I am already tired of the EE hype. I have no idea how good this guy is but there are people who think he could put Dallas over the top this season. I still think their defense is questionable. If Dez and Romo come back healthy and with the addition of EE will they be able to replicate their 2014 success.
Also playing them early I think puts us at a disadvantage since we have so many new players and a new HC. We are typically a slow starting team and it may take us some games to jell.
3 operations on a shattered bone are not making it stronger. I don't see Romo him lasting the year again. There is going to be serious worry every time he drops back.
Who is playing DL. Carr & Claiborne scare no one. Scandrick coming back from major knee injury.
Dallas is going to have to grind out games, because they cant keep their D on the field not expose Romo
It is still a division where the teams are really close.
I think they're the best team in the division if Romo's healthy. If he starts 14-16 games, I think they win the division.
If I am a Dallas fan I am worried that Romo can no longer physically handle being knocked around in the pocket. I am also concerned that the defense is suspect.
The media loves to wax poetic about the Cowboys. It's always going to be that was...so get used to it. My guess is Dallas will be in the mix as long as Romo is behind center.
fairly certain that Witten will sign one-game contracts every year for the next decade when they play the Giants.
And then retire again after the game is over.
If Bridgewater takes that next step, I'd throw the Vikings in that group too. They've got a good, young D and spent the offseason revamping their OL which was arguably worse than the Giants last season. Throw in a good draft with Treadwell and Mackenzie Alexander and a still strong AP and they should win 10+ games. If Bridgewater can show some consistency in the passing game (particularly the deep game) with Diggs and Treadwell, they'll be battling GB for the division.
They might be the same age, but Romo's taken much more of a beating due to his style of play. Everyone here is calling the Dallas OL overrated for giving up a lot of sacks, but many of those, over the years, are on Romo. He'll hold the ball 5+ seconds waiting for something to develop and then try and run around to buy more time rather than just throwing it away.
A bad back + breaking his collarbone (twice?) can't be good for his arm strength.
Granted it would be fun watching Flowers manhandle Gregory again, but that Dallas D lacks a lot of talent.
None of the Giants injuries were as damaging as the Cowboys losing Romo.
I also think the Giants' collapses were more to do with fundamental flaws with the team (bad defense) than injuries.
If the defense can move up from dead last to even middle of the pack, they'll win the division. Eli is the difference.
That being said, I thought they completely overachieved to 12 wins in 2014. They are not as good as they looked that year and they are not as bad as they looked last year. They will definitely be in the mix to win the division but the Redskins and Giants are much improved from 2014.
I was very down on the Giants heading into 2015 and picked them to finish in the basement but that's over now.
Give me a decent warm body on the right side of the line and I'm ready to make some noise this year.
This team is much improved.
fuck those boys
Yeah. That was the worst thing ever. Snyder stopped trying to buy his way around the NFL. Now they're making the playoffs. We'll never again see Redskins fans proclaim, "We signed x-player to the fattest contract ever! We're going to the Super Bowl!" We'll never watch their tears at seasons end with a 4-12 record. We'll never laugh again when Redskins fans repeatedly forget the recent past and proclaim, "We signed x-player to the fattest contract ever! We're going to the Super Bowl!"
The Redskins just gave Josh Norman 5/$75M
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We'll never again see Redskins fans proclaim, "We signed x-player to the fattest contract ever! We're going to the Super Bowl!" We'll never watch their tears at seasons end with a 4-12 record. We'll never laugh again when Redskins fans repeatedly forget the recent past and proclaim, "We signed x-player to the fattest contract ever! We're going to the Super Bowl!"
The Redskins just gave Josh Norman 5/$75M
If I'm Spags week 1, I'm stacking the box and bringing heat. Make Romo prove he's back to 100% and still has "it".
I agree. Very aggravating when people use Vegas odds as evidence of the quality of a roster.
As for the cowboys specifically, how can they be the team to beat? Their QB is very likely to get re-injured. They improved none of their weaknesses outside of adding a very good RB. Their secondary should still be shitty. They aren't a significantly better team now than they were at the end of the season.
