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The anticipation is building, I need the Cowboys @ Giants game, now! But, still a few more hours to go. Check out the late games this Sunday while we wait.

This is an open thread for game chat.

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We Ready

We got this boys!

Boooooooo

4 more hours :(

What kind of superstitions does everyone have on gameday?

Only one I have is, I don’t shave.

i wear the jersey i wore last game

unless we lost then i wear another. i wash the one i was wearing if we lose. i wear the underwear i wore every game i ever played.. thats it i think

well not every game.

since freshman year

tell me that you wash them.....
the jersey?

after every loss. the boxers.. well ya see……

I am superstition.
I usually commit 1 murder unless it s a big game...

then I commit 2.

Hmmmm real killers want to get caught maybe we should send police after you.
sacrificial opposing team fan of the week.....I like it....
romo jersey on as the national anthem playing

And cap on backwards

take your cap off during the anthem
Really??? Really CBS?

Broncos vs. Chiefs? That’s your feature game? Meanwhile there is actually a PAIR of good teams in Cincinnati w/ much stronger playoff implications.

whoah whoah whoah!

we got tebow. what more could you ask for?

Anything but Tebow.

Had about enough of him. He really isn’t very good at all.

Tim Tebow says "Hi"

You have to show Jesus Blood….and talk about him 24/7…..and watch him cure cancer and aids

we have pitt vs the browns......cinc vs balt would be much better
this just in:

Ray Rice is kinda good

i never understood how he could ever play a game

where he’s healthy and gets anything less then 15 carries 20 touches.8 carries? i swear i could be a better OC then some guys.

Look at those legs go. Like a sewing machine.
Det takes lead...

I want them for the Cowboys in the playoffs just because I want to see their coach’s reaction when we end their season.

good Lord

they’re still playing.. not even ot

I'm with you on that

I wanna second shot at the Lions!

cowboys are in playoffs?
yep

Giants forfeited game because Eli cut himself in his “learn to shave” class and he can’t make it to the game. And they certainly couldn’t go with Carr.

Does anyone have a SOS for draft position this coming draft?

Lot of interesting things happening with 7-8 and 8-7 teams today….

well I do know....

that it was good for dallas that Chi, Ten, and Philly won…..all move the Cowboys up in the draft if the Cowboys finish 8-8.

We need to root for Seattle and San Diego to win to move up 2 more spots. There was a fanpost on this about week 17 rooting interest.

Thanks, must of missed that fanpost.
http://www.bloggingtheboys.com/2011/12/27/2664799/week-17-rooting-interests
oops

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

Has anyone double-checked the math?

Seattle’s SOS is very close to ours I think

no, AZ's is

seattle won that division so they had to deal with the Packers + Saints

ESPN has SOS in their playoff standings, don't know if its updated

http://espn.go.com/nfl/standings/_/type/playoffs/sort/conferenceRank/group/2/order/false

Look at that

So there’s a chance we can jump seattle or arizona regardless of who wins?

49ers won that division
he was referring to last year i believe
Flynn

For MVP if he brings pack back

He is FA we should try to get him.
he'll get a chance to start from someone
Pretty sure GB will keep him
If they are smart.
why would he go back to GB though?

Aaron Rodgers is young and he’s never gonna be the starter there. I don’t think he wants to be a career backup, if he’s a UFA he’s gonna go somewhere he’ll get a chance to start

show him the money....if he doesn't walk you have to respect his love for the team he's with...
That's right. It's a team game and if you are on a great team then

why would you leave unless you were a selfish piece of $hit?

uhhhmmm if you just wanted to be a part of a winning team

then go be a waterboy for someone. players wanna play and flynn will never play behind rodgers.

Exactly. Why is that even a question??

Of course he wants to win but who wants to say "Yeah, I was part of a winning team. We even won a couple of Superbowls. I was on the sideline while we did it. " He’s got a ring already as a backup. Now it’s time for him to go try to take a team to the big dance on his own. It’s hard to believe that some fans think an NFL football player, who’s probably played and competed at a top level his entire life, who’s been the best player on his team all the way up to the NFL for the most part, would really make a conscious decision to throw all that work away so he could be 2nd best and ride a bench.

it is confusing sometimes

i know they saying winnings everything buuut winning isnt everything

Either that or Aaron Rodgers is officially overated and not the NFL MVP
they should have co-MVP's this year.

Bree’s definitely deserves it as well as Rogers.

i think you have to seriously wonder about detroits defense if Matt Flynn drops those kinda stats on em...
oh my God

broncos lineman just broke his ankle something fierce wow that was crazy

We cannot pass AZ anymore

so Seattle winning that game helps draft position.

GB winning helps too (hurts Giants + helps us). But I’m not sure if I’d rather play atlanta or Detroit if we do pull out the win. Actually probably detroit, I want a rematch for that friggin loss. Lets go Flynn!

rooting for Seattle + SD

we pick 13th if those things happen and we happen to lose tonight.

Man the 13th pick would be very very nice
How did you determine that?

Did you factor in tonights victory?

I've been rooting for this, in case we lose tonight:
If Dallas loses (hopefully Santa gives Dallas an extra gift of making the playoffs), the Cowboys will be 8-8. Here is what needs to happen for Dallas to move up to the 13th pick (each occurrence moves Dallas one from its current 18th position):

Philadelphia defeats Washington (@ Philadelphia)

Seattle beats Arizona (@ Arizona)

San Diego vanquishes Oakland (@ Oakland)

Chicago wins one of its last two games (@ Green Bay and @ Minnesota)

Tennessee overcomes Houston (@ Houston)

Santa left Dallas a win-win scenario this morning
by ScarletO, 12-25-11
Matt Flynn

Insane…would be great for Romo to eat that secondary alive.

