Cowboys-Falcons Pregame: What Could Be Better Than Radio?
By Matt Cordon (kh). Filed in Dallas Cowboys News in Brief |
Although apparently the game is available on something called Sopcast (see here), I’m going to stick with my trusty radio (Brad Sham and Charlie Waters make this easier) and the play-by-play on NFL.com. Thanks, Grande Communications! Thanks NFL Network! Please divide my profanity between yourselves, for I hate you both right now! Thanks again!!!
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Terrell Owens reportedly declined to have surgery to repair a tendon in his finger, and because of his refusal, he apparently won’t be able to bend it again. Thank goodness we only pay him to block.
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Jerious Norwood is out for the game, but Warrick Dunn is active. Inactives for the Cowboys include Tony Parrish, Oliver Hoyte, Junior Glymph, Montavious Stanley, Joe Berger, Cory Procter, Stephen Bowen and Pat McQuistan.
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Jean-Jacques Taylor had an interesting piece about the Dallas defense today that is worth mentioning:
Another poor defensive performance Saturday in Atlanta just might lead to the type of public criticism usually reserved for Tom Coughlin.
That’s because several defensive players are sick and tired of the conservative approach the coaching staff has used much of this season. Their frustration heightened this week after one of the worst defensive performances in franchise history in a 42-17 loss to New Orleans.
The Cowboys don’t blitz much. They stunt even less. For the most part, they line up in their base defense and dare you to beat them. With Greg Ellis, their best pass-rusher, still in the lineup they could play that way, but a ruptured Achilles’ tendon has ended his season.
So it’s time for the coaching staff to adjust its approach. This week. Right now. Is that enough urgency for you?
The 3-4, which requires each player to win his one-on-one battle, is a scheme based on winning physical confrontations. Do that and the defense performs at a high level. Fail and you get a butt-kicking like the one New Orleans delivered last week.
