEAST.
I haven't seen any confirmation that we're wearing blue uniforms tonight...

Can anyone confirm?

we are.

confirmed.

Ive looked all over and cant find anything but speculation

allot of people are saying the giants would have had to notify the league way before this week

never heard of that.
the mothership doesnt have anything about the jerseys

they typically would have said something

didja see this tweet

From T-New last night?
I’m a big TNew fan. I think he’s been a damn good player for us for quality years. Has his time come? Sure it has but I prefer to thank him for his time rather than berate him for his body not letting him play at the high level he once was capable of. Regardless, here is what he said in twitter last night:
"@terencenewman1: Jason Garrett just gave the greatest speech i’ve heard in all my years playing football."

+1Huge Newman fan myself

he got overlooked during his best years because he never had that many ints. True professional. Hope he steps infront of an Eli throw and catches it this time

I saw him play in college

I am a CU alumnus and when Kansas State came to Boulder I was very impressed with Newman. The KState fans that travelled to that game chanted, Terrance…Newman…. Every time he touched the ball or defended a pass. I was glad they drafted him, loved his effort, and am sad his skills have declined.

Jared Allen sack

#22

1 more sack and he sets the record

Already has 3.5 and they aren’t even in the 4th quarter yet

So Ware needs a 5 sack game too.

Sweet.

could you imagine what kind of damage he could do

if he had more then 2 seconds to work? stupid incompetent secondary..

or wasn't held every play
yea the Colts get

Luck- y

Awesome better than being in the NFC.
If I were the Colts....

I would see if I could get the Kings ransom from someone for Luck

why?

3 more years tops of peyton or 15 years of luck?

How to win in this league have above avg of 2 of the 3 and avg atleast of the other

HC
QB
Defense

id bet u could get at least a 1st for Peyton even with his neck injury.

maybe even more

oh yeah if he clears heck yeah,
If the Jets keep this up

They’ll play themselves right out of the playoffs.

good....

NY gets to watch both of their teams seasons end.

nah

I’d prefer the Giants have to deal with all of the media’s wrath.

What?
instead of it being divided up between jets and giants failing

he wants the giants to just fail

Oh. I responded after watching the Dolphins twist the knife. Game over.
Gronkowski is a beast
So is Nate Washington
Sproles sets all purpose yardage record
good god the Saints are setting records everywhere....

Brees, Graham, Sproles

set the record for points at home also

and that was like 14+ points ago I think

Meh it happens

No one really cares about records in football except Superbowl wins.

well

then I guess we have one worthless team right?

The Vikings in 98, Rams from 99-01 and Pats in 07 were the last 3 teams to be historically great offenses. They have had some decent playoff success – 3 SB appearances, 1 win. We’ll see how the Saints do

That would make us 2nd best all time.

Where do you get worthless?

ok fine

the Cowboys in the last 15 years are “worthless” then according to bigham.

Happy?

According to bigham...
No one really cares about records in football except Superbowl wins.

We have the 2nd most. No worthless based on that quote.

do what?
The only record football fans care about is the most superbowl wins.

No one cares who has the most passing yards or tds or any of that stuff, because its a team sport and it takes a lot more than that to win the ultimate prize.

Cowboys have the 2nd most Superbowl wins and the most appearances

i agree with you (for the most part)

i thought he was disagreeing with you saying superbowls were…… never mind

Exactly. Every Cowboys fan knows this.
what are you talking about?

I never said that.

I don’t mean records as in w/l i mean has most this or most that.

Jets get a stupid call to keep their season alive....

b.s. roughing the passer on 3rd down

they need like 3 other teams to lose dont they?

It won’t matter Bengals win and they are in and they will win.

Sanchez picked at the goal line
He really sucks
But ESPN was telling me how "clutch" he was last year and how good he is at winning games

All those ‘analysts’ said they’d rather have him than Romo.

How can he be bad? I thought he was the best!

I was wondering whether good performances in those playoff games would serve as a catapult to regular season success

Brady and Ben’s play improved massively after their playoff runs.