Looks like atlanta

Sheesh Julio and Rody against our secondary smh ugly

well we've already seen what Calvin Johnson will do to it
only after Gerald Sensa goes out with an ankle injury...
If Atlanta comes to Dallas and beats us it'll suck but I can live with it.

If Detroit comes down to Dallas and ends our season and Mike Furrey gets to crack the Dallas star again with a spiked football it’ll be apocalyptic.

We need to thow it up to Dez more like Julio Jones gets

And more slant Dez is a WR version of Adrian Peterson after the catch

Falcon Punched

Headline of next week’s Dallas Morning News after we beat the Falcons

Let's not get ahead of ourselves.
ATL's practically won already

Detroit looking at a 6th seed if they don’t manage the comeback

stafford and megaton

FAIL

Calvins Johnson damn!
Calvin has a Johnson?
Hehehe. Huge one It seems
TD Antonio Gates

GO Chargers!

Atlanta up 21-0

looks like they will be 5, Detroit 6. If we win, we’ve got a home game against the Falcons

Draft update

If we lose today at the very least we’ll go 14 maybe 13. Still waiting on SD, Ariz, and Seattle.

things are really falling our way today
Loving it Lissy

It would be great to draft 13th, that would really help our rebuilding

your way..not our way....

not on the draft position wagon…..

Yeah, I'm on the beat the hell out of the Giants bandwagon right now. Later I'll be on the draft position bandwagon
we can't pass AZ anymore

need Seattle to win

Why not?
their two extra games were Minny/Carolina

both have lost.

So as long as Requiem’s stats are right, they have 120 wins set in stone and we cannot get less than that

I believe we have a weaker SOS right?
according to this link Arizona actually has a stronger SOS

http://espn.go.com/nfl/standings/_/type/playoffs/sort/strengthOfSchedule/order/true

right so we're all good.
hmmm....

we need to lose to get to 8-8. Thats two wins right there that are the difference I think (AZ needs to win)

For us to tie

We need to lose (pick up 2 SOS wins because of Giants)

Arizona needs to lose (picks up 2 SOS losses)

they will pass us

woops

Arizona needs to WIN so they pick up 2 SOS losses

I don't think division opponents count twice
Where's OCC when we need him?

Damnit this is too complicated – haha!

I don’t do losses.

when we win,

All the brain cells you killed figuring out draft position based on us losing will not be regenerated :-P
Just sayin’

If we win we'll go 21
21 is fine with me
U play to win the div..

There are No guarantees picking a player at 13-14 .. Of course the odds are better but I much rather see a playoff appearance than a maybe drafting at the 13-14 spot

Will be back on later

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

Awesome Birddog! Hope you get to see a Cowboys playoff-clinching performance!
have an awesome time dude
Atlanta Falcons next week!
What tiebraker

causes the Chargers to miss the playoffs if they win + Denver loses? It appears to me like they win the division if this happens

theyre out.
... right?
why though?

if they win + Denver loses

They all finish 3-3 in the division.

SD is 7-5 in conference. Denver + Oakland are 6-6

im pretty sure they're eliminated
if chargers win and Denver loses

Denver wins division.
If raiders win and Denver loses, raiders win division. If both lose, Denver wins. Chargers are out.

ok I see now

SD loses the tiebraker based on common games. They lost to the Jets while Oakland beat the Jets.

I knew the playoff scenarios already, just wondering why they were true lol

because the chargers are terrible and cant get out of their own way.

thats why!

Typical soft-coach team

Wade, Norv, etc.

ahh ok gotcha.
SEATTLE!!!!

Awesome strip and fumble recovery

tebow....

where was heaven that time?

seabass

For 83 yarder

bucs give whole new meaning to terrible and self destructive

their te literally tackled the intended receiver when he was going for the catch. led to a pick.

TD Chargers and TD Seattle

It’s all falling our way

sorry FG Seattle
nvm int seattle

Stupid Cardinals

i dont see how all this will help us win tonight..

befuddling.

Yep it's ridiculous..
i guess im missing something

cause i was under the impression if we won tonight we were in the playoffs.. but apparently we need all this other help getting in as well sarcasm

ah stupid striking

(sarcasm)

There's nothing wrong with win-win situations kitten
i understand

but it seems like yall will be disappointed if we win tonight and “screw up” our draft position

Nope, I want to celebrate either way

Celebrate a great draft pick or a playoff appearance

fair enough

i think

+1

Myopia is a hell of a thing

hmm Tennessee actually

needs both Denver + Oakland to win + Cincy to lose. They lost the head to head to Cincy so they can’t win unless a 3rd team gets into the race.

Playoff scenarios always make me laugh. Tennessee cannot make the playoffs unless two teams with similar position in the standings WIN.

CHARGERS TD!!!!

Kickoff return all the way!

Go Chargers!!!

I'm with you...

it cracks me up that people get upset about rooting for draft position. You never now when moving up a position or two lands you a premier player.

Plus it is not like we don’t want dallas to win tonight, but we are realistic that it may not happen

AFC is a mess this year

Pats have no D
Steelers have a broken Ben
Texans are on their 4th qb
Raiders + Broncos+Titans well…aren’t very good.