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Snyder stopped trying to run the show and know he has a good organization that makes good player personnel decisions. So they are a good team and should continue to be.
Yeah. That was the worst thing ever. Snyder stopped trying to buy his way around the NFL. Now they're making the playoffs. We'll never again see Redskins fans proclaim, "We signed x-player to the fattest contract ever! We're going to the Super Bowl!" We'll never watch their tears at seasons end with a 4-12 record. We'll never laugh again when Redskins fans repeatedly forget the recent past and proclaim, "We signed x-player to the fattest contract ever! We're going to the Super Bowl!"
Sadly, the Giants have replaced the skins with the FA bonanza. LOL
I think they're the best team in the division if Romo's healthy. If he starts 14-16 games, I think they win the division.
That's a meaningless statistic, given the relative parity in the NFC East. Hell, those four teams were the picture of mediocrity last season, and virtually indistinguishable from one another. Nobody had more narrow margins of defeat than the crappy Giants last year. Not to mention that, if not for multiple late brain farts in week one, the Giants would have swept Dallas. So I find it puzzling, especially after an offseason and draft in which they did so little that figures to immediately improve their team, how Dallas is considered a favorite in that division.
I’m a little iffy on the right side of the o-line still, despite what that Jerry troll says on here, I think Bobby Hart will be a starter week 1, if healthy. If the running game can be decent enough, we are smooth sailing. I said this before, that footage of romo with 7 or whatever it was full seconds to complete a pass causes to feel anxious, but remember we got OV!
SO yep, the Cowboys are a better team with Romo playing
Romo entirely shifts the structure of a game. The Giants were two games better with their QB in-tact.
I think Eli will have a big year if the line is "our current line" either way but I prefer him to not be under constant pressure from the tackle spot.
Romo entirely shifts the structure of a game. The Giants were two games better with their QB in-tact.
Okay, so we're supposed to take Romo's injury into account, but the fact that the Giants once again led the league in players missing games because of injury doesn't "entirely shift the structure of a game"? Got it.
On offense, we swapped Randle for Shepard, might get Cruz back and we added some playmakers into the competition at RB.
If we shore up the right side of the line? We can go far beyond just the East, IMO.
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What does the parity of the NFCE have to do with that statistic? Only two of those games were against NFCE opponents.
Romo entirely shifts the structure of a game. The Giants were two games better with their QB in-tact.
Okay, so we're supposed to take Romo's injury into account, but the fact that the Giants once again led the league in players missing games because of injury doesn't "entirely shift the structure of a game"? Got it.
Of course I never said that. Romo far outweighs any injury the Giants suffered. You should take both into account - and also learn how to read.
There have been 3 threads in the past few days discussing Dallas as the team to beat. Somebody is clearly penciling them in for something.
Heck, one guy here keeps using the fact they are the favorites to win the division by Vegas as some sort of lynchpin that they are the team to beat.
I do think people on this site are digging Romo's grave a little too early. Obviously the guy is no Eli Manning and fragile, but I'm not ready to call him dead yet.
Tony Romo is a very very good QB and pure arm strength/athleticism has never been what made him great. Sure he's athletic enough to move around the pocket but he's no Russ Wilson.
Dez looked awful last year. I'd definitely be concerned if I were a Boys fan. They rushed him back. I'm interested to see how he looks.
The '07 and '14 Cowboys were capable of winning it all. Outside of that, they've been just "pretty good" in the Romo era. I don't believe the '16 Boys can return to '14 Boys status, but I do think they have the chance to be a playoff team with a shot if things go right for them health-wise.
We probably overrate the Giants chances (self-included - I'd put us as a close second too win the division).
Here's a fact.
Last year without their QB and suffering through a 4-12 season Dallas had the THREE highest rated games on TV in the NFL last year.
That's not just Dallas fan's watching, it's ALL of America watching. Look back at previous years and Dallas can be seen at the top of the ratings, year after year.
You may not think Dallas is "Americas" team, but the ratings say otherwise.
P.S. With a healthy Romo Dallas wins the east, without Romo Dallas doesn't. It's that simple.
Yeah, about that? Got something to confess?