***Official Monday Night Football Thread***

[PClark99]

Originally posted by: SP33Demon

Originally posted by: Deeko
Well the Cowboys line played great, same as on the other side (except more so cuz the weapons are better)...you can't give a QB time like that.

Plus, I've said it a million times, the Eagles secondary is and always has been overrated. They're ball hawks (and Asante is the epitome of this), they get turnovers, but if there's no pass rush they WILL get burned. Dawkins had some nice plays but he's not as rangey as he used to be, and the rest of the secondary is just overrated.

Are they overrated or is TO just that good (he said he's the fastest he's ever been). You act like it's EASY to cover T-O, easily the best WR in the NFL right now. The only time they were shutting him down was with double coverage in teh 2nd half, and then that left Witten open. All of T-O's TD's were in man coverage. So, are they overrated because they bit on Romo's very good pump fakes in man coverage? Maybe. And while B-Dawk has definitely lost a step, he shouldn't have to help as much as he did with that all-star trio. I would say even though they're top 5 in the league, noone is going to be able to stop T-O when he's on and Romo's passing perfectly like last night.

Even all-pro corners get exposed when the pass rush isn't getting to the quarterback.
The only time Philly got any pressure on Romo was when the all out blitzed and they did not do that as much as usual last night, probably for fear of getting burned.

BDawk definitely lost a step, I think he might have hung around 1 year too long.

 

[Scarpozzi]

Originally posted by: lupi
Good scoring game by the boys last night. The barbarian scored enough to win my first game and Romo almost won my second; I'll need to look at final actual score vice my end of game tabulation but I think it can down to the negative points from the INT and fumble that lost it.

For actual football, with the skins finally showing signs of being a real team this week we've now seen all 4 NFC-E teams put out high offense production. Gonna make it difficult for any non east team to snag a wildcard unless there is a collapse in this division.

The NFC East was the best conference in the NFL in the 80s and early 90s. They had all the talent and some of the best players in the entire league. Since the free agency and salary caps, the sport has gotten better and the AFC has actually had a good chance to compete in the last 15 years.

The 1980's Cowboys vs Redskins matches defined the NFC East and proved what real grudge matches between rivals should be. Most people just remember the 1993 Cowboys and their dream team of talent including Troy Aikman, Emmitt Smith, Michael Irving, Alvin Harper, Bernie Kosar, Jay Novacek, etc.... But if you remember the 1991 Redskins and the talent they had....Art Monk, Gary Clark, Earnest Byner, Mark Rypien, and Ricky Sanders.

It's good to see this happening with the Eagles too, as long as they don't end up hurting each other in the process. It makes me think of last season when the Chargers beat up the Colts... The game was so intense that both teams were wrecked afterward.

 

[Deeko]

Originally posted by: SP33Demon

Originally posted by: Deeko
Well the Cowboys line played great, same as on the other side (except more so cuz the weapons are better)...you can't give a QB time like that.

Plus, I've said it a million times, the Eagles secondary is and always has been overrated. They're ball hawks (and Asante is the epitome of this), they get turnovers, but if there's no pass rush they WILL get burned. Dawkins had some nice plays but he's not as rangey as he used to be, and the rest of the secondary is just overrated.

Are they overrated or is TO just that good (he said he's the fastest he's ever been). You act like it's EASY to cover T-O, easily the best WR in the NFL right now. The only time they were shutting him down was with double coverage in teh 2nd half, and then that left Witten open. All of T-O's TD's were in man coverage. So, are they overrated because they bit on Romo's very good pump fakes in man coverage? Maybe. And while B-Dawk has definitely lost a step, he shouldn't have to help as much as he did with that all-star trio. I would say even though they're top 5 in the league, noone is going to be able to stop T-O when he's on and Romo's passing perfectly like last night.

You're right, and that's what I was alluding to in my first line. It doesn't matter who the corners are when the QB has that kind of time, and especially when he has those kind of weapons to throw the ball to.

However, I've been saying for a long time now that I think Sheppard especially is overrated, and I've said the same about Samuel before he came in. Actually I think they're virtually the same player.

 

[RagingBITCH]

Dallas FTW...hell yea!

 

[krunchykrome]

is it just me or did anyone else think that girl who sang the national anthem was horrible.


absolutely horrible