The Ravens and Bengals look like the most complete teams, which may lend itself to a win in NE.

And you never know which of those teams willl show up….

is anybody watching the bucs?

is there a reason to watch that game over the ravens/bengals game?(at least that the alternative game at my location)

humor?

Holy crap its 42-0 LOL

told you it was humorous
also they're doing it in spectacular fashion

never have i seen a team fail so hard look so inept and just be pathetic in all respects of the game. hilarious.

And that's with 6:00 left in the half.
That's a team that can't wait to get off the field
i wonder if they would ever consider forfeiting the rest of the game..
GB beats the Lions without Rodgers. Interesting.
and flynn does what rodgers never has

he’s clearly the second coming

Still think NO will clean their clocks
The Bucs have quit on Raheem Morris.

42-0 in the 1st half? Not to mention getting drilled by carolina and Dallas.

hey guys did Allen broke Strahans record ??? i

I Just got out of church lol

nope. missed it by .5 sacks
Missed it by 0.5 sacks
thanx guys.. and uffff .. i wouldnt like for that clown to own the record..
Hope you said a prayer for us tonight.
I actually did. first time I do it too.
Was it a "Hail Mary"?
lol yea
The Bucs must fire Morris....

his team flat out quit on him.

it's a shame

he’s a very promising young HC

He may be one of those guys that is a great coordinator but a bad HC.

Wade Phillips.

not even a good coordinator though

he has a terrible defense.

Maybe with another team after he is fired on Monday?
I Wonder If the Jets

fire their head coach.

Doubt it.

He keeps their fans interest up when the team doesn’t.

42 points in one half.???That's just shameful, Morris.
so if cowboys or giants lose tonight they are still in the playoffs?
No
yeah, whoever loses tonight will be the 6th seed.
no they wont.

whoever loses is done. where are you getting this?

oh yeah never mind.
atl and det are the 5th and 6th
atlanta and detroit will both finish with 10 wins..
Whoever loses tonight is just the last team

to clean out their lockers for the season.

what about playoff losers
I'm talking about this weekend.
Look at the qbs in the AFC vrs NFC playoffs

Rodgers, Brees, Stafford, Matt Ryan, Romo/Eli and Alex smith

vrs

Brady, Hurt Big Ben, Flacco, TJ Yates, Tebow, Dalton

NFC teams have allot tougher matchups. Brady looks at the rest of the AFC and Bens the only one close to him and hes still hurting

epiphany.

sanchez is everything people accuse romo of being. people get them confused somehow.

and jamie dukes is an idiot.

he just said NYJ wr’s are as good as any corp in the league

More like Daisy Dukes ... LMAO!
lol Wow

I would take 2/3 of the other 31 teams wrs over the jets

Ever since Dukes lost some weight and did the infor commercial for it

Hes been a stuck up angry A Hole.

A few years ago he had the show “put up your Duke’s” he had fun with it, cracked jokes, made fun of press confrences. Now its like he wants people to take him serious because hes a different man

I almost feel sorry for Sanchez

I think the organization has let him down; that offense is so boring.

I felt that way for a while but I just dont think hes any better than an average QB now

He fails to ever throw the ball downfield. He gets allot of passes tipped. He just doesnt seem to make the little plays that add up in a game.

Sanches sucks

The only thing he’s good at is handing off

meh..

i might feel sorry for all the crap he catches. if he were in KC or St Louis he wouldnt be so scrutinized. as far as being a QB though i dont feel bad. he’s just terribly average. he cant carry a team he needs a good defense and good run game.

The talking heads are all idiots!
Wow I hope the refs tonight are as bad as the cincy game.

I think I saw the SJ wearing purple.

just remember...new york jets 0 penalties......

thats all we need to know about how this game is going to get called tonight….

omfg

I forgot about that actually. UGHHHH

On a side note

Jasonb is a ball licker.. That is all

we know this
Yeah, old news.
old news? Yes.

but it still deserves to be greeen

Well, he used to be a shaved ball licker,

now he is a hairy ball licker.

He may very well lick both
so whats the over under on the picks that GB is going to get for Flynn....

after a game like that you would have to think he’d be almost as valuable as the 1st pick in the draft…..

hes a fa
not if GB designates him as a franchise player...
And who will want to trade for his huge contract then?
hmmm.....one could hope the Skins?
Why would you hope that?
cuz it would seem like one of the boneheaded moves that Danny used to make....
why would they do that

they’re gonna let him walk they cant keep him

that would be the stupidest move of all time

Pay 15 million + for a backup?

arizona did it for Kolb....wouldn't be unheard of...
no...

GB won’t franchise him, no one will trade for that contract. GB will be stuck with a huge contract

i know...was simply making light of how well he played in one game....

somebody will try to pay him a fair amount as a FA tho you would think…

Yes there will be abidding war for him

but thats about it.

I am thinking 4 years 25 mil something like a rookie contract. for a top pick

qbs are in high demand

I wouldn’t be surprised to see him get ~8 mil a year for a couple years.

Why all the fuss over Flynn?

They played Detroit. Their defense sucks.

hes done good before

also rodgers didnt have that good a day against the lions. he hasnt ever had that good of a day.

That's exactly it. He's Matt Schaub sort of. Played very well when given the chance.

