2025 Week One: Dallas Cowboys vs. Philadelphia Eagles
- Thread starter Maveric
- Start date
Doomsday
High Plains Drifter
- Messages
- 24,620
- Reaction score
- 7,872
Chargers made the defending AFC champions look pretty average.
Doomsday
High Plains Drifter
- Messages
- 24,620
- Reaction score
- 7,872
Especially considering we had only four possessions each half.
Scot
Pro Bowler
- Messages
- 15,038
- Reaction score
- 6,380
I gotta say, we let this game slip away. This is one that we should have won. We WILL look back at this game later in the season and wish we won this one.
Now with that said, there is a lot to be positive about moving forward.
For me, the thing that stood out most was our lack of pre snap penalties. Those have been our Achilles heal for years and years. I only remember a single false start. That is a drastic improvement over previous years and under many previous coaches. Kudos to Shotty for finally cracking down on those drive killers!
On the topic of Shotty, he had this team ready to play in a manner that we almost never saw under MM. He said he wanted to run the ball more. I thought it was all smoke and mirrors and that he was gonna throw all game. But he stayed true to his word and ran the ball like he said he wanted to!
The run game? That was a huge question coming into this season that I honestly thought we did not do enough to address. However, I am pleasantly surprised by Williams and his production. 2 TD’s? Gotta love that. We haven’t seen that in awhile.
As for Sanders, he had a nice break away run, then got run down from behind. He looked slow as hell! Hopefully J Blue can replace him and give us some speed. Because Sanders ain’t it. He needs to go.
The O-Line? Well look at them go. They played nicely together for their first time having all of them on the field together at the same time and as a single unit. I look forward to seeing how they play after they have had a few games together to gel as a unit. And Booker? I like this kid and love to see the nastiness that this group seem to be playing with.
Our corners SHUT DOWN Phillies receiving core. And that is a major accomplishment. I look forward to seeing this unit throughout the season. Assuming they can stay healthy.
My only downside this game is obviously the receiving core. CeeDee and his drops? That shit can’t happen. Especially after the contract he received. I like that they are getting Turpin more time on offense. I need to see more of that.
Same goes for Pickens. I was really hoping he was going to have more of a role this game. Hopefully that changes moving forward. He and CeeDee can end up as the top duo in the league.
We held Barkley to 60 yards. Considering he was the reigning rushing champ and should have been the MVP last season that is a major improvement in our run stopping ability. Unfortunately we didn’t have an answer for stopping Hurts from running.
All in all I like what I’m seeing and I look forward to what this season may bring.
Hopefully this season can reignite my enthusiasm for this team that the ass kicking in the Green Bay playoff game completely extinguished!
Now with that said, there is a lot to be positive about moving forward.
For me, the thing that stood out most was our lack of pre snap penalties. Those have been our Achilles heal for years and years. I only remember a single false start. That is a drastic improvement over previous years and under many previous coaches. Kudos to Shotty for finally cracking down on those drive killers!
On the topic of Shotty, he had this team ready to play in a manner that we almost never saw under MM. He said he wanted to run the ball more. I thought it was all smoke and mirrors and that he was gonna throw all game. But he stayed true to his word and ran the ball like he said he wanted to!
The run game? That was a huge question coming into this season that I honestly thought we did not do enough to address. However, I am pleasantly surprised by Williams and his production. 2 TD’s? Gotta love that. We haven’t seen that in awhile.
As for Sanders, he had a nice break away run, then got run down from behind. He looked slow as hell! Hopefully J Blue can replace him and give us some speed. Because Sanders ain’t it. He needs to go.
The O-Line? Well look at them go. They played nicely together for their first time having all of them on the field together at the same time and as a single unit. I look forward to seeing how they play after they have had a few games together to gel as a unit. And Booker? I like this kid and love to see the nastiness that this group seem to be playing with.
Our corners SHUT DOWN Phillies receiving core. And that is a major accomplishment. I look forward to seeing this unit throughout the season. Assuming they can stay healthy.
My only downside this game is obviously the receiving core. CeeDee and his drops? That shit can’t happen. Especially after the contract he received. I like that they are getting Turpin more time on offense. I need to see more of that.
Same goes for Pickens. I was really hoping he was going to have more of a role this game. Hopefully that changes moving forward. He and CeeDee can end up as the top duo in the league.
We held Barkley to 60 yards. Considering he was the reigning rushing champ and should have been the MVP last season that is a major improvement in our run stopping ability. Unfortunately we didn’t have an answer for stopping Hurts from running.
All in all I like what I’m seeing and I look forward to what this season may bring.
Hopefully this season can reignite my enthusiasm for this team that the ass kicking in the Green Bay playoff game completely extinguished!
Doomsday
High Plains Drifter
- Messages
- 24,620
- Reaction score
- 7,872
Cowturd used a whole segment Friday saying that their WR1 only getting targeted one times means Hurts doesn't trust him. No, Cowturd.
IT MEANT WE PLANNED ON TAKING HIM AWAY AND DID IT! BALL NOT COMING HIS WAY BECAUSE HE'S BLANKETED!
dbair1967
Administrator
- Messages
- 63,866
- Reaction score
- 13,540
They lost Amigo
dbair1967
Administrator
- Messages
- 63,866
- Reaction score
- 13,540
Game day observations so far:
1) The Dolphins and Giants are fucking horrible and the Dolphins looked like the worst team in football. Daniel Jones had a day where he looked like prime Bert Jones, not what he's been his whole career.
2) No matter how bad they (media and NFL reporters) want it to happen, it aint happening. Bryce Young is fucking God awful. He looked like the worst player in football today.
3) Ashton Jeanty (the player I really wanted for us) had a poor debut. 19 carries for 38yds, did score a TD. But he had like 25 yds on his first 3 or 4 carries. Really shut him down.
4) Packers are taking the Lions apart early.
5) Jets defense must be really, really poor. A Rodge looked vintage A Rodge today, not dinosaur ARodge
1) The Dolphins and Giants are fucking horrible and the Dolphins looked like the worst team in football. Daniel Jones had a day where he looked like prime Bert Jones, not what he's been his whole career.
2) No matter how bad they (media and NFL reporters) want it to happen, it aint happening. Bryce Young is fucking God awful. He looked like the worst player in football today.
3) Ashton Jeanty (the player I really wanted for us) had a poor debut. 19 carries for 38yds, did score a TD. But he had like 25 yds on his first 3 or 4 carries. Really shut him down.
4) Packers are taking the Lions apart early.
5) Jets defense must be really, really poor. A Rodge looked vintage A Rodge today, not dinosaur ARodge
dbair1967
Administrator
- Messages
- 63,866
- Reaction score
- 13,540
Obviously it's only part of week one, but of the teams that we will play on our schedule (Vikes/Bears tomorrow night) there arnt a lot of these teams that look super formidable for. Phillys obviously good but we played them fairly even. Packers look very good so far. Chargers I guess looked decent. Chiefs looked bad. Lions have not looked good so far (either side of the ball). Redstinks played ok but they played the Giants who were terrible. Carolina looked every bit as pathetic as they have been the last two-three years. Cards were ok but played a bad Aints team. Raiders were just so-so against a bad Pats team. Denver looks mediocre today.
Former Cowboy sightings- DLaw having decent game for Seattle in debut. Parsons has been a non factor (so far). Xavier Woods had a pick today v Denver.
Former Cowboy sightings- DLaw having decent game for Seattle in debut. Parsons has been a non factor (so far). Xavier Woods had a pick today v Denver.
Doomsday
High Plains Drifter
- Messages
- 24,620
- Reaction score
- 7,872
Yeah I watched. Takes nothing away from what I said. Massive improvement it's not even silly.
dbair1967
Administrator
- Messages
- 63,866
- Reaction score
- 13,540
Doomsday
High Plains Drifter
- Messages
- 24,620
- Reaction score
- 7,872
He went to ground a few times. It's a good thing he played well because they could not run the ball on this Jets D.
bbgun
Administrator
- Messages
- 15,413
- Reaction score
- 2,813
Several pressures, one of which led to a pick.