In doing this top-10 list it becomes apparent to me that the Dallas Cowboys have the most overrated coaching staff in the NFL. Jason Garrett should be ashamed of his play calling Sunday. Dave Campo better get that secondary to play better.
10. The coaching staff is clueless
- I cannot tell if these guys want to run a west coast offense or focus on the run. It is a complete cluster**ck. Who is really in charge of these guys?
9. Me! Me! Me!
- Did Terrell Owens really say at the post-game press conference that he didn’t get enough looks and that when he was open the ball was already thrown to someone else? Really? Hey dipshit, we all hate losing, but your remarks were completely absurd. Don’t rewind back to your dolt days even if the Cowboys go 3-13.
8. Felix Jones didn’t touch the ball once on offense
- Did the coaches even watch last week’s game against Green Bay? With one special carry, Felix broke the game wide open with a 60-yard run. So, who is the genius who decided not to give him the ball AT ALL? I mean, is this good coaching? The game was close throughout, whose genius idea was it to abandon the run? Wow. See reason 10.
7. Marion Barber only touched the ball eight times
- How did this happen? How in the world did the coaches decide to only give Marion Barber the ball eight times in a close game?
6. Terence Newman was awful
- I wonder what Terence Newman has planned for his $50 million that he won in his new contract? Do you think he is buying a lot of bling bling? I have an idea of one thing he could buy: the handbook on how to cover Santana Moss. That was pathetic. He was crushed for two big touchdowns and nearly three. Has secondary coach Dave Campo pulled up his damn pants yet?
5. 12 men on the field? Who does that anymore?
- Please see No. 10 for more information. But seriously, who the hell has 12 men on the field anymore? That’s the sloppiest thing you can do. That’s coaching like a chicken running with its head cut off. Head coach Wade Phillips’s expression was classic, and moronic. Yes, Wade, you allowed 12 men on the field. Or maybe you didn’t do it. I had always thought that it was someone’s job on the coaching staff in the final minutes of a close game to count the players on the field during player changes. Wow. That’s football 101. What is even worse is the Cowboys only had 2 penalties all game, and this was one of them. Even when they cut down on penalties, they make big mistakes to lose the game.
4. Tony Romo makes another critical error
- Tony Romo’s interception was bigger than the 12 men on the field penalty. And a rookie made the interception, to add salt to the wound. The Redskins secondary was crippled, and we still couldn’t find an open receiver when it counted. Romo, who has thrown an interception in every game this year, can throw all the 300-yard, 3 touchdown games he wants. But if he is going to continue to make critical mistakes at the most important moments, then he’s not as effective as people think.
3. Daniel Snyder has voodoo power
- Who spiked Snyder’s energy drink? In the locker room after the Redskins win, his face was red and the midget owner flamboyantly screamed “If we’re physical, we win!” What a douchebag. The guy is a creep. However, it is apparent he is skilled in voodoo power. At least he doesn’t criticize referees.
2. Sam Hurd has hands of stone
- How did Sam Hurd not catch that onside kick? And is Nick Folk really the Cowboys best player? I say yes, he is. Folk kicked a perfect onside kick and it went right into Sam Hurd’s hands, and he conveniently dropped it. Wow. If he catches it, the Cowboys need just 25 more yards with more than a minute left to win the game. And Sam Hurd drops it.
1. Note from refs: You won’t criticize us again, will you Jerry Jones? Yes, the refs were not easy on the Cowboys.
- There were plenty of missed calls in this game and I have the game tape to prove it. Not only were receivers held all game, and pass interference calls missed all game, there were a few facemasks, a false start and several other calls missed in this game. Oh and I will watch the game tape to prove it. This was retribution for Jerry Jones’ negative comments against referee Ed Hochuli. Why Jones felt it was necessary to comment on a ref who screwed up in a game of which the Cowboys were not a part is beyond me. But I bet he won’t do it again because we now know the refs are listening, and they’ll screw you right in the ass if they want. They did.
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So I’m guessing you were one of the guys predicting 16-0 for the boys? One bad game and Jason Garrett is now running a clueless clusterfuck offense? Come down off of the ledge. We lost a game in the always unpredictable NFC east…….. CHICKEN LITTLE!!!!!!!!
No colorblind, this is not the first time the Cowboys play called like this. It was unacceptable. They were playing chicken little. No, I did not predict 16-0.
What a bunch of crap. 10 points and not one of them gives credit for a Redskins team going into enemy territory with a brand spanking new head coach and DOMINATING you.
That’s shallow and pathetic. You didn’t just beat yourselves. *WE* beat you. And Dan? I have the game tape to prove it!