His did not. If anything, hes regressed. Im pretty sure I’d take Matt Moore over him.

"clutch" is a fake concept

BSPN gave Sanchez all kinds of credit for winning multiple overtime games last year. But good QBs don’t go to overtime. If you’re going to overtime it’s because you’re bad.

Now the averages are evening out. Now he’s playing as bad at the end of games as he does at the beginning.

well now with hindsight

I think its fair to say his playoff performances were fluky. But Ben’s 2006 run (where he had a couple great games) seemed like a fluke at the time, and it turns out the guy is that good. Same with Brady.

Overtime games are inherently lucky, you can lose without getting the ball. But he played quite well in the playoffs last season, especially in comparison to how crappy hes looked the last couple weeks.

No revisionist here - I've always throught Sanchez was bad
LMAO!

Sanchez is horrible

ha.

he’s so very average… without that crushing defense and dominant run game he’s not gonna make it. ialways hated how he got so much credit for the two AFC championship trips

good things going for Cowboys draft status....(in case we lose)

Philly winning…
Chi winning…
Ten winning….

I'm with you!
But we won't lose, so shut the hell up!
I have no idea whether it will stand

But Jason Taylor just had one crazy career ending touchdown. Unfortunately, it will be called back

Yeah I was hoping that would stand
Jets need onside kick to keep their season alive

awesome! I have really grown to hate the jets this season. i dont really know why….i just think sanchez is god awful.

I have never been able to stand how the national NY media talks about how amazing Sancheez is

and how bad Romo is.

I’ve thought Sanchez was about the 20th best QB in the league and Romo is top-8.

Griffin entering draft
He would have been a fool not to

He’s going to make a ton of money

yes he is

That guy is a heck of a player.

Colts officially get 1st pick

RG3 is going to be either the #1 or #2 pick of the draft
i dont think so

rams wont pick him and he definitely wont go first.

skins will trade away their team for him
im hoping the fins do that

but i think that a trade like that will happen a bit later then 2

Draft will be interesting

I wonder what STL will do.

Griffin is going to be great qb if he can learn the pro offence well.
What did you say about a Superbowl guarantee Rex?
he let his mouth overload his @$$ as usual.
NFL East is going to be hard fight next year.

Seems like everyone has something good to lean on and need just a little to be really good.

Allen won't get the record!

Ware has a chance..

no way?

Game over?

yes sir.

threw a pick now they’re killing the clock. game over.

Joe Webb throws terrible Interception

Great draft position for the Cowboys (in the event of a loss) already have secured.

Bears, Titans, and Eagles have now played their away above us.

Worst case scenario is pick #15 with a chance to get into the #13 slot if San Diego and Seattle win.

texans driving
Wait, what just happened?

NOOOO Texans have the ball!

Tennessee turnover, not over yet
All they had to do was run out the clock!

I’d turned the game off. CRAP!

TD they are going for the win

2pt!!

With that running game I would go too.
crap td

Texans going for two

crap crap crap crap crap
false starttttttt
probably helps them
still going for it
BAD SNAP GAME OVER

WHEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEW!!!

bad snap tenessee wins!!

crazy! Some team may miss the playoffs because of that play!

oh snap false start

I wonder if they still go for it?

LMAO

epic fail

Just what I thought!
Wow Packers-Lions has over 11 minutes left

And four games have already ended.

eagle games always last long

they still have 5 minutes

Rams have the ball with a chance to tie it?

Unreal.

the texans make me giggle.
Texans have garcia too?

Was that him on the sideline ?

they sure do
Wow

I’d love to see Texans Broncos Champ game haha

Yep

He was signed as one of the backups.

So how do titans get in?

Bengals lose and oakland lose?

Hmmm Matt Flynn is going to be a good trade bait for greenbay.
49ers stop rams after Clemens gets hurt.

look like they’re about to wrap up 2 seed.

