NFL Preseason Week 2: Dallas @ San Francisco

[cmd34]

Forget RB. One injury to Dez or Williams and Devin Street is a starter. Devin .. Street.

While the fall off from Dez to Street is significant, Street is a lot more talented than 2nd stringers on our roster like Weems, Heath, and McCray.

 

[ThoughtExperiment]

Forget RB. One injury to Dez or Williams and Devin Street is a starter. Devin .. Street.

He did have the hardest hit of the night.

 

[Doomsday]

I am a realist. You guys are just negative because it’s the only acceptable emotion on this forum. It’s cool to be negative here. I see things for how they are. This is a very talented team. Sky is the limit. I have nothing but positive thoughts.

Really thick irony alert, with the bolded.

You guys are just negative because it’s the only acceptable emotion on this forum.

You're mistaking informed pessimism with emotion. For me at least, my emotions are always saying "Rah Rah Kill 'em Cowboys!" regardless of reality. I keep my emotions out of it for that very reason. Because when you are emoting, you're not THINKING.

You're not in any way objective about the team. You just verified it.

ALL opinions and yes even emotions are welcome here. Just because someone points out you're homered out and not objective doesn't mean it's not allowed, or even unwelcome.

"Negativity" gets you banned from most other Cowboys boards, and it appears you're somehow okay with that, but not okay with a free fire zone where all opinions are welcome and nobody ever gets banned. Weird.

 

[Omegasupreme]

half time thoughts:

Saw a few good runs with McFadden and Randle.

Backup offensive line is a weakness. They had a lot of issues with the pass rush. Not really a surprise.

Tackling needs work.

Cowboys pass rush looks good.

Hill and Gus Johnson were okay against the Niner 5th stringers but McFadden and Randle (other than his reverse field run) both lacked explosion and couldn't muscle yards - which they are going to have to do - Murray ran the dirty hole with authority. Hill and Johnson seemed to plow the dirty hole well though.

 

[Everlastingxxx]

Really thick irony alert, with the bolded.You're mistaking informed pessimism with emotion. For me at least, my emotions are always saying "Rah Rah Kill 'em Cowboys!" regardless of reality. I keep my emotions out of it for that very reason. Because when you are emoting, you're not THINKING.

Negativity is more of a mindset. If you want to be negative about a situation, you can find reasons to be.

You're not in any way objective about the team. You just verified it.

I am always objective about the Cowboys. I’m just not being dramatic and using hyperbolts. “Still think the back end of our roster is bottom five in the league.” Really, how the hell do you know that?

ALL opinions and yes even emotions are welcome here. Just because someone points out you're homered out and not objective doesn't mean it's not allowed, or even unwelcome.

"Negativity" gets you banned from most other Cowboys boards, and it appears you're somehow okay with that, but not okay with a free fire zone where all opinions are welcome and nobody ever gets banned. Weird.

Nope, wrong again. I have no problem with negative posts that have some intelligence and logic behind them. Some of the shit posted here is just retarded.

 

[Doomsday]

Negativity is more of a mindset. If you want to be negative about a situation, you can find reasons to be.

I don't think any Cowboys fan WANTS to be negative. It's taken what, 18 years of failure to get even a small minority of fans to see what this franchise really is?

I am always objective about the Cowboys.

You just verified you aren't. In the same paragraph, you said you are a 'realist' then said you have nothing but positive thoughts. That's the OPPOSITE of 'realist.'

Nope, wrong again. I have no problem with negative posts that have some intelligence and logic behind them. Some of the shit posted here is just retarded.

All in the eyes of the reader, right? But I'll put the intelligence of the content here up against the complete Homer D. Clown idiocy of other Cowboys boards any fucking time.

 

[bbgun]

While the fall off from Dez to Street is significant, Street is a lot more talented than 2nd stringers on our roster like Weems, Heath, and McCray.

so he looks good in comparison to other wastes of space

let's just say Green Bay will survive Jordy's loss better than Dallas losing Dez

 

[Omegasupreme]

The special teams literally couldn't look much worse. Huge returns all game long, FG missed, punt blocked for a TD... Just terrible all around.

Sitting ducks. If you practice deception, you understand deception and you can then have eyes to see when deception is being used against you. Jason has the team believing that upright execution on offense is sufficient. That being self-disciplined and gosh-darned well adjusted in adversity give some advantage. Meanwhile, the entire rest of the league does whatever they need to win games. Dallas always looks so surprised at blocked punts and special team tricks against them. But even worse, when the defenses stunt and blitz the vanilla plays that are not going to be clever misdirection plays or have some unusual advantage hidden in them, Dallas is left looking naive and in the wrong league. Vaughan and Weeden looked like they had no one to throw to and they probably didn't - unless the play was intentionally a short pass or check down. But there were plays that the WRs were running distance routes downfield as fast as they could, which means they could not turn their heads back to see if the QB needed an outlet or help, which also meant that the play, by design, had no local alternatives for the QB in case the other team blitzed - which the Niners did.