Nice job of coming up with excuses. The Cowboys absolutely contributed significantly to this loss, but the Redskins didn’t play anything close to their best game either. I have gone through the DVR and can find so many problems it isn’t even funny. The bad calls from the REFs went both ways as well. The Skins just outplayed the ‘Boys on Sunday, and have now won 5 of the last 7 meetings. I’ll take it.
RG the skins won but they did not dominate. If the score would have been 31-10 or something then you can go ahead and call it that but obviously the game was alot closer than that even though the redskins played better than the Cowboys. so congrats.
On the “better team” debate… we can ALL agree that the Redskins WERE a better team on Sunday. That is obvious. They won, and they did it in a lot of facets in the game. I wouldn’t go as far as to say it was “dominating” but the Cowboys were slighted in every category. The Redskins EARNED that win, but only because the Cowboys opened the door for them to, and like ALWAYS, the Redskins are going to walk through that door if its opened for them. They can be a 28 point underdog and they always still make it a close game. With that said, I think everyone that is saying the Cowboys are still a better team are talking about as a team overall, which is true. Check out the updated power rankings later this week. The Redskins aren’t going to move ahead of the Cowboys. I still think the Cowboys are the BEST team in the NFL. Everyone that I would possibly put in the number one spot above them (Broncos/Eagles/etc) also lost this week. One thing is for sure. The Redskins should move up in the power rankings, and now ALL four teams in the NFC East should be in the top 8 !
LandryHat, I agree with EVERY one of those contributing to the loss though. It looked like the used last years Patriots playbook. All pass, no run. But instead of Tom Brady zipping it, Romo looked REALLY flat. His stats weren’t bad, but I think that’s the worst Romo has EVER looked. Even worse than the Bills game last year with 6 picks. EVERY SINGLE THROW looked like Chad Pennington threw it. Every one of them looked like a slow lob that barely made it to the sidelines. That is exactly why he threw that interception too. The CB had a 20 yard cushion, and the man responsible for covering the flat had all day to run under the pass and intercept the ball. When you combine that inefficient play with passing the ball 90% of the time, you will end up with a loss. The 2nd half adjustment should have been to run nothing but RUN plays for the entire half. Instead, they did the opposite. Also, did they not learn for the Browns or Eagles games? They looked like they played prevent defense the entire game on all of those. The Browns receivers were open, but dropped balls and they got off the hook. The Eagles did run up the score on our defense, but we just were able to score more that game. The Packers game, they went away from that and ACTUALLY PLAYED DEFENSE. The Redskins game, they went back to prevent defense and played RIGHT INTO THE REDSKINS STRENGTHS. Moss and Randle El are both little return men with good hands. They’re not really your typical NFL WRs. THE WORST POSSIBLE GAME PLAN FOR THEM is to give them a BIG cushion, let them throw a hot pass for 2 yards, and then run in open space and break it into a 20 yard gain. That is ALL that they CAN do, and thats what they GIVE them…. OUTRAGEOUS ! Oh, and I don’t know what TO was talking about either. He got the ball EXACTLY 1/3 of the time. He claims that they lost because he didn’t get it enough, but reality is, if they cut his looks in half and gave them to Barber or Felix we would have won. I think there is a link to his hyperbaric chamber. Just look at Michael Jackson….
Anyway, the good news is that we play the Bengals, Cardinals, and Rams next. Hello 6-1 EVEN IF THEY PLAY WORSE THAN THEY DID THIS WEEK !
The Defence laid an egg….a texas-sized egg. The worst part is that we cant blame it on Roy Williams getting burnt on a pass play. Now that I look at it maybe we do need roy williams back there….
Redskins Guy, I would have used that as one of the top 10s if the Cowboys actually were dominated. We weren’t. And it is completely dumb of you to say the COwboys were dominated. Your defense gave up more 300 yards in the air alone. It would have been worse if we actually ran the ball. Most of the list is spot on why the Cowboys lost. I congratulated the Redskins and you already ass. I don’t need to turn the Landry Hat into the Riggos Rag. You have a resource to congratulate the Redskins, so go do it. We don’t need to witness your breakdown because I am pointing out true reasons why the Cowboys lost. Domination was not one of the reasons. Sam Hurd catches the onside kick and you wouldn’t be here right now, ass.
