Dallas Cowboys Shaky In Pre-Season Opening Loss

redskins guy? i dont believe i said u were braggin out beatin the colts i live in Northern Virginia and most of my friends are gayskins fans and they are the ones braggin bout beating the colts and being 2-0..all i said was that i do agree wt you..and that was all..so how about you learn how to read and stop next time you accused The Landry Hat about complainin too much look at your self  and then you can talk

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Redskin guy lets hope opening day wont be like 98....I will never let you live that down

UHHHHH I do believe Felix ran pretty tough in between the tackles.Also his big runs he took inside through traffic.I spent five days at training camp and let me tell you son he is big dont believe the hype he isnt to small to run thru the tackles and he is fast he could be a starter on another team.....

Fair enough.  Also I'm whiny and obnoxious. I'll cop to that. :)

You're a Redskins fan. :)

Erik? Did you even read what I wrote? You know, the part where I said you can't learn anything positive from the pre-season? You can only learn bad things?

How exactly is that talking about how easily we beat the colts? I mentioned the Osaka game and the steve spurrier era for crying out loud.  If you're going to complain about me, at least pick a legitimate gripe. 

And can someone please tell Jerry to dump brad johnson? If something happens to Romo the season goes down the toilet.

I wasnt not able to watch the game which pissed me off but based on what I heard and read the string looked good the backups were a huge disapointment though.

Did anyone see Desean Jackson he looked good but he is bound to get hurt with his weight. I mean a guy picked him up and slammed him like it was nothing. I just dont see him not getting hurt weighing only 175 I belive it is.

i agree wt him too..but u cant deny that our starters walked up and down wt the chargers defense and our defense got a 3 and out the only reason they tied up the game was because they kept their starters longer then we did and u cant deny that...i love how the redskins fans are so happy wt their teams right now talking how they beat the colts so easily..hahaha any1 can beat the colts when manning isnt playing

oh dear god i agree with that guy above me..... lmfao

Speaking of New England, their first string didn't do much against the Ravens. I'm curious to see how they fare this year.  Thinking back, their team was very different in the second half of the year than they were in the first half.  I can't help but wonder if some of that had to do with the fact that teams started revising their defensive signals and the Pat's spy information became dated and useless about halfway through.  It's a lot easier to rack up huge points when you know what the defense is doing.

Just a crackpot theory I've been kicking around...

I love to see you guys rationalize your losses away. Oh the best teams always lose.  You guys could talk yourselves into almost anything.

That said, the fact of the matter is you can't learn anything positive in the preseason.  You can only learn bad things.  You can learn about injuries.  You can learn about the fact that your team looks like crap or this player looks like crap.  You can use the pre-season to help figure out what you should be worried about.  Anything else is fairly meaningless. 

Redskins looked great in Osaka and look where Spurrier got us that year.  On the other hand, for those of you who say all the good teams lose in the pre-season, well *BAD* teams lose in the pre-season too buddy.  For every New England loss you point out, I can also point out a San Francisco or a Miami who got creamed.  

Yall are reading to much into this preseason game. The only thing that really mattered was that the first string offense and defense looked unstoppable. Felix looked great in his nfl debut, i dont think he even showed his true speed due to nerves, he looked twice as fast at Arkansas. And Truth was right, what back up quaterbacks look great? Were lookin for every player at every position on every string to look like pro bowlers and its just not realistic. The fact is, is that none of those back ups will ever see the field together all at once. Great teams always lose the preseason games and then dominate when it counts.

David, you are exactly right. The back-ups on the O-Line still looked horrible. Most of these guys should have panned out by now.  As far as the rookies are concerned, I think you really can't tell too much at this point anyway. These guys still have the rookie jitters, and it doesn't help to have all the HBO cameras rolling on you when you are trying to become comfortable in a new and hostile environment. I like watching the show, but I know it's a distraction to these new guys. By the time these guys come home to Dallas in a couple of weeks, I think we will be able to tell a lot more about the new guys.

Oh yeah Pacman stunk, I'm sure it had nothing to do with the one year lay-off Ian.

If the Cowboys lose Romo, they are dead. Brad Johnson is trashmoney. That experience Mickey Spagnola keeps talking about is worthless, he won a ring because of the defense in Tampa. Romo needs to stay healthy or Dallas is doomed.

Boys fans,  Our special teams and back up offensive line sucks.  They better improve.  I'm also concerned about our back up QB.  Other than that we were very impressive.  And I am not the least bit concerned about Adam Jones.  And I also think once Felix Jones and Choice run behind the 1st string line they will be fun to watch.  Felix can run inside but not inside behind our shaky backups.   Barber probably wouldnt fare to well behind them either...

I don't think there was anything negative about the first preseason game.  It is a preseason game that allows you to evaluate your bench and make the necessary roster cuts.  The first team offense and defense WILL be dominate.  Amendola will learn from his mistake and is unlikely to fumble so easily again.  Plus with all of the return men we have, I doubt he be back on kicks again anyway.  Yeah, Brad Johnson sucks, but he is equal to EVERY other backup QB in the NFL.  The only team that has a backup QB that is close to their starter is the Cardinals, which is basically a two QB team, with neither a top tier QB.  In Bennett's defense, it wasn't like he actually was wide open and just dropped the ball.  It was actually GREAT coverage.  Real speed it didn't appear that way, but the replay you could see the DB come in last second and knock the ball out.  Preseason games are EVALUATION games.  Colts lost to the Redskins.  Patriots lost to the Ravens.  .... etc.  Basically the best team lost their game, league wide.  No big deal....

i think our starters will be fine. it's the backups time to shine. so if you got some issues now's the time to see them so we got some time in camp to deal with it. nothing to to get too worried about. the backup qb position is got me a little worried. i think johnson has the smarts of a coach out there, but his skills have diminissed some with his age and lack of playing time over the last couple of seasons. hope we don't need him, but we maybe should look for some other help there??????

You also forgot to mention that Pacman Jones stunk.

I forgot I think Miles Austin looked the best for the 3rd receiver spot and his hands looked alot better. Sorry we have Owens and Crayton we need some speed and hurd isnt bringing that so I think it will be best if Austin does turn out to be good. Ive always like Austin's speed just his hands werent great and he didnt fight for the ball alot. Last night he had good hands and he even fighted for the ball on one play. Stanback and Danny were both sloppy, Stanback did a rookie move by jumping in the air like he did and almost got a turnover for it. Danny for not tucking the ball better got a fumble.

They looked dominant on defense and offense 1st string of course. Felix looked really good cant wait to get him and Barber on the field at the same time. What also led to out lost was the Chargers still had their starters when we took ours out so they were scoring on our 2nd string. I did not like what I saw out of Brad he had no instinct when someone was behind him the whole time. Our starters were great to bad we couldent see them longer because if it was a real game our starters look like they would have dominated the chargers. 

Yes it was dissapointing to see a loss but Romo,barber,witten and craton looked sharrrrrpp.