There’s going to be a team willing to throw Ryan Fitzgerald money at him IMO

i was originally making fun of how well he did..going with the second coming bit from way up earlier in the thread....
theyre not paying that much for kolb
LSU needs to fire their QB coach
Are you kidding and being sarcastic?

Kragthorpe is still one of the best at grooming young QB’s and they just had a commit from the #1 high school prospect in the country who wanted to work with him. I know Kragthorpe was diagnosed with Parkinsons and stepped down as the OC but he is still very sharp and better than 95% of the others out there.

We'

I got a couple of Cowboys buddies heading to a bar in downtown Manhattan. They don’t take very kindly to us up here (have you read some of the local papers up here? sheesh!). But, we pledged to stay as classy as we can and represent Texas well. I’ve been through a few of these up here and sometimes it hasn’t been pretty! Get our back, boys! We’re goin’ in…..

just refer to the fact that dallas fans have never shot themselves in a New York club b4....

should really open up the conversation….

or been arrested for statutory rape ala Lawrence Taylor

Oh, do they so like to paint the Cowboys as classless. Ridiculous.

see, look what I just did. I did say I would conduct myself in a classy manner and there I go dropping THAT.

What bar?

I should come out! haha

Seattle ties it

Oakland within 8 now + Cincy within 7. Looking like AFC playoff race will come down to the wire

We're goin' in - part 2

FYI, it’s been weirdly quiet before this game up here. No ugly glares at the star. Dont know what it means…..

means sit with your back to the wall......

haha. We’re sitting at the bar. Not good?

just make sure you have a clear avenue of escape....and be prepared to grab a bottle of vodka from the bar..stuff a rag in and light it to create a diversion...
we'll line up a few Bud bottles and be ready. Nice tactic, though. I do have my boots on tonight, though. Those can do some damage.
ahhh...a good pair of steel toes are always good for shins....
laugh in thier faces when we beat them.

ay least we’re in Manhattan and not in the Bronx or New Jersey. You know that New Jersey is the actual home of the Giants, right?

i always kinda giggle about that

cause the dallas cowboys are based in arlington.

There is a difference from being in a suburb of your main city and being in a total different state....
i know i know

but its still the same thing albeit not as big

hence the giggle and not a full blown laugh....
no its not.

Its really hard to be in the actual downtown of such major cities. But you can atleast be in the same state.

they're actually located in a different place then they're name suggests

sounds pretty similar.

not unlike Washington Redskins.....they are in Maryland now...

they share a stadium with another pro team – the Jets. Seems odd.

tell that to a NY fan of either team and you won't make it out alive...

like telling a marine he actually works for the navy…

no no no

Marines work for USMC..

uncle sams misguided children
lol

i know they’re a department of the Navy

My A## Rides In Navy Equipment
Marine?
me no....was army actually....
ah

very nice

it was...except the year and half i spent under a pineapple field in hawaii....
didnt enjoy hawaii??
hawaii was great....

lovely beaches….awesome mountains…was beautiful/…great place to vacation…spend a couple of weeks…as a caucasion tho you get a great deal of racism from the islanders and the cost of living is extremely high…that and i hated the 9 hours over water when flying to the mainland….

maybe thats why dog the bounty hunter got in so much trouble

when he lost it on that racist tirade..

the native samoans have always calling to leave the USA

they care more about the asian tourists than they do about the us dollars….should have seen the panic when the yen lost value against the dollar a few years ago….

its that big a deal to them huh?

shame

when you go there as a non native you are openly called "howlie"

means foreigner directly translated….has the same connotations as other less flattering terms tossed around…..

thanks for your service
thank you

think the proudest i ever saw my dad was when he saw me march on the parade field at basic graduation…

Thouhgt it was Muscles Are Required, Intelligence Not Essential...
There's irony in there....
I like it...

my boss where i work is a marine…a short one….have to watch how i push his buttons but we go back and forth all the time…really great guy but to his detriment is a pitt fan…..guess thats where the lack of intelligence comes in right?

A friend of mine is going , 50 yd line seats 11 rows up (Giants side) $1100.00 each
Nuts!

Best seat in the house and all the beer I want … no pesky Giants fan to deal with. 1100 each … even if I had Jerry’s money I wouldn’t go.

one reason I'll never go see a Skins game in Landover.....

not gonna contribute one penny to the funds of Danny Boy if I can help it…

TB has scored 18 unanswered to get back to...42-18

LOLOL

and how many fans did the Falcons pull out of the stands and put in pads before this happened?
wait...how many fans did the Bucs pull out the stands to start this run?
what a run!! LOLOL
How to lose in the NFL

Tebow takes an 8 yard sack after scrambling around for 5 seconds that takes them out of fg range.

The clock has struck 12 on Tebow. His 15 minutes are up.
LOL there's still like 10 minutes left in the game
He only needs 3 minutes and 4 pts... it isn't even Tebow time yet
Tebow's time is up and over.

He won’t even make it halfway through the season next year before he is replaced.

he wont be starting anywhere except jax if there
Wow, just saw a clip of the "roughing" they called in the Pats game. No one can

tell me Brady doesn’t get special treatment.

Certain QB's in the league you do not breath on

I think it was Spencer who got flagged for touching him after a pass when Dallas played them.

I remember that call, that was a joke
That call was simply outrageous. I realize this is Mr. Immobile we're talking about, but

he looked like he was pursuing the play; why shouldn’t the other player block him?

Block him?

Hell he put his hand on his chest as he was going by after Brady passed.