It's almost like Jason has taught the team to play a very 1 dimensional style against a league that will use any amount of dimension required to win a game, games and Super Bowls. The HC is supposed to prepare and protect the team from getting embarrassed and beaten in a game that has deception and clever advantage woven as a part of every team that has won the Super Bowl. Dallas looks like the home-school kid going to play on a playground in the South Bronx with some locals. Pocket protector with cash and debit card in it and a belief that everyone will play the same way.
Sitting ducks.

 

[Everlastingxxx]

I don't think any Cowboys fan WANTS to be negative. It's taken what, 18 years of failure to get even a small minority of fans to see what this franchise really is?

I disagree, i think some Cowboy fans enjoy being negative. Stop with the 18 years. Move on.

You just verified you aren't. In the same paragraph, you said you are a 'realist' then said you have nothing but positive thoughts. That's the OPPOSITE of 'realist.'

Positive thoughts in the direction the team is going. I think it’s realistic to believe the Cowboys will have success this year.

All in the eyes of the reader, right? But I'll put the intelligence of the content here up against the complete Homer D. Clown idiocy of other Cowboys boards any fucking time.

It’s about the same honestly.

 

[cmd34]

so he looks good in comparison to other wastes of space

let's just say Green Bay will survive Jordy's loss better than Dallas losing Dez

Yep, that's because the Green Bay GM has a plan and sticks to it. He drafts a high-to-mid-round WR almost every year and doesn't miss on the position.

2006 - Greg Jennings, 2nd round
2007- James Jones, 3rd round
2008 - Jordy Nelson, 2nd round
2011 - Randall Cobb, 2nd round
2014 - Davante Adams, 2nd round
2015 - Ty Montgomery, 3rd round

 

[ThoughtExperiment]

Everlasting, I think pretty much all of us expect the Cowboys to be a really good team this year.* Should contend for it all, in fact.

That doesn't mean we have to excuse everything that doesn't look good.

*edit, except Dooms, I guess.

 

[ZeroClub]

Three weeks into camp it almost looks like this team isn't practicing.

Oh wait, most of them aren't.

Yeah, that's the part that discouraged me ... that the team looked as if it hadn't been practicing.

Well, in today's NFL, I guess that's what Week 1 and Week 2 are for.

 

[cmd34]

Realist approach - State your opinion, admit when you are wrong.
Homer approach - Predict championship, never apologize for being a great fan.

Yep, the same thing.

 

[SixisBetter]

The best thing about last night's game was Campo's story about scouting Woody at ASU.
Other than that it looked like exactly like what it was,the 2nd week of the preseason.
The defense played ok,giving up some yards but limiting the Niners to FGs.
But our kick coverage units especially the punt team were lousy,again.
And there's plenty of film now for the reserve O-linemen to get get their asses kicked over.

 

[cmd34]

The best thing about last night's game was Campo's story about scouting Woody at ASU.

Can you discuss this? Interested to hear. I was stuck with 49ers broadcasters.

 

[SixisBetter]

Can you discuss this? Interested to hear. I was stuck with 49ers broadcasters.

Sure,Campo was the 3rd man in the booth last night with Bill Jones and the Babe.
After the blocked punt,they were talking about Woody's upcoming ROH induction.
Jones asked Campo,"Didn't you scout Woody?"
Campo went on to explain that he'd been assigned to take a look at ASU's secondary guys,esp Sparks and Miniefield,but also their LBs.
Of course Woody was playing Will for ASU,but Campo thought he'd make a hell of a safety if he dropped some bulk.
So when he returned to Valley Ranch,he sold Jimmie on the idea,and the rest is history.
Naturally Campo told the story much better than I just did,if nothing else he is a great story teller.

Edit:Babe also added that Woody's speed at the Combine was probably what sealed the deal for Jimmie,which does make sense.

 

[ThoughtExperiment]

Side note, but Campo on the broadcast was really kind of sickening.

Just shows that once you're made in the Jones family, you're really good for life.

 

[LAZARUS_LOGAN]

Sure,Campo was the 3rd man in the booth last night with Bill Jones and the Babe.
After the blocked punt,they were talking about Woody's upcoming ROH induction.
Jones asked Campo,"Didn't you scout Woody?"
Campo went on to explain that he'd been assigned to take a look at ASU's secondary guys,esp Sparks and Miniefield,but also their LBs.
Of course Woody was playing Will for ASU,but Campo thought he'd make a hell of a safety if he dropped some bulk.
So when he returned to Valley Ranch,he sold Jimmie on the idea,and the rest is history.
Naturally Campo told the story much better than I just did,if nothing else he is a great story teller.

Edit:Babe also added that Woody's speed at the Combine was probably what sealed the deal for Jimmie,which does make sense.

AOA. Nuff said.

 

[SixisBetter]

Side note, but Campo on the broadcast was really kind of sickening.

I concur.Thought his anecdotes were cool,but analytically he blew.

 

[bbgun]

good times