Thank you LH…Amen!!!
dan stop wasting your time answering the gayskin gal..they have not dominated anyone so i highly doubt he knows what domination is..well lets move on its only week 4 i much rather lose now then lose late in the season..im glad we r back from the clouds i agree they beat us fair and square we have a good schedule and we need to realize that they we were prepared and we werent we shouldve runt the ball more but its over we r 3-1 and they are too..i still know we are the better team lets focus on the bengals now..they got a lot to worry bout when they face the eagles ..and as much as i hate the eagles i wish them luck and i know campbell wont be as lucky wt the eagles by this time next week we will be 4-1 and they will be 3-2 so that keeps me really happy..we got the bengals, arizona and the rams…lets now focus on them..we still have one more match agasint them and let me tell revenge is really sweet
owens number 9 and sam hurd number 2????????????????????
explain how a guy who was barely on the field the entire game is at fault vs a guy who got a third of the plays sent his way
and the INT was big but blame him more than you have to give credit for that defensive scheme…… corner that far off and rolling the safety over…. brilliant!
order should be
1. 10, garrett calls the plays his fault for going to t.o. 18x
2. 9 t.o. for pressuring garrett so much he feels obligated
3. 7 barber needs double digit touches period dont abandon the run
4. 5 how much time ran off before we got the 3and out after that?
5. 6. im no longer blaming williams for moss’s big plays vs us
6. 4 the int was a killer but was great defensive scheme
7. 8 felix got dressed for nothing. what a waste.
8. 1 part of the game cant control it
9. 2. almost foo……. your job could be in danger that’s a play you need to make
10. voodoo power? idk jews did voodoo
Whhhhaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaah!
You want some cheese with that whine?
anonymous, use your name, this is the land of the BRAVE and FREE, not the pussy ass whimps that are afraid to post with ther real name. your probably a waiter makin minimum wage at some dive resturant that does’nt even serve wine, unless it’s in a box. asswipe
RG is right to a point. they beat us on both sides of the ball. and we did not in my opinion, play the game to our strengths, but relied to heavily on that big play to get us back in it after they had all the injuries in their secondary in the 2nd half. we could have run it, but i think it was just too tempting looking at the matchups we had against their secondary not to take some chances with owens. we -should- have thrown to him alot, but if romo is more acurate with some of his passes and a little sharper, it’s a different ballgame. he was just not on it.and i don’t think owens was being selfish to say that he needed the ball more;, but when your to top D corners are hurt, you got matchups you can exploit, so you go to that often, and with romo to owens, if you hit on it, it’ll be a big play. so i think owens was just saying what the coaching staff was obviously trying to do. owens has not been a problem this year and has been overall a good team player, so lets give him some credit. if we can consistantly get him the ball, it’ll be successful for our team. any arguement there? it just did’nt come to a complete game this week. we did’nt use the run to balance the pass attack. it did’nt work together.
look at what owens has meant to this team since he’s been here. why not try to get him the ball 18 times a game. hell i would. yeah felix should have gotten the ball a few times, but he is a rookie. knowledge is coming slow. they did a good job stopping the run early and with there injuries on D, it seemed to be the way to go. the young guys they got on D just stepped up and made some plays. they beat us, hell admitt it guys. it ain’t the end of the world and we’ll learn more from this loss than anything we’ve done so far this season. we got weakness in areas and now we fix it and go on. we’ll see them again. we face NY twice yet. we’ll be there when the dust settles, they probably won’t……so on to next week. run the barbarian, pass like hell to owens and witten, and sneak felix in a time or two. sounds like a game plan to me. hell i could win with a game plan like that. we know it’ll win. it’s up to the opposing D to stop it, washington showed today they could, will anybody else be able to. maybe not……thats why we play 16 of them.
You know, I agree with most of these as big components to the Cowboys’ loss, except for one; #3. I’ve heard some unnecessary rationalizations of losses before, but that’s pretty ridiculous. I understand it’s probably a joke, but after a loss, you have to be retrospective and look at what your team did, not what the opposing owner said in the locker room, to his winning team. Otherwise, a solid article.
I’m beginning to think that Romo thinks he can just play erratically and his teamates will pick up the slack. Those balls he threw Owens were thrown for Owens to have to leap reach or run like hell to get and they were thrown either really hard or not hard enough. He was really off. That ball he threw when it was intercepted, was so obvious and slow, I could have ran from the stands and intercepted it. And the secondary looked like this was their first game in the NFL. If I just drafted a CB that ran a 4.31 and has show that he’s aggressive, why wouldn’t when you saw Newman struggling put that back up CB in? Scandrick should have came in the game. I know there is loyalty with Newman, but dang, we could have used some speed out there. The D line always works hard and they did against the redskins but even if they pressure the quarterback, it doesn’t matter, if the CBs and linebackers don’t cover. And Felix Jones was not utilized enough nor was Barber! I kept saying, why aren’t they giving the ball to Barber or Jones, when it worked so well in the other games?!!
Good points LiLi.
How bout running the ball! The main reason for the loss was no run plays period! The skins played great today no doubt. But come on don’t come over here sayin’ yall just dominated us. I know beating the Boys is like winning a super bowl to Skins fans. But I blame this loss on our few rushing attempts and……..the skins playing a perfect game.
11. Everyone on the Cowboys is an Asshat!!!
Now there is an intelligent and informed statement. And everyone on your team scratches their jewels in public
1st off the cowboys are way overhyped!, they look good on paper only…their are a lot of old players…big does not mean better…only the players, x-players and fans believe all the hype…romo is over-rated and T.O.’s ego will not allow a SB ring to be had…he has none in his career!, romo is pushed around by T.O., which means homo is no leader…the wheels are coming off the wagon…tune in next week!!!
Overhyped? Geez, the idiots are really coming out of the woodwork now
It is ONE GAME. Why are we placing so much weight on it? NY guy the shrimps took some time last year before they jelled. Were they considered doomed after every loss? You had SIX of them if you remember. To me a good indicatation is how you play in your last third of the season. Struggling early is not a signal of doom and gloom, just as winning early is not a sign of success. Maybe you are overhyping YOUR team at this stage
First, let me say that I in no way mean to totally dismiss the Cowboys as a powerful team. They are; every team in the NFC East is a monster team and I’m thrilled that the Redskins are no longer considered the retarded stepchild who’s lagging behind. I think this game says more about the equal might within our division than it does any long term domination we have. Any given sunday is a saying in the NFL, but it’s a way of life in the NFC East and that’s as it should be.
Definitely the Cowboys contributed to their loss. I think they looked at this game as an easy win and were surprised. I think Romo is a little too cocky for someone who’s never won a playoff game. I think the Coaches were very stupid for continuously going for the big play when they would have been better served by a moving the sticks running game.
That said, Dan you can give us some ounce of credit. This game wasn’t nearly as close as the score was. The fact that you were in it at the end didn’t change the dominance the Redskins had in time of possession. It didn’t change the fact that the Skins destroyed you with that long time-consuming drive at the end. And many of the points you did score were given up when it was largely too late (eg the last touchdown) or when it was halftime and the skins GAVE you the field goal to ensure that you didn’t get a last-second TD.
The number one reason you lost should be and is TIME OF POSSESSION. You couldn’t stop the Redskins. They stopped you far too many times. Period.
Your claim that this was a close game is about as absurd as if I were to claim that the 2007 Redskins at Cowboys game in week 11 was close because the final score was 23-28 and the Redskins had a chance to mount a comeback in the final moments of the game. Seriously, look yourself in the mirror and admit that you got defeated soundly. You can have the most talented players in the universe and it won’t help you if they never show up on game day; and just because they’re talented on paper, it doesn’t make them the best team. I won’t claim that we can beat you every week, but I do expect you to give us SOME credit for that win.
Thank you to those Cowboys fans who can give us that much. Peace.
yea we got abused in the loss but it’s hard to feel terrible when you know that you hadnt lost until less than 2 minutes left vs a team that’s played it’s balls out pumped up hardest……. i’ll give you guys the credit but i dont feel the need for top 10 or pouting because i still consider the skins the “retarded stepchild who’s lagging behind” and we got beat by that child lmfao.. but it’s september
GUY, I gave credit! I want to your site and gave credit! I gave credit. I am not going to give credit in a TOP 10 reasons why the Cowboys lost on a Cowboys blog. We did not lose because the Redskins were so awesome. We lost because of many of the reasons I listed. Sam Hurd. The refs calling a missed field goal good, etc. We won that game in my mind. Cowboys are 4-0. But the Skins looked great, real good. Jason Campbell was awesome. What the hell do you want on a Cowboys blog? Stop being a douche
Cowboys are 4-0? You’ve really lost it now. So you’re basically admitting that you’ve lost all touch with reality. Got it.
It must feel nice to win the superbowl each and every year…even if it’s only in your head.
Behold the power of imagination!!!
i never saw what was so great about the cowboys anyway.. don’t mess with texas.. psssshh.
Stop being a douche? Are you kidding me? You take the time to come up w/ 10 bs excuses and ignore the 1 actual reason for the loss (that the cowboys got out-played and out-coached) and somehow you’re not the douche here?
This is never easy.
NOW YOU CAN’T BLAME JESSICA SIMPSON FOR COWBOYS LOSS. WHAT BULLIE COWARDS USING JESS AS A SCAPEGOAT DUE TO COWBOYS ARE’NT GOOD ENOUGH. WUSSIES
Holy illiterate caps lock, Jen. That’s a lot of internet yellin’ you’re doing there.
Wait….I know you!