Which other QBs get protection? Just curious, since we know it ain't Romo.
Peyton, Tom, Drew, Aaron, any qb not named Tony when the Cowboys play them...
I haven't really noticed that honestly

Brady on the other hand gets seemingly every call his way

Drew and Arron not so much

Vick you watch, he is outside the pocket and they call you for a hit. Dalton, Sanchez and Ponder is what I see. It may be a perception on my part but they seem to get the “Iffy” calls.

youngins that they are trying to protect from getting killed?
Brady is 1, 2, and 3

No one gets league protection like Brady

the way if he gets touched and calls for the flag it gets tossed almost every single time....
i mean its nice that Brees did so nice this year but if Marino was protected by all these rules that are in place now its a moot point....

that and the 5 yard yard for his WR’s….just think about how many yards he would have put up

We're not wearing the blue uniforms tonight..

Liars.

Why concern on uniform colors?
We have a losing record wearing the blues.
Looks like white being worn by bailey in pre game war ups
Tebow's got another chance
probably won't matter since Oakland is losing.
3rd and 5 and denver runs
Well they have Tebow they surely can't pass LOL
Cmon Ravens, I DO NOT want to see SPitt with a 2 seed!!!
Tebow just want's to make it interesting!!!! He's going to let KC move it to the 30 and then punt with just 2:32 left on the clock.

His punt returner is going to muff the catch and then fall on it at the 2 so he will have to take it 98 yards with 220 left on the clock and no time outs.

is that 24 unanswered for TB
wow...took awhile for the guy sitting in the nosebleed section to make it to the field i guess...
This follows the "close in the 4th" rule

and Tebow is still undefeated in this situation.

We’ll see how it goes.

hey TB has scored 24 unanswered...LOL

You know if they won this game, then we would be in the playoffs regardless, IF we had given a damn in the Philly game. (Still REALLY pissed about that game).

Why are you assuming the team just tanked the Philly game?

I thought the defense played hard, much better than round 1 although the pass defense was still poor.

Once McGee entered the game, it was over. We didn’t exactly light up the Eagles D with Romo the first game, and McGee can’t throw the ball more than 10 yards downfield apparently.

I saw a flat, lifeless team for much of the first half, after which the defense woke up

regardless of Tony or not. Both of our sets (O and D) of Big Uglies were horrible for much of the game.and who says the team has to give up when the backup QB comes in? I really despised that game.

I saw much tighter coverage and far better run D then the first game, even in the first half

Philly still was very effective, but i thought the D played hard. Honestly, our D is just not that talented.

I thought the Oline looked bad in large part because McGee was making awful decisions as to how he moved in the pocket. Romo makes a lot of those guys miss easily.

comes with experience.....

Garrett really should have gotten McGee more work that week leading up the game….maybe he would have performed better…

I don't think we intended to rest Romo

Ware played most of the game after all.

did you see the PFF grades on the OL for the game?

awful

McGee just probably isn’t an NFL QB.

SD driving

a td here and Denver + Cincy are in.

thought that tenn and pitt were the wild cards for the afc
they aren't going to score 18 more pts in the 4th

IM SORRY!!! LOL

no one thinks so

just think of the what-ifs, though.

RAY RICE!!! And Balt gets 2 seed ..F.U SPitt!!
I'd like to see Cincinnati get in

But I want the Steelers to be a wild card team much worse.

I'm worried about ONE THING!!!! The Giants

Not one what if has ever won us a Superbowl!

Here comes TEBOW!!!! LOL
4/14 all game and I bet he hits a big pass going down the stretch.
Imagine Denver's D in Dallas

Fantasy football

or any D in Dallas ,sadly..:(
the Allas Cowboys
I really wouldn't put a lot of value in the Denver D

They gave up 40+ to the Bills, Patriots, and Lions… KC doesn’t have any real offense so holding them to 7 wasn’t that big a task.

Cowboys inactives: Greisen, Holmes, Walker, McCray, Chapas, Arkin, Geathers.

Walker?

Frank Walker?

Yep
Yay, time for the Alan Ball show!

New York’s favorite

I dont get it.

He’s got to be hurt or something. Only way that could make any sense.

Is Alan Ball the 4th CB for this game, then?
well that makes Victor Cruz's assumption that they have the advantage against our CB's a fact then.....
Holy crap

So that new safety better come up big, man silva?!

TD Oakland
ouch!

Boss got hit hard in the back of the head after the catch

Update from Metlife

Romo looked pretty good in warmups. Can tell he is jacked up and motivated. Ball had a lot of ip for warmups.

Great to hear, BD!!
John Elway must be very proud

3 points, 3 freaking points. Tebowwwwwwwww!!

would be nice if his skill position players had names like brandon marshall....
would also be nice if someone would give the Denver defense credit

….and not Lord Tebow.

that defense wasnt doing a whole lot before him..................

but yes they’re playing well

could the lack of turnovers and the time that running the ball move with Tebow at QB increasing the time that the denver D was on the field have anything to do with thier increased effectiveness....
and Peyton Hillis and Jay Cutler
Jerry Rice couldn't catch the crap Tebow throws out there
TOUCHDOWN SEAHAWKS!

Tied game. Go Sea-bags!

it was just 20-10...
Ha! Redman loses another fumble

Brownies still in it.

Osi is actve, too.
Update from Metlife

From up here it did not look like Romo had a wrap on his hand. Temp is not to bad so no need for a glove today.