Anyone have stats for strength-of-schedule for the 2011 nfl season?
Hold on I have through week 16 on my laptop, let me get it
Strength of Schedule through week 16

1. Carolina Panthers 142-114-0 .555
2. Buffalo Bills 137-119-0 .535
3t. New York Jets* 133-123-0 .520
3t. Indianapolis Colts* 133-123-0 .520
3t. Jacksonville Jaguars 133-123-0 .520
3t. Kansas City Chiefs* 133-123-0 .520
3t. San Diego Chargers 133-133-0 .520
3t. Denver Broncos 133-123-0 .520
3t. Detroit Lions 133-123-0 .520
10t. Miami Dolphins 132-124-0 .516
10t. Houston Texans 132-124-0 .516
10t. Minnesota Vikings 132-124-0 .516
13t. Green Bay Packers* 130-126-0 .508
13t. New Orleans Saints* 130-126-0 .508
15t. New England Patriots* 129-127-0 .504
15t. Philadelphia Eagles* 129-127-0 .504
15t. Dallas Cowboys 129-127-0 .504
18. Tampa Bay Buccaneers 127-129-0 .496
19t. Cleveland Browns 126-130-0 .492
19t. Oakland Raiders 126-130-0 .492
19t. New York Giants 126-130-0 .492
19t. Atlanta Falcons* 126-130-0 .492
23t. Tennessee Titans 125-131-0 .488
23t. Chicago Bears* 125-131-0 .488
23t. Seattle Seahawks* 125-131-0 .488
26. St. Louis Rams 122-134-0 .477
27t. Pittsburgh Steelers* 121-135-0 .473
27t. Cincinnati Bengals 121-135-0 .473
27t. Washington Redskins 121-135-0 .473
30. San Francisco 49ers 119-137-0 .465
31. Baltimore Ravens* 117-139-0 .457
32. Arizona Cardinals 113-143-0 .441

how do the records add up to 256 games?...

I hope this isn’t an incredibly dumb question, but given that week 17 isn’t finished, shouldn’t there be less than 256 games in these records?

That looks like last year's SoS to me
You 2 are right, wrong file. Here is the good one.

1 MIN .615
1 NYG .615
3 DET .600
3 KC .600
5 GB .578
6 SD .547
7 STL .538
8 CIN .537
9 NO .536
9 PIT .536
11 DEN .531
11 MIA .531
11 OAK .531
14 CLE .530
15 CAR .522
16 ARI .516
16 CHI .516
18 TB .508
19 ATL .478
20 BAL .477
21 IND .474
22 DAL .469
22 NYJ .469
24 TEN .448
25 PHI .438
25 SEA .438
25 WAS .438
28 BUF .422
29 HOU .404
30 SF .400
31 JAC .388
32 NE .369

well if the Cowboys happen to lose....

Chi wins..
Ten wins…
philly wins…

we just jumped 3 teams.

The playoffs are what we want, but it sure doesn’t hurt that our draft pi will be that much better if the Cowboys lay an egg (which seems to happen more often than not this time of year)

Happens more than not?

8 wins 7 losses hmm

i was talking about big late season games....not this seasons record

we haven’t had the best of luck when our season is on the line the last few years.

The only thing that's going to change that is if the D goes bat guano crazy on the Gnats O
SF clinches 2 seed

NO will be the 3.

would rather play the 49ers at home than play the Saints at home
Wait, is there any way we can jump Seattle or Arizona for draft position?

It looks like their SOS is softer than ours.

i thought so from requiem's post

http://www.bloggingtheboys.com/2011/12/27/2664799/week-17-rooting-interests

his numbers are different from Birddog’s though

thats kinda nice

so if we win tonight, the Giants don’t benefit that much when it comes to draft position.

I just did the math, I don't think we can jump Seattle or Arizona

Anyone want to double check my math?

No, wait, he's right, we can jump Seattle
Arizona ahead of us now

D’oh.

We cannot pass arizona anymore

so Seattle needs to win that game

Will be back on later

Have to packup and head over to the stadium. Take care everyone.

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