I think Nelson is a huge loss for them. He's no Dez ability-wise, but he just had such great rapport with Rodgers, and they can't replace that.
I thought going into the year that they were our main competition for the NFC crown, and this only helps our chances. A lot.
So I wonder how much effort we put into this next game. Do we actually get some starters a few series of work in the traditional dress rehearsal game, or continue to fear playing anyone with any little nick and go into Week One completely cold?
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.
Exactly. If you want to say our offense looks terrible because Romo and Tyron and Dez and Witter are out, fine. But special teams is about talent and effort, not perfect coordination and years of experience. Important starters won't be playing on those units anyway, so their absence is no...
Of course the combine is a cattle business. It's the same as any other employer hiring someone they're potentially paying millions of dollars to -- they want to know as much as they can about them so they can make the best decision. Football is more physical than most professions, but it's the...
See, this is where these people lose me. Dehumanizing and debasing? How is that? Give me a break.
They aren't out there going at each other with meat cleavers, for God's sake. Football is a lot less violent than MMA, just to name one.