Odds against Tebow here

starting at 15 with no timeouts.

The Raiders are still alive so this is a high pressure situation

roughing the passer

I hate that call, but its the rules nowadays

yep it is technically a roughing the passer

however i have seen it not called plenty this year

From what I've seen its been called consistently

doesn’t happen much though

Chargers worst special teams ever
at the 40 ... with 53 sec
LMAO....

NFL trying to make Tebow win it

well his receivers arent helping much
Another Tebow wounded duck
nothing comes out of his hands looking good
#12 get some hands

they’d have a hard time winning even if he caught that though

Tebow loses

Bengals in, Titans out + Raiders playing for the division

And the Tebow legend dies at last
The clock strikes 0.00 on Tebow Time
LOL he's down and out
The devil showed up in Denver.....

so God is now screwing Oakland.

CHARGERS TD!!!

2 score lead

things are breaking our way...come on Seattle!
and Denver gets in anyway lol
Tebow 6/22

60 yards 1 INT. Wow.

I think I saw Elway praying on the sidelines
Tebow and TO in the Arena League

I’d pay to see that

good for Cincy and Dalton

although Dalton is dead to the media while pretty boy Tebow is praying all over the field.

Dalton has done a great job under the radar.

feel bad for Oakland a little

Campbell + McFadden getting hurt probably killed their chance at the division.

Cannot believe they gave up all that for Palmer though.

Even without Al Davis the Raiders manage to be worse GMs than Jerry
I know it's a bit early for off-season talk but...

What’s the salary cap situation for Dallas in 2012? Are we in salary cap hell because of all the cuts we made this summer?

I think we are like under 3mil or something small like that
more restructuring in our future next year then to try and get some free agents or another quiet year in that regard using the draft to increase the talent level?
Just did some reading because the Seattle/Arizona game is terrible

Sounds like the salary cap carry over rule is a real thing. So the Cowboys can carry over about $18 million of this year’s cap into next year and can get a $1.5 million salary cap exception. So we suffer about $25 million in dead cap but get to add about $20 million in salary cap exceptions.

So at the end of the day we should expect to have about 15-20 million in room to play with.

I talked about this over on Raf's site

It’s over $18 mill I think. So even with the dead money we’ll have plenty to work with but so will other teams. Plus, I think we save like $6 mill if we cut Newman. Certain cuts could save even more for players that might not be back anyway. Also, this is all predicated on the salary cap staying exactly the same as it is this year which I’m not sure of. Here’s a link to a guy who breaks it down:

http://cowboyszone.com/forums/showthread.php?t=220666

Cincy at Texans next week.

Cincy can win that.

I'd be shocked if they don't

Houston may be starting Delhomme lol

good, NO 2 seed for SPitt!
Why is it a good thing for Rapelesburger to get the number 2 seed?
I said N-O as in NO 2 seed for Spitt, F them!!
I think he meant no No. 2 seed for Pitts

Baltimore winning clinched the division.

Palmer lucky that wasn't picked

watching games with Tebow + Palmer back to back is sit through

and there we go!

season over. Denver hosts Pittsburgh

ugh, HOW can Denver win that one with this TERRIBLE O???
that one was picked
is tough to sit through*
Oakland finished
Anyone know next weeks tv schedule?
They usually announce it after the late afternoon games are over

We should know the schedule by tonight’s game.

I know just curious if it was leaked already or whatever

I want to take off work asap.

If this is to be believed

This has us playing the last game on Saturday, assuming we win tonight.

hmm that is weird

but would be perfect

It would be weird

Because we play the Sunday night game on the road, then get the Saturday game after that. But it’s better than not being in at all, I guess.

That's what your 1st and 2nd rounders got you Oakland

an INT machine that gives up the division to Tim Tebow.

Congrats on being the worst run franchise in the NFL.

The ghost of Al Davis strikes from beyond the grave.
Cmon Clowns, beat SPitt!!
it doesnt matter

the Pitt game means nothing now

true, but I still wanted to see them lose!
It's probably been discussed already, but we're rocking the white UNI's. Just got a picture text from my buddy of Romo throwing.
sweet

sorry guys for spreading rumors that weren’t confirmed, I took bbv for their word

Lisssy was talking about colors when I came back on. Not sure why Uni colors are a problem.
blues are bad duh! ha
As a former player I understand certain superstitions

Through high school and college as a team we hd certain things we did every week. As a player I had one superstition I had. At the start of the season I had my family and friends sign a T-Shirt with thier name and a message. I wore it under my pads and did not wash it all season. Still have all off them framed.

Sounds similar to Jordan's college gear.
i had underwear i wore with money all over them

wore em one day for good luck won that game so i wore em again. went 10-0 that year (JV). still wear em when i need luck..wore em to a job interview and i got it :D

among a bunch of other times
LOL. What is bad, or good, that is not the only time I have heard of that with players.
lol superstitions can be good

it can give you confidence.. if something makes you feel better then it helps thats how i look at it

I had this dumb ritual when I played semi-pro football

where before a game, I squatted down with my arms out and sidestepped left to right for a few minutes, I figured it’d help me being a lineman at the time (despite being really undersized for one, I’m sorry but being 245 lbs. ISN’T lineman size) But I was no. 2 on my teams depth chart and only started/played 3 games, the first game was awesome as I lead blocked for 3 touchdowns, but got overpowered on double teams and facemasked repeatedly with no flags on my next game. The 3rd game was average. But my awesome game was the only game my team won, so that makes me some kind of a “hero” i suppose.

