SB Nation User Blog: DC_fan

Who Dat?

DC_fan — Sun, 20 Dec 2009 04:49:40 -0000

Dat's dem Cowboys!!! How convincing was that win?

Tony Romo is officially the MAN. For a few of us he has been the man, but I think his recent performances have silenced even the most staunch haters.
Miles Austin is for real. No more questions, he is our #1.
Bench Folk. We have Buehler. I don't care if he misses more FG's in practice, I would rather put the game on his shoulder's than Folk's right now.
Garret as HC? After tonight's performance, I think Red Jesus has earned a HC spot in this league, hopefully for the Cowboys.

Sorry for the ranting, but I've polished off most of a 12-pack of beer and am still pumped. GO COWBOYS!!!!

Shutdown Corner supports Romo

DC_fan — Fri, 25 Sep 2009 13:06:28 -0000

Shutdown Corner supports Romo

I though this article provided a nice perspective from someone who is not a Cowboys fan. I think we as Cowboys fans get all caught up and Romo becomes so polarizing that it's kind of refreshing to see someone's opinion that does not have a rooting interest for us.

Red Headed Genius

DC_fan — Wed, 16 Sep 2009 21:07:20 -0000

Like many of you, I was really impressed by the game called by Jason Garrett on Sunday. In my mind, he was one of the causes for our disasterous outing last year. It just seemed like he lacked the creativity to use all of the weapons he had.

I was reading this article by Bob Sturm, of Dallas area sports radio fame, and I now have a new appreciation for Red Jesus. I know it's only the first game of the season, but from what I saw and apparently what shows on the tape that Sturm watched, Garrett has made a ton of progress this off season. The innovations and schemes called by Garrett are pretty astounding.

A couple of interesting tidbits from the article:

How crazy is 52 plays for 462 yards? 8.9 yards per play. You may never see that again, so save the tape.

I was impressed with the offense, but didn't realize that we were that good.

The other thing that I have learned in these last few years of my psychotic studying of Garrett’s trends is that he never falls into a pattern. He substitutes EVERY play (other than the 2 minute drill). Trust me, he does not have the same personnel Group on the field for 2 straight plays except on rare occasions. On Sunday, it took 45 plays for the Cowboys to run consecutive plays in their base offense with the same look. And, you could easily say that by that point of the game (late 4th Quarter) the Cowboys had iced away the contest and were merely trying to kill the clock.

This explains why it looked why we were having problems getting lined up early in the game. With so many substitutions, it's to be expected that we would have growing pains in the 1st game of the season.

He also talks a lot about the "12" offense and two tight end sets and reinforces a lot of what Rafael had to say about how much an impact Martellus Bennet had that didn't show up in his game day stats.

Another interesting bit of the article is the pass distribution list, which shows that Romo distributed the ball almost equally to Witten, Williams, and Crayton. This is how we will make up for the loss of TO.

Check out the article as there is all kinds of interesting facts in there. Sturm does a good job of breaking down the film and the anatomy of plays and provides great insight. It's kind of refreshing to have someone in the media that actually does their research.

OU Roy Williams Still Stinks

DC_fan — Thu, 13 Aug 2009 14:20:24 -0000

OU Roy Williams Still Stinks

I don't have HBO, but Shutdown Corner provided a brief review of the first episode of Hard Knocks with the Bengals.

I saw this paragraph though and it made me really glad we finally cut ties with Roy Williams.

I'd imagine Roy Williams is a little embarrassed this morning about his showing. He lined up against Maurice Purify in the Oklahoma drill (one running back, and one blocker going one-on-one with a defender in a confined space), and things did not work out well for Roy. Purify erased him. With his propensity to get beat deep, and his inability to even put up a fight against a rookie wide receiver blocking him, I'm having trouble figuring out what it is that Roy Williams does well.

Interview with Raf, props to BTB

DC_fan — Tue, 04 Aug 2009 17:58:48 -0000

Interview with Raf, props to BTB

Nice chat session between Bob Sturm, Dallas area sports radio talk show host, and our own Rafael Vela.

What's wrong with this picture?

DC_fan — Wed, 15 Jul 2009 18:36:58 -0000

What's wrong with this picture?

Pro Romo Argument

DC_fan — Wed, 15 Jul 2009 15:08:54 -0000

I was checking my usual morning blog stops today when I came across an article written by Bob Sturm who is a local radio personality here in Dallas on 1310 The Ticket. The article is one of the most succinct, well written articles on the great Romo debate. I encourage everyone to check it out as it provides some telling stats and makes a clear argument on why Romo is one of the top 6-7 QB's in the league, though admitting that 2009 is a pivotal season in Romo's carrer as our QB.

Here's an excerpt from the article:

He is no longer a kid. They made adjustments to fit him. It is now a year for make-or-break. If he falls on his face in 2009, the Cowboys would be foolish to consider QB a position of strength.

But, it appears many in the public - yes, even Dallas fans - already have ruled him “not the guy”. He won’t ever win the big one, right? You don’t know he won’t anymore than I know he will.

I realize I have put my eggs in the Romo basket, and yes, I cringe when he appears to be a bit too “Hollywood” for my taste. But, I would like to say that I believe Tony Romo is the real deal, and while he may be a far cry from Mr. Staubach and Mr. Aikman, I would also say he is a far cry in the other direction from Quincy, Bledsoe, Vinny, Hutchinson, Henson, etc.

Eli Manning best QB in NFC?

DC_fan — Mon, 01 Jun 2009 18:12:16 -0000

So I was reading this article by Mosley on his blog, and came across this gem:

Let me add this opinion on Manning to "freshen" things up a bit: I think he's hands down the best quarterback in the NFC East -- and perhaps the entire NFC.

Seriously? Is Mosley high or does he really believe this? I think maybe, maybe, the argument for NFC East can be made since he's the only one in the division with a ring. But trying to set my rose colored glasses aside, I still think he is #3 in the division. Now, you may argue that my Cowboys bias has something to do with that, but even ignoring the NFC east, I don't know that he's even in the top 5 in the conference.

I guess Mosley just doesn't want to piss off a quarter of the readers of his blog. What do you guys think? What QB's in the NFC would you rank ahead of Manning?

Cowboys Fan Stands Up for his Team

DC_fan — Thu, 16 Apr 2009 13:17:59 -0000

Cowboys Fan Stands Up for his Team

I got a kick out of this article, though I didn't think it needed to be a fanpost, especially after reading the post by Grizz on the guy that got killed in Austin.

Roy Willy Gone

DC_fan — Thu, 05 Mar 2009 15:05:28 -0000

I know this was expected, but here's the official story. First TO and now Roy. While I don't necessarily disagree with either move, this off season feels like we are saying forget this year, we're building for the future. I hope neither of these decisions hurts us in the long run. Seems like we should be looking for some help in FA otherwise we're going to be relying on a few rookies to play big roles.