It's pre-season. I'll save the knee-jerk reactions for when the games matter.
This stuff happens every pre-season. Honestly . . . ask yourself . . . when was the last time the Cowboys performed in pre-season at a level you were satisfied with? Most teams play like crap during the PS. The games I have seen . . . including parts of the Jets/Washington, Falcons/Dolphins, Jets/Giants, an KC/Atl, each team has looked pretty pedestrian at times, to outright bad.
But . . . each year, fans flop and twitch and overreact to even the most minute things that occur during these games.
Me? I watch when I can, but mostly I'm just hoping to escape without injuries. Which, thankfully (and knock on wood), we've been relatively fortunate.
Now, what did I take from this last game?
- Romo can't take that kind of abuse.
- Houck needs to go. I realize he was at one time one of the premier OL coaches in the league, but clearly not anymore.
- Kitna played well. I'm comfortable with him as our backup.
- Steven McGee? Not so much. He looked bad. Real bad. I'm wouldn't object to replacing him with some other teams young castoff after final cuts.
- Nice to see Roy making some plays and being a factor.
- Brian McCann looked aggressive as a returner. Sometimes it looks like our guys give half-effort when returning kicks, but not McCann. Not sure he makes the team though.
- I'm disappointed Beuhler didn't get a chance to kick a field goal or two. I would have liked to see him get a chance to kick a 40 yarder in a hostile enviroment.
- What the hell happened on that missed pitch to Jones, and has anyone failed at trying to just fall on a football as bad as he did, there?
That's about all for now. This was the first time I actually got my now three year old son to sit down with me, enjoy some good man food, and watch the game. So that's good. He cheered when daddy did, and boo'd with me as well. I'm excited about that.