Doomsday II? Hardly
In case you missed it, you may find the lead to columnist Gerry Fraley's Just Venting column interesting:
How long until Cowboys owner Jerry Jones follows the lead of his soon-to-be neighbor, Rangers owner Tom Hicks, and questions the "mental toughness" of his team?
Opening week in the NFL showed how meaningless the exhibition season is.
Pittsburgh was winless in fake games but defeated Miami with a backup quarterback, Charlie Batch, running the show.
The Cowboys stopped exhibition-level offense. The tag "Doomsday II" floated about Valley Ranch.
Don't believe the hype.
When the real games started with a loss to Jacksonville, the defense looked about the same as always. If this is "Doomsday II," it will be an uninspired sequel along the lines of Police Academy 5, although Bubba Smith was sublime in the role of Sgt. Moses Hightower.
The numbers were acceptable, but the defense could not stop Jacksonville when necessary. The Jaguars scored on four of their final eight possessions of significance. The Jaguars held the ball for nearly 18 minutes of the second half.
Let this defense play together for a while and find its level before ushering it to Canton.
Posted by John Banks at 6:17 AM (E-mail this entry) | Comments (0)
How long until Cowboys owner Jerry Jones follows the lead of his soon-to-be neighbor, Rangers owner Tom Hicks, and questions the "mental toughness" of his team?
Opening week in the NFL showed how meaningless the exhibition season is.
Pittsburgh was winless in fake games but defeated Miami with a backup quarterback, Charlie Batch, running the show.
The Cowboys stopped exhibition-level offense. The tag "Doomsday II" floated about Valley Ranch.
Don't believe the hype.
When the real games started with a loss to Jacksonville, the defense looked about the same as always. If this is "Doomsday II," it will be an uninspired sequel along the lines of Police Academy 5, although Bubba Smith was sublime in the role of Sgt. Moses Hightower.
The numbers were acceptable, but the defense could not stop Jacksonville when necessary. The Jaguars scored on four of their final eight possessions of significance. The Jaguars held the ball for nearly 18 minutes of the second half.
Let this defense play together for a while and find its level before ushering it to Canton.
Posted by John Banks at 6:17 AM (E-mail this entry) | Comments (0)
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