The first game of the season should be on a Sunday. Not on a Thursday and certainly not on a Wednesday.
I sure was envious of the New York Giants marching out their Lombardis before the game last night. I'd be envious of one Lombardi. I just think that it would be more intimidating if the team across form them didn't have five of those things.
Giants defensive lineman Jason Pierre-Paul is a tremendous football talent. It won't show up on a stat sheet but it's amazing how fast he gets up off the ground whenever he might be knocked to it. Just amazing.
When he's trying, Dez Bryant sure is fun to watch. Too bad he's such an ass. He also disappeared again in the second half.
I haven't seen a ton of his games but that might have been the best that I've seen Tony Romo play. The Giants were beat up in the secondary but Romo still had to make the throws. He did. If he can keep this up and the Cowboys can keep Bryant in line and motivated on the field, Dallas might have something this year. DeMarco Murray is a very nice back. His running opens up that offense for Romo. Receiver Miles Austin and tight end Jason Witten are terrific when healthy. 3rd receiver Kevin Ogletree stepped up last night especially when Bryant disappeared in the second half. The line needs to gel some. Defensive coordinator Rob Ryan has some nice pieces on defense. DeMarcus Ware is a beast. Brandon Carr and rookie Morris Claiborne were great additions at corner.
The Giants were outplayed but they'll be there at the end.
The replacement officials did a fine job last night. Much better than I expected after a horrible preseason. There was a missed defensive holding on the Cowboys in the end zone that might have allowed the Giants to get a touchdown rather than a field goal in the first half. That's significant but it wasn't a blatantly bad call. This crew had none of the mind numbing delays and indecisions that plagued the replacements in the practice games for the past month. If the rest of the crews perform like this, I'll be very relieved.
Can't wait for Sunday when this game should have been played.
RIP Art Modell.
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