Booyah!

I actually feel better hearing that. :)

I don't agree with Coach Fox

He’s got the ball on a 4th and 9. From around their 30.
Why do you punt?
Just to not look bad?
Best case scenario if you fail to get a first is they kick a FG.
So it’s 10-3.

I hate stupid Coaching.

+1 that was a bad decision
they had 3rd and 5 at midfield with like 5 minutes left

and ran the ball lol.

He drives me mad...

..and I’m not even a Broncos fan. If I had Tebow I’d never, ever punt on 4th and 1 from midfield, yet he does routinely. Also, I’d throw in a lot of random 2 point conversions just because I can.

Seattle about to punt to Peterson
and perfectly covered

looks like another OT for Arizona

Cowboys Twitterverse is saying the rain is getting harder in MetLife Stadium....
oh no I need to make a beer run
Not raining in queens yet, I'm going to get that before the storm gets over here

be back in a few

Chargers win!

Cowboys lock up #14 pick should we lose today.

Great great situation to be in. Win and we get the playoffs. Lose and we get a great pick.

I’m zen about this game. It’s good for the Cowboys whether we win or lose.

Zen zen zen. Go Cowboys!

still have a chance that Seattle wins too....
That would move up one more, right?

To 13?

CB Frank Walker inactive....
GB-DET early game

Matt Stafford and GB’s #2 QB Flynn threw for a combined 1000 yds and 11 TDs that was friggin amazing

Come on home Norv..........

come on home.

I can imagine Jerry saying that

In his best Darth Vader voice.

I know one starting QB doesn't have those stats for the whole season LOL
Seahawks 30 yards to field goal range and victory
EVERYBODY

What changes do you hope to see in this game compared to the first game?

So if Arizona wins and Tony gets injured in the 1st half....

we get pick #13 in the draft right??

(not that we should lose of course.)

weather underground is saying 70% chance of rain in east rutherford tonight.
WIN IT!!! Other then that I don't care!
I love how the Cowboys lied all week about Romo's hand
Yes i saw somewherr his hand looks bad
you know

they should have just come out and said McGee was starting to throw off the Giants
idk, lying like that all week pisses me off

Im a little pissed as well

I rather them be truthful so if it is effecting his play we know why. By lying you now open the door to Romo is a choker instead of a gut it out player that we know him as. Perception is not reality when it comes to him but alas they have their ammo ready

they lied again

It pisses me off, I am just never believing anything they say anymore, nothing

why would you give the giants the truth?
The Mediocrity of the AFC West is truly remarkable

three 8-8s and a 7-9. It’s hard to get more average than that

meanwhile we are 8-7
sadly, the NFC East is not far behind.
lol

coming from an east with 1 9 win team, 2 8 win teams and whatever record the redskins have.

True...just thought it made an interesting fun fact
I have no confidence for tonight

I hope I am dead wrong, but this is just getting worse and worse
hands not healed and not its raining

I hate to agree with you but....
I am just not feeling this at all
I'm looking at this rain coming down and am cursing Murray being hurt

We could use a running game soooooo bad right now. And I mean a tough, gut out a yard when you need it type running game. Giants have the advantage with Jacobs in this type of weather

dang chia

very uncharacteristic of you.. you changed your sig you not confident. whats a matter?

just not feeling it

this team is too inconsistent the defense has been awful we cant stop anyone and now Romo’s hand is worse than they led on, plus its raining
not feeling this at all

perfect storm to start a new legacy!

no longer do the cowboys lower themselves to the occasion they rise to the occasion! against all odds in pouring rain damaged romo no murray after being embarrassed by the giants they come through in the clutch with a resounding victory and defy all the odds.. dont lose faith chia just a few more hours

got the same feeling as u do Chia...
Explains why Romo never said it was all healed up. He just kept promising he'd play.
Romo's hand is still a blimp

great

yup

BS’d all of us all week and I believed it, I am never believing anything they report out of Dallas anymore

I was skeptical

this looks bad. Romo’s history with hand injuries does not have me hopeful anymore. I was getting more and more confident as the week went on, thinking he’d be 100%

same here

they made the WR’s and TE come out and say he was throwing the ball great too
they made people lie, dont like that at all

where are you guys getting info

that his hand hasn’t gotten any better?

NBC

and Collinsworth said his hand was huge, he didnt want to shake it

Yeah, I hadn't seen that yet
Did anyone else think Cincy should have gone for it on 4th & goal from the 4?

I thought so at the time, because I thought they’d have time to get a FG but not a TD later. I was right — though I’ll admit they probably should have gotten a pass interference penalty on the 2nd to last play.

idk I didnt watch any games today

I watched like five minutes of the Jets, Saints, Broncos games, thats it
only one game matters

They were down 11 with 4th and 4 and about 3 minutes on the clock.

They kicked the FG, then gave up I think 1 first down before they stopped Baltimore, then drove to around the 30. The last 2 plays were passes to the end zone that failed.

I guess you kick the field goal
That's what they did...

I didn’t like it though….to me those are your best odds of getting the TD. There’s still a good chance of getting the FG on a later possession.

I would take the points too much time left
I guess I kind of view it like Poker...

