Dallas Cowboys In First Place After Beating Philadelphia Eagles
The Dallas Cowboys are in first place of the NFC East after beating the Philadelphia Eagles last night 20-16 in Philadelphia.
The game breaker was a 49-yard touchdown pass to Miles Austin, his only catch of the game. Austin somehow flew past Sheldon Brown and was wide open for a lofting touchdown pass from Tony Romo, who was 21 of 34 for 307 yards, one TD and one interception.
The Cowboys were 7 for 15 on third down plays and the defense held the Eagles to 4-12 on third down plays, plus a huge fourth down stop of a Donovan McNabb sneak.
The Cowboys still had too many penalties, with 11 for 70 yards.
The Cowboys rushed the ball just 23 times and passed it 34 times include 12 passes on first down. I am not sure I am a fan of this ratio. I would have liked to see the Cowboys run the ball a tad bit more.
The Cowboys also broke out the Wildcat offense, and had decent success with it. Tashard Choice seemed to lead the way in that form of offense.
All in all, this was a very good outcome for the Dallas Cowboys.
The defense showed up and the offense played well enough to beat the Eagles late.
First place belongs to the Silver and Blue this week.
Why would you want to run the ball more when we were getting stuffed so often? The only time we got the run going was at the end of the game when they couldn’t blitz, or in the wildcat.
And I thought the wildcat had more than decent success… With the exception of it’s ability to seemingly encourage holding.. It averaged like 8 yards didn’t it? I didn’t see one where we didn’t get a good gainer, may have missed it though.
Boy the penalties really were a killer though. Seemed like every series we had to overcome some 3rd and long because of a 1st down penalty. No Flo Adams penalties though, wow!
Good game Cowboys, way to adapt to that blitz-happy defense.
November 9th, 2009 at 11:25 amKD, I say I wish we would have run the ball more because 1. it is only a matter of time before Romo has 3 INTs again 2. the game was close, so run the ball 3. We have three very good running backs and the Eagles had zilch. Over power them.
November 9th, 2009 at 1:23 pmGood game. I’m glad the Cowboys won, I think their defense played well for the most part.
November 9th, 2009 at 2:05 pmI think KD is right they would have run the ball if it was working better that the pass. The pass was working you had Roy catching balls, Crayton and Austin at the end. Lets not forget Olgtree either he is really doing good. How about Roy he really came through this week and we should give him some credit. Maybe the media helped us out by trying to cause some drama in our locker room. The coaches also used Barber more as a finisher and we saw Barber shine in the 4th quarter when he started plowing over people for first downs. I have no complaints about this game. Romo played smart football he is starting to learn that he does not have to force balls into places when we are close on the scoreboard. The old Romo would have tried that and we would have had more turnovers and a lost. Great job Cowboys
November 9th, 2009 at 2:16 pm[...] 6. Miles Austin only needs one catch to totally kick your ass. [...]
November 9th, 2009 at 3:10 pmGood points, Tex. I’m all about some Kevin Ogletree. He’s a smart, fast, tough receiver. I was really pleased with how well Roy played yesterday. The timing was definitely better between him and Romo, which we saw on that back-shoulder pass. The only thing that threw me a little with Roy was on that play where the corner was playing way off of him and he made a nice move up the sideline but ducked out of bounds.
November 9th, 2009 at 3:17 pmWhere is DaveDallas?? hey Tony got us our big win. We have had his back the whole time. Now he Knows he can win a big one. This was the biggest win for Tony in his career. I think this knocks off the Indy game his rookie year.
November 9th, 2009 at 3:27 pmLandry I agree 100% Dallas did not run the ball enough. If you stick to the run eventually Felix will bust their blitz and take it 60 yards to the house. We need more balance. I dont want every game on Tonys back and the running game helps take pressure of Romo it also keeps the other teams offense off the field
November 9th, 2009 at 3:30 pmDitka on Miles Austin: “He could play for me anyday because he loves what he’s doing.”
I think people overlook the positive effect Miles Austin has on the rest of the team. The kid smiles more than Hines Ward.
November 9th, 2009 at 3:33 pmRunning the ball wasn’t working, outside of the wildcat, is what I’m trying to say. We couldn’t run the ball until the end of the game because they couldn’t be as aggressive. We adapted very well, this team, if you’ll remember, doesn’t have an identity and they’re happy about that.
If you want to see the run game, which a lot of us do, it’s bound to come out as soon as they try and take away our passing game. The game plan was perfect.
And MBIII it’s funny you say that because a couple of weeks ago my boss told me he saw Miles Austin in a restaurant but that at first he didn’t recognize him, just knew he looked familiar… Then he said as soon as he smiled he realized who it was. You must be smiling a lot if that’s what makes you recognizable. I love the kid.
November 9th, 2009 at 4:59 pmYea does anyone remember when Austin was a rookie for Dallas and he ran back the kickoff for a TD. He was on the screen with a big smile all the way to the TD LMAO.
November 9th, 2009 at 5:14 pmHey I was watching Tony’s highlights on NFL.com. I noticed that Roy could maybe have broken a touchdown run if he went between two defenders instead of trying cut left. I am not trying to talk down on Roy cause he did have a good game. Also I read what KD said about Roy going our of bounce instead of lowering his shoulder and gaining more yards and on the catch I am talking about its almost like he is avoiding too much contact. Just watch the first pass to Roy in the clip and maybe you will see what I mean. It really looks like he could have broke one or atleast gained alot more yards. Here is the link http://www.nfl.com/videos/nfl-game-highlights/09000d5d8140d59e/WK-9-Tony-Romo-highlights Once again I am not talking bad on Roy just want to see if anyone agrees with me.
November 10th, 2009 at 12:19 amu r correct first place this week now we must defend it and look forward to a 1st or second seeding.
Could the Saints game on nfl network possibly turn into a battle for just that?
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