Monday, September 18, 2006

Cowboys are 1-1 After Defeating Redskins

The Dallas Cowboys got back on track last night with a 27-10 victory over the Washington Redskins. They looked much better last night than they did a week ago against Jacksonville.

The defense really looked awesome. They held the Redskins to only three points [the only Redskin touchdown was a 100-yard runback against the special teams on a kick-off]. Getting a couple of interceptions and several quarterback sacks, they totally dominated the Washington offense. Watching the game, I never had the feeling the Washington offense was going to be able to do much.

The game stayed close until the fourth quarter, but Washington was never able to take advantage of that. The offense looked much better last night. They were able to move the ball consistently against a pretty good Washington defense. The offensive line seems to be coming together. They only allowed one sack last night. The only problem the offense really seemed to have was penalties. The large number of penalties killed several drives. It is still early in the season though and I think Parcells can deal with this.

The other problem the offense had last night was an abnormally large amount of dropped passes. I console myself with the thought that it was a rainy night and surely this contributed to the dropping of passes. Another factor was T.O. breaking his finger on the second or third play of the game, but not telling anyone until the fourth quarter. He dropped at least 3 passes. He will have his finger operated upon today or tomorrow, and will be out 2-4 weeks.

The Cowboys have a bye next week, and then they go to Tennessee on October 1st to play the Titans. Here are the current standings in the NFC East:

Cowboys.................1-1
Eagles.....................1-1
Giants.....................1-1
Redskins.................0-2

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