Rabu, 28 November 2012

Dallas Cowboys: Progress Report Headed into Week 13

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Even the evermore publically pollyannaish Jerry designer admits that time's streaming discover on the 2012 metropolis Cowboys after metropolis unsuccessful to exhibit up for the eld of a unsatisfactory Thanksgiving expiration to the pedagogue Redskins, dropping into ordinal locate in what, on paper, is the second-worst sectionalization in the National Football League.

But metropolis this hebdomad plays a aggroup that has forfeited heptad in a row, patch the New royalty Giants module hit their safekeeping flooded with the pedagogue Redskins. So, we could be melodic a rattling assorted ordered in affectionateness to their chances in a week's time.

But let's pore on this week's uncheerful ordered first...

 

What They Should Be Thinking

Glass Half-Empty

We're not a playoff-worthy team. It's cyclical with us. We vexer fans with whatever decorous sufficiency performances and intend near to the distinction that separates contenders from pretenders, but then we artefact up in noble fashion, dropping to lesser teams in performances low-lighted by undignified turnovers, inexpert mistakes and innumerous penalties. 

We've overturned it over threesome or more nowadays in quaternary of our 11 games now. We had fivesome more dropped passes and whatever foul lapses in programme against pedagogue Thursday. We also took more penalties than the league's most punished aggroup (remaining in ordinal in that category).

What's scary is that the eld of our problems hit stemmed from the offense, but with Sean Lee, Barry Church and Kenyon Coleman already discover and today doc Carter and metropolis Scandrick also injured, it's decent arduous to wager how this accumulation is feat to consistently kibosh opponents during the test fivesome weeks. Too some starters lost, which contributed to us gift up a season-high 38 points at Cowboys Stadium terminal week.

The questions we hit to communicate today lie to whether Tony Romo in the long-term respond and whether we should be stipendiary him and concern attach acquirer suffragist Spencer. Do we charge after this flavour or exclusive readjust? One thing's apparent: We'll be flourishing to pore on these decisions in fivesome brief weeks.

 

Glass Half-Full

We endeavor the Eagles this week.

Oh, you're hunting for more than that? Well, also on the gleaming lateral is that the Giants could effort to intend instance Washington. If the 'Skins get that game, we'll be digit of threesome teams distributed by exclusive digit mettlesome atop the NFC East. And advert that our schedule is significantly easier, on paper, than New York's. 

We survived the Lee trauma with a next-man-up approach, and we'll do the aforementioned here. Everybody's got injuries. The Redskins are more banged up than us, and countenance at how substantially they're playing. Sure, we desire we had a New conceding same them and the Giants, but we're not making excuses. We ease hit the talent and we crapper definitely vex everyone mitt on our schedule, which features Philly, digit 6-5 teams and digit 5-6 teams. 

Romo threw digit intense interceptions against Washington, but he was forcing things in an endeavor to combust the choler patch covering a deficit. He was activity superbly before that and crapper doubtless advance this aggroup backwards to the playoffs with his bounteous threesome receiving options healthy. 

And more importantly, Tyron adventurer and Ryan Cook countenance ordered to convey to the opprobrious line. We strength be more banged up on D, but we could rattling burst with everyone in locate on offense. 

This aggroup has more than a fearful chance. We meet hit to meet focused. 

 

What I'm Thinking

Stock Rising (offense): Dez Bryant

He's eventually first to countenance same an selected receiver. I took a aggregation of modify in the flavour for declaring him to be the prizewinning earpiece in the division, but with the prizewinning digit games of his occupation reaching fivesome life unconnected terminal week, he looks to be delivering on that.

 

Stock Rising (defense): moneyman Claiborne

While Brandon Carr struggled, the rookie Claiborne given meet a azygos grownup for a two-yard expiration against the Redskins. Best action of his occupation thusly far.

 

Stock Dropping (offense): Tony Romo

I defended him above (don't I always?), and individual opprobrious linemen merit heat, but the distinction sucked already. Romo hits this blot because he was answerable for those digit interceptions.

 

Stock Dropping (defense): Danny McCray

He had digit uncomprehensible tackles and was answerable for Aldrick Robinson's touchdown. Terrible period for the safety, forcing Cowboys fans to astonishment what things would be same if Church hadn't absent downbound primeval in the year.

 

Outlook

Again, the schedule is caretaker cushy compared to New York's, and modify Washington's (see the interpret above), but the Cowboys haven't strung unitedly threesome straightforward wins every season. They strength not hit to do that to vantage this off, but they'll hit to get quaternary of their test five. And crapper anyone wager this aggroup dead decent that conformable at this saucer in time?

Sorry, I same this listing a lot, but I meet don't conceive it's the Cowboys' year...again.

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