When the best that people can throw at you is "you haven't shown you can win in the playoffs" ... that usually means you are pretty good.
Pretty good during the season, that is.
Still, when the regular season is just beginning ... that's not a bad thing to be called. You can't worry about shaking that "playoff choker" tag unless you can get back there.
The Dallas Cowboys looked like a team that could steamroll there with their 28-10 win over the Cleveland Browns.
Pretty much everything you expected from the Cowboys happened yesterday. Tony Romo was brilliant: completing 24-of-32 passes for 320 yards and a TD. Terrell Owens caught that touchdown pass to go with his 87 yards. Marion Barber scored two TDs to go with his 80 yards rushing. And rookie Felix Jones scored a TD on his first professional carry.
Dallas: 487 yards of offense. The defense wasn't too bad, either.
It wasn't just the stats -- the Cowboys just looked like a Super Bowl team. They imposed their will on the Browns early on and then just bled them to death on the ground in the second half.
Dallas needs to keep this up. They host the rival Philadelphia Eagles on Monday Night Football next week before traveling to Green Bay. They then host Washington in the Redskins final visit to Texas Stadium. They will then go on a somewhat easy stretch before a showdown against the Giants in New York on November 2nd.
This was Dallas' first trip to Cleveland since 1991.
Reader Comments (Page 1 of 1)
9-08-2008 @ 3:41AM
cnotes said...
how about them cowboys!!!
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9-08-2008 @ 3:59AM
Ken Davis said...
You will win a lot of games in the regular season when you play in a weak division like Dallas does.
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9-08-2008 @ 3:58PM
Creek Woter said...
u must b a tom brady lover
9-09-2008 @ 9:15AM
jraintdead said...
Nice try, Ken. Maybe if you keep saying it over and over it will eventually come true. Meanwhile, those of us who actually know a thing or two about football will keep watching and enjoying the most talented, competitive division in the NFL, which is the NFC east.
9-08-2008 @ 6:01AM
Rich Kid said...
Total Domination! When will we ever address all these stupid penalties though? It's sickening to see soooo many! Go Cowboy's! Pluck the Eagles!
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9-08-2008 @ 6:25AM
josiegirl&dad said...
that's right...how about them cowboys!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
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9-08-2008 @ 6:27AM
josiegirl& dad said...
tha's right............ how about them cowboys!!!!!!!!!
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9-08-2008 @ 7:30AM
david said...
why are players sporting a GU and the # 42 on their jerseys? sorry, been out of touch.
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9-08-2008 @ 8:12AM
Tom Herrera said...
GU initials for Gene Upshaw who passed away
9-08-2008 @ 8:14AM
wickedpissadude.com said...
Good luck Dallas, you still won't beat the NE Patriots, even without Tommy Brady. Keep celebrating TO, you're not going to get a ring STILL!!
http://www.wickedpissadude.com
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9-08-2008 @ 8:24AM
JT said...
SUPER BOWL??? Don't you have to WIN a play-off game first??? The 'girls haven't done that in 12 years!!! Talk about jumping the gun!
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9-08-2008 @ 9:57AM
MS said...
Didn't the GIANTS win the BOWL last season? Didn't the lowley EAGLES split with this team last season without a return man and a still hurting McNabb. Just goes to show ya how a biased media person can ignore the facts and post BS without using the BRAIN.
NFC East is still the BEAST!
Go ??????
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9-09-2008 @ 9:12PM
rick said...
comments from earlier, three teams from nfc east in playoff hardly a weak division, go cows
9-08-2008 @ 12:56PM
nunya said...
JT, hey stupid,of course you're going to say 12 years or is it really 5 (98,99,03,06,07)? Fill us in cowbrain!
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9-08-2008 @ 3:23PM
jeff said...
Hey Ken, you don't pay much attention to football do you...
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9-08-2008 @ 3:23PM
jeff said...
Wicked, I've got a box of tissues for ya, how can you say "DEAD IN THE DIRT" for the season. Brady is a great player and sad to see him go down, but glad to see you cry about it.
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9-08-2008 @ 5:10PM
tommy said...
I am a Cowboy fan. Have been since 1966. I want em to win another superbowl. Hell, I would like to see em there every dang year. But, first things first. One game at a time.
You people talk like the superbowl is a given for em.
In the meantime--GO BOYS!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
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