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Dallas will start it's home season today by welcoming the 1-1 Bucs. Which Dallas team will show up? Will it be the team that looked like world beaters against the Giants? Or will it be the Cowboys who were completely dominated by the Seahawks last week? Will the Romocoaster be going uphill or downhill this week? Will Dez Bryant actually be useful this week? Will Jerry Jones have his son-in-law clean his glasses for him?
The Cowboys seemed to be in the middle of their two previous games. The Romocoaster had both an up and down game. On the 4th play of the game Romo got picked by Tampa Bay. The Bucs were able to take advantage and scored a touchdown, they took an early 7-0 lead. Romo was later responsible for 2 more turnovers. That's pretty much par for the course for Romo. What was concerning though was that Romo was sacked 4 times. That's one of the things that's suppose to make him such a "great" qb is his escapability and is ability to turn broken plays into great plays. Romo did complete 25 of 39 passes for 283 yards. Romo had a very average quarterback rating of 75.1. He didn't have any touchdown passes.
Romo is what he is. He's a slightly above average quarterback who will never be in the same league as Drew Brees, Tom Brady or the Manning brothers. He will remain at this same level the rest of his career, until his skills finally start to deteriorate. I wish the Cowboys could trade him straight up to the Redskins for RG3. But I think the Redskins are smarter than that.
In what sounds like it was an ugly and boring game, the Cowboys prevailed 16-10. (Please don't sign Romo to an extension, he'll never lead the Cowboys to the Super Bowl. Most of the time he can't even lead them to the playoffs.)
Tampa Bay's defense was very good, but quarterback Josh Freeman was brutal. He had a much worse game than Romo.
Dallas next plays at home against the Bears on Monday Night Football. Two teams who have a lot in common. Neither are very flashy and both wear the blue collar imprint. Also both teams have quarterbacks who play to the level of their reputations rarely.
Another early game I thought would be intriguing was San Francisco-Minnesota. This early afternoon matchup was played in Minnesota. Does anyone think that that will help the Vikings win? Will Adrian Peterson return to his early career form? Will Alex Smith continue his excellent early season play? Will the 49ers continue their excellent early season play? Will the 49ers win by more than 3 touchdowns? Am I the only one who thinks this 49ers team feels like a team of destiny?
The team of destiny was exposed a bit today. I was very surprised how good the Vikings looked today. Adrian Peterson rushed for a tough 86 yards on 25 carries. Christian Ponder was the surprise though. He was 21 of 35 for 198 yards. He threw for 2 touchdowns and had many nice completions. Ponder showed a lot of good things today. He also wasn't sacked or threw any interceptions. Ponder had a quarterback rating of 94.7.
Alex Smith had the type of game that the 49ers want out of him. They want him to not try and do too much, to play in control and to not lose the game. He did what his role specifies today. He was 24 of 35 for 204 yards and one touchdown pass. He did throw one interception and was sacked 3 times. His qb rating was 81.1.
San Francisco next week flies cross country to take on team drama, the New York Jets. I love that the Jets seem to be limiting Tim Tebow in their play calling. Although Mark Sanchez didn't have a great game either, he only had a quarterback rating of 58.2. It seems like the Jets don't have a starting quarterback, instead they have two backups.
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