Dallas fans aren’t so jolly; NFL coach for Longhorns?

By Roy Knox

We are told, ‘Tis the season to be jolly’, and that`s probably true unless you are a Dallas Cowboys football fan.
In a season of mediocrity, the last two weeks have been devastating to say the least. Whether it was the Chicago game where a back-up quarterback led his team on seven consecutive scoring drives to open the game, or the Green Bay game where another back-up quarterback lead his team back from a 23-point deficit by scoring five touchdowns in the second half, it is apparent this team is floundering. It would be easy to just blame the worst defense in the National Football League, but to blame them I would need to know all of their names and a lot of them haven`t been around long enough for me to learn them yet. Sean Lee, the outstanding middle linebacker, is injured yet again as well is DeMarcus Ware and his well-documented leg problems.
Let’s pick on the offense for a while. Demarco Murray has averaged about five and a half yards a carry this year and almost eight yards a carry in the last two games. That is excellent and a good indication of how well the offensive line is doing. In fact, if Murray would have had about ten more carries in the third quarter of the Green Bay game, Dallas would have won by ten points. Then you have Tony Romo, the lightning rod. All in all he has had a better-than-average year. Has he thrown some inopportune interceptions? Yes, but if you score forty-eight points or thirty-six points you shouldn’t have to be trying to win the game on the final drive. It should already be over. Where the real problem lies is in the coaching staff and general manager. This last game was simple, unless there were more than eight players in the defensive box, there should have been a running play called. It is just systematic of the poor play calling all year. Poor coaching and even poorer drafting has gotten us where we are today. The Cowboys have a 7-7 record and I expect them to lose the next two games. At least I hope Santa is good to me.
 

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