Jan
17 by Shawn K Categories :
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I Still Love The Cowboys

I’ll try to keep this short.

Dallas had a great year.

Minnesota had a great year.

I still won’t cheer for Minnesota.

I expect Jerry Jones to keep Philips and Garrett and the majority of coaching staff intact.

The Vikings beat the Cowboys today. Badly. I don’t expect that to happen again soon. We can break it down 37 different ways, but it comes down to this, they scored more points than us. I blame the offensive line.

Romo has had his share of mistakes the last few years, but I still believe the O-Line needs to shoulder more blame than our QB. The past few December’s they haven’t played well. This year they did. Today they let Romo get roughed up, a lot. He didn’t really get a chance to do anything because he was always on the run. As good as Adams has been for us at LT, I think we need a definitive succession plan in place there. He’ll still be our guy for a couple of years, but we need someone to apprentice under him, and be ready to play in case of injury, like we saw today.

Kicker will once again be an issue as well. Folk is already gone, I expect Suisham to not be back. It remains a point of frustration for us.

We featured a lot of new starters on defense this year, and by the end of the season they were coming together and playing well. There were a lot of plays they could’ve done better on today, but I expect an offseason of reflection and refinement will bring them back next year, with an opportunity to set NFL defensive records as a group. I fully expect at least 5 shutouts next year. Some youthful depth at Safety would be pretty spectacular too.

I already mentioned our O-Line still needs some improvement and bolstering, Doug Free is a good start. I anticipate (along with seemingly everyone else) that Jones will be the primary back next year, but Barber will still be heavily featured.

Here’s to next season (in my never ending optimism), as Dallas marches to become the first team to win a Superbowl at home.

Now I just need to figure out who to cheer for through the Superbowl. Stay true to the NFC or pull for the AFC? I guess I’ll be cheering for the Saints now.