It is getting more and more difficult to tolerate discussions that use the word "fluke".

Some of the things I noticed during the Seahawks game about the offense:

-  Romo looked pretty sharp; he looked much better than he has in a month or so.  I am starting to think that the injury to his ribs was bothering him more than we expected.  I also think that the success of Murray has taken a lot pressure off Romo in at least 2 ways: first, if defenses respect your ability to run the ball, they can not blitz as often, nor can they simply ‘pin their ears back’ and go after the passer; second, Romo realizes that he doesn’t have the win every game with his arm, they can move the ball and score points on the ground.

-  DeMarco Murray looks more and more like the real deal.  He is averaging an amazing 6.7 yards a carry.  He has not fumbled the ball yet.  He has over 500 yards rushing.  He looked great in the 4th quarter even though he had carried more than 20 times.  If he keeps this up for a few more weeks, he will start generating some talk about Offensive Rookie of the Year.  From what I saw, he didn’t screw up on any blitz pick-ups.  He is starting to look like a bona fide starting RB.  (Hey, Skip Bayless, how do you like them apples?)

Click on the link to read the rest of the observations about the offense.

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On Friday, Rob Phillips of DallasCowboys.com, released a Top Ten list of the best Cowboy players to never make a Pro-Bowl. It was a pretty cool piece, as are most of Phillips’ weekly Top Ten list. However, the part on Dennis Thurman really caught my attention because it referenced the worst game of Joe Theismann’s career. That day was September 9, 1985, and, as Phillips said, it was Joe’s thirty-sixth birthday.

I was four years old in 1985 so I can’t say for certain, but based on this performance and the fact that he suffered a career ending compound leg fracture in November, I’m going to guess that 1985 was probably the worst year of Theismann’s career. I certainly won’t celebrate Joe’s gruesome leg injury, but his five interception birthday game is a different story. Anytime we can reflect back on a Redskins quarterback tossing five picks against the Cowboys, we need to take advantage of that. Like Roy Williams said, there are some of us that are benefiting from this lock-out. If it weren’t for a total lack of news, I probably wouldn’t dedicate an entire post to the worst game of Theismann’s career. (more…)