When you’re on the verge of going out and you finally get that good hand, you go all in…sure you might lose, but you’re probably going to lose anyway and that’s you’re best chance to get back in it.

spencer needs to have a big game
yeah I am still waiting for that
OK, Who's the idiot that started everything today about us wearing the blue uni's?
how about this, because its true

we have lost 7 games in a row on NBC Sunday Night Football

someone earlier said we were wearing blue unis when were not

thats what hes talking about

So we're due, right?
lol you would think so right
they've tended to be epic

Tashard Choice/Alex Barron game, Romo hurt against Giants, brutal losses to Packers and Eagles, collapse vs Jets

Wasn’t the Redskins game in week 16 2009 on SNF though? so thats 5 games…

Redskins, Packers, Eagles, Jets, Eagles, Giants and I think there was one more in there
maybe its 6 not 7

but still, a staggering amount of consecutive losses on NBC

oh ok you are right

Romo got hurt on MNF, not SNF. And we did play the Eagles on SNF that year I think.

that would be bigham........lol
boo

it was on bbv first!

If his hand if F'd and can't pass,, you have to put McGee in...

you
never
put
mcgee
in

+1

I think you try to get a running game going and hope that

1) it takes a while for the Giants to realize the pass isn’t a threat
2) Romo can tough it up enough to make a couple plays and get the win

I'm slowing dying while the minutes tick by
glass half full look at it...

our season is still alive as we speak.

In case of the worst, where would we be in the draft order?
are they wearing the blue's, worst idea ever
not our decision, home team gets to decide
They're wearing white. You guys aren't watching?
yeah idk where the rumors came from, I saw white
Thanks, hoping for much lower :)
Hand looks like a blimp, but looks like he's throwing it well and pain free.

Worried about fumbles though.

Right..you can see a lot of Shotgun snaps tonight
and hopefully some sort of running game

I’d love to see them take a little pressure off Romo, you know the pass rush is going to be coming like crazy.

keep it @ 24 or under D..and we will have a great chance
winner of this plays ATL

I think we would destroy them at home

Worried about their WRs against our secondary

But I like our pass rush against their line and our offense would have a field day

other than that, I would like our chances
I would take my chances with that!
I hope the team doesn't have the same attitude that im seeing here on BTB

I know its tough guys. We’ve all been let down so much this season. I know Tony’s hand looks like the marshmellow puff mans hand but we have to believe gosh darn it.

If you stop believing then you are no better than any player on the team that has given up. As fans, we can’t control anything about the game. But we can control our faith in the team. They are in a hostile place and they need all the support and faith that we can muster up, even if we aren’t there.

All we need is a little William Wallace Brave Heart belief.

FFFFFFFFRRRRRRRRRREEEEEEEEEEEDDDDDDDDDDDDOOOOOOOMMMMMM!!!!!!

WHO’S COMIN WITH ME???!!!!

(very timidly) me....
well said
LOL Paul .... My sword will be dipped in blood!!!!
Witten getting interviewed right now.

What a great player.

ALL IN!!! LET'S GO BOYS!!!
All class versus Jacobs Trash
all these if we lose comments are discouraging

Only thing I want is a win and a spot in the playoffs

Chin up boys

Everything broke our way in today’s games. We moved up 4 spots in the draft to #14 if we lose.

If we lose this game all is not lost, we have great draft position and ~20 million in salary cap next year.

Everything is going to be okay.

and if we win we get a home playoff game

We’re in a fortunate position. Just enjoy tonight.

A great way to look at the finale.
How many hits can romos hand take?

Is he going to wear a pad?

Jacobs looks like an ape, but not as smart.
anyone know the tv scheudle yet?

for next week

hopefully we'll know by half time of this game.
I read some where Saints will play Sat, so winner of this game (Cowboys) will play Sun.
I believe the #4 seeds play Saturday and the 3rd seeds play Sunday
I just want use to be the late game!
figures all day long the weather was decent down there...
We have the better running game....

Weather is a plus….

I agree that the weather is a plus

should help slow down the gmen’s passing game.

SOMEONE, anyone plz shut Jacobs UP! plz
Did

Jared allen break strahan’s sack record?

no, he only reached 21, missed it by .5
Why won't this game start already

I’m dying with anticipation here…

if they play hard and smart, and still not win, there will be no shame in that.
lol

“Jared Allen needed 4 sacks but got 3 and a half. Where was Brett Favre when you need him?”

well done Dan Patrick

Mendenhall suffered a serious knee injury

will be out next week, probably for playoffs

Romo its your time to shine and bury the giants....... bro

go cowboys!

God I HATE Harrison. A hole, suck a Cowboys hater, just like Faulk.
seriously, Faulk wants to sabotage our team!
we dont need your picks NBC. we just want the cowboys win it.
Metlife Update

Teams are out, time for the Cowboys to get a seat at the table. DINNER TIME!!!!

Word is Romo's hand looks awful. Any impressions yet?
He is fine
Good. I'm going with you over Collinsworth.
Love Collie, but he cannot tell when his wife is wearing makeup
someone said Collinsworth said it was still huge. I don't know what to believe.
I am friends with the Collie

Don’t make me bash the dogs ass.

Brooking is getting the troops hyped. i believe!
about all he is good for
hes actually good on run defense.
faith hill has her final perfomance?

Yeah like she does anything but change two lines haha

is this the gameday thread?
No. The game day thread is up.
Update from Metlife

Sean Lee lusting after sideline reoter. He did walk away checking her out.

Newman is getting beat ALL OVER THE FIELD!!!!

Seriously I am okay with him being benched.

Newman and then Ball ...no skill

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