Will Dallas Cowboys Beat Tampa Bay?

The Dallas Cowboys should beat Tampa Bay, led by quarterback Byron Leftwich.

Both teams were battling for a playoff spot last season and the Cowboys came through with a clutch 13-9 win, even with noodle-arm Brad Johnson at quarterback and an anemic offense from both teams.

This year, it’s  a lot different. No Terrell Owens. No Joey Galloway. Former Cowboys and current mental case Antonio Bryant has a bum knee. And we have no clue how the Tony Romo-Roy Williams connection is going to work.

It doesn’t matter. The Cowboys have the superior rushing game, and to win they will have to rely on their three-headed monster and their two superb tight ends. They don’t need wideouts for just a few plays a game.

The Cowboys should win easily against the Bucs this Sunday.

Dallas will want to run the football to have the clock moving. The Cowboys have a strong offensive line but it must refrain from costly penalties. Barber can run inside and at the goal line, making him a very valuable player. Felix Jones has speed and will help spread out the defense.

Tampa Bay, on the other hand, has a new defensive coordinator in Jim Bates, and it could take time before that squad warms up. Can Cadillac Williams stay healthy? It’s doubtful. But if he does and the Bucs can play some defense, the came could be close. Both are tough teams.

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yes blue collar as well as blue star. that's good D and running. =championship quality. romo to witten? does'nt get more blue collar than that.

Our secondary did not perform well in taking the ball away, and Romo didn't do a good job protecting the ball.

However it'd be interesting to see how many ints/fumbles Romo had last year during the preseason compared to this year.

I'm willing to guess he threw more last year whereas this year he protected the ball and his only INT was to a rookie wide receiver on a deep route and Romo immediately said "That's a ball I should hold onto."

I like his maturity and our run game and honestly our O-Line is going to do fine this year. I like our chances, we're average in that we aren't flashy, and that's not a terrible thing.

Turnovers were a problem last season as you all saw. Romo had 21 by himself even though a 1/3 of them were not his fault but still. During the preseason I noticed Tony Holding onto the ball alot better than last season so hopefully that extra work will cut down on his fumbles and he wont have to force the ball to T.O. any longer. Newman Scandrick and Jenkins will have to come up with more INT's and the front 7 will need to come up with the fumbles.

Until the defense steps up..not just holding the other team but getting turnovers..I fear the result...

Our offense is good enough..Wade is the defensive genius..Go out and prove it..Wins some games D..

Go Cowboys..

i kinda agree with ron. our biggest test/tests is in the nfc east as always. the key to success will be the D. if we can get in the top 5 overall with the D-run the football successfully-keep the turnovers down, the passing game will come in on it's own. passing never has to be forced, that is smething that is a by product of D/rungame. and that wins championships=proven.

All games will be hard earned for the cowboys this year with the boys being a very average overall team. Unless our running game is top 5 in the nfl we are doomed. Hope one of the wr steps up to be a number 1. Next year need of. line and wr help bad...Lucky to win 10 games. Hope the of line doesn't get Romo killed...

I think We got this but like Dave said they need to focus and get er done.

This isn't the same Tampa Bay Defense we saw last year, I think we have a really good chance.

the rams were supposed to be an easy win last year too, remember that one.......just get focused and get er done as they say.

Easily?..On the road in the NFL?..

Let's just take a win and move on...