SB Nation User Blog: rioplayer7

Looking for some advice on a Hotel near Cowboys Stadium

rioplayer7 — Tue, 10 Nov 2009 16:27:58 -0000

I am going to the Cowboys and Chargers game on the 13th of December, and I was wondering if somebody had any idea on a good place to stay that is close to the stadium. I would prefer to be able to walk and was wondering if there were any cheaper hotels in that area or even if there are hotels anyone know of that are not real close but have shuttles to the game. If any one has any advice it would be greatly appreciated. Thanks

Make the right Choice

rioplayer7 — Sun, 11 Oct 2009 20:49:42 -0000

This is going to be a short post, but it does not need a lot of insight.....Plain and simple Barber is not full speed. He does have all the heart in the world, but why do you put Barber back in after Choice scores a 36 yard td? I am not gonna be irrational like most people and say we need to start Choice, but he was rolling this game let him play. Come on now 8 rushes for over 90 yards...Barber is a good back but let him rest or else he will be playing 80% all year. I am not dismissing Barber I am simply saying let a healthy back play and let him roll!!!!!

All Hail Tony Romo

rioplayer7 — Mon, 21 Sep 2009 18:52:21 -0000

I hate to do it, because I knew every fanpost would somehow mention Tony today, but I really need to get this off my chest. Tony Romo is and will be our qb for at least another four years so stop all the comments that we need a new qb.

Tony is the best qb I have seen in Dallas for a very long time, and I think it is almost selfish for people to even call him out. I know fans always expect the best, but Tony Romo is definitely a top Qb in the league. I know that our Rbs had 251 rushing yards, so you are not gonna agree with me when I say that we could not have put up that many points without out him, but do you realize that teams are worried about him beating them through the air, so it did not allow them to stack defenders to stop the run? For the Giants it was almost the opposite last night. We schemed to shut down the run, so Eli (who is nowhere near Tony's caliber) was able to light it up last night. Without Tony our team is very mediocre. We saw this when we had to bring in Brad Johnson last year. The one thing I have come to expect with Wades supposedly genius defensive scheme is that the other team is going to put up a lot of points against us, so Tony has to counter if we are going to win.

I know that his three turnovers created 21 points, but seriously where the heck was the pressure on the defensive side of the ball. Why give Ware 100 million dollars if he is not gonna even touch Eli? It seems like a waste of money to me. I am tired of people calling for Tony's job, and we would be much much worse without him. If anything it is time to get that Marshmellow off our sidelines he is definitely outstayed his welcome. If we can not touch Byron Leftwich and then we do this against the Giants this is the head we need to be calling for!!!!!!

For some positives, we created three turnovers and still were in the game against a team that created none. What this tells me is we are the better team... Tony just had a bad game, like all qbs do. Did anyone see Brady's performance yesterday? We are the better team, and I fully expect to return the favor to the Giants when we play them again. Yes we lost last night, but am I sad or upset????No way I really like our team this year and we have only played 2 games. I am excited for this season and am very confident we will finally win a playoff game (That is of course if we actually can pressure the qb.....It might have been a bad idea to let Ellis go).

The Perfect Position to Win

rioplayer7 — Tue, 15 Sep 2009 19:35:28 -0000

For the past two years, everyone had such high expectations of our beloved Cowboys, and what happened? Last year we finished exactly the same as the Detroit Lions (Out of the Playoffs), and the same the year before empty handed. I was very curious to see exactly where previous preseason polls ranked the Giants after they lost their most prolific player in Tiki Barber. I used google to search for the 2007 preseason rankings and read something that seemed very familiar to the analysis for the Cowboys this year.

I found USA Today's preseason NFL power rankings which had the Giants listed in the 20th spot stating:

The Giants enter the season as the '06 playoff squad least likely to make it back to the postseason. Tiki Barber left a giant void in the backfield for Brandon Jacobs and Reuben Droughns. And Eli Manning faces vociferous critics if he falters.

I read this and kind of laughed. I mean seriously sub in T.O. for Tiki, replace the receiver position for backfield, Roy Williams and a group of young receivers for Jacobs and Droughns and you have just about every columnists prediction for the Cowboys. And of course the most obvious replace Eli for Romo and his December critics. I guess the point I am trying to make is I am tired of hearing all over the place about how Emiitt picked Dallas to go 7-9, or this person or that person picked the Cowboys to do this.

I have heard all about how without T.O. the Cowboys will struggle, but the beauty about he game of football is that you actually have to play the games, and nobody can ever predict who is truly going to win week in and week out. Last night for instance, I saw the almighty Patriots who were supposed to raise the Lombardi once again look very mediocre and if it was not for an extremely bone-head move they should have lost.

Do not get me wrong, I was and still am one of T.O.'s biggest fans, and watching him last night, noