Cowboys fans, we all got a very nice Christmas present from our ‘Boys in the form of a sweep of the Redskins, a shutout, and, most importantly, a playoff berth. While we can’t be quite sure exactly where the Cowboys will eventually settle in the post-season picture, one thing is for certain: this series has been given an extra week of life!
All kidding aside, while a 17-0 score looks very nice, it was quite misleading. After the game was over, I couldn’t help but feel like the offense played an awful game and the Cowboys were fortunate to cash in on an amazing defensive effort.
Was the cynical December Cowboys fan creeping up in me or do the numbers actually back up my initial reaction? It’s time to break down the offense once again to find out.
I sure many Cowboys fans are asking what I have been ever since I saw the clock hit 0:00 Saturday night: “Where has THAT been all season?!”
This game was completely unlike any other we’ve seen all season. The Cowboys not only scored on their first drive for the first time this season, but also their second drive as well as their opening drive of the second half. Make no mistake about it, the offense put on one of their most dominate performances all season.
So what was different this time around and what has been missing the past couple of weeks? It’s time to break this offensive performance down and find out why.
Cowboy fans, I hope every last one of you have braced yourselves and taken cover for the wonderful storm that has hit us all. Another December game, another December loss and now the Cowboys can do no better than 2-2 this month, and that would mean knocking off undefeated New Orleans this Saturday.
Things do not look good.
Last week, the Cowboys feel victim to everything else besides the play by the offensive. This game, however, the offense was most definitely a major culprit and there was simply no doubt about it. While, yes, there were other things that went wrong in the game, it is my job to focus on what went wrong with the offense. Sadly, I have a lot of bullets to spread around this week, so let’s get started.
I haven’t been doing a very good job on updating the blog for when my articles have been going up on DallasProSports.com. Apologies for that. However, if you feel like reviewing the last few weeks, feel free:
Week 12 (Thanksgiving) vs Oakland
However, if you’d like to skip straight to the most current article, here is a preview and link for that as well:
Grading the Romo Friendly Offense – Week 13 Loss Against the G-Men
Sunday’s game is easily the most confusing and frustrating game that I have broken down all season. Throughout the year, it has been fairly easy to point out the offensive shortcomings that have caused this team to fail in their losses. However, as we all will soon see in this week’s breakdown, the story is not so clear at all. The theories, axioms, and recipes for success that I have hung my hat on all season have been shaken to the core.
…Continue reading at DallasProSports.com
Also, I want to take the time to thank everyone that has been reading both my work at DallasProSports.com and here.
This month, I have had more visitors come across my site than ever before…and the number isn’t even close to previous months. The majority of visits this month have come from Liverpool fans across the Globe checking out my Open Letter to Tom Hicks. However, visits to my regular work have also spiked beyond my wildest expectations as well.
As far as my work at DallasProSports.com goes, that also has surpassed any expectations of visitors. Today I saw a tweet from Daniel, who runs the site, saying that quite a lot of people were visiting my bio page that was just recently posted. He then later informed me that my page was in fact the 7th most visited page on the entire site in the past 30 days.
Both of those pieces of news have made my eyes pop out of my head, and I still can’t believe it. So thanks to everyone that regularly visits here, drops by here from my links on Facebook and/or Twitter, and also to those that spread my work around via email/forums/retweets/word of mouth. Y’all rock and I appreciate all of the support and hope you continue to enjoy my work.
Another week, another win, and of course, it’s time for another breakdown of the Cowboys offensive effort. While the Cowboys came far from “lighting up” the Eagles, they continued their now four week trend of solid offensive effort. Over these past few weeks, it’s quite clear that the secret to offensive success is to rely heavily on Romo. If Romo can spread the ball around, not turn the ball over, and make plays, the Cowboys win.
Then there’s also that Miles Austin guy.
So what about this week? Did Romo continue to drive the offense against the Eagles or was there another reason for the Cowboys success?
As promised, I am going to keep readers of this blog in the loop on my writings on DallasProSports.com. Also, I wanted to pop in and let everyone know that I am actually committed to regular schedule now there (shocking I know). Every Tuesday morning, my “Romo Friendly” Offense article will appear and every Friday morning my contributions to the fantasy panel will be posted. Each morning, I will also post a quick preview and link here as well to ensure it is well advertised.
So without further ado:
Another week has passed and has brought us yet another successful victory for the Cowboys. The ‘Boys completely dominated on the offensive side of the ball once again and Romo seemed to have his way with the Seahawks. Last week, I attributed similar success primarily to the great play of Romo. So was this yet another week when the “Romo Friendly” offense became the “Romo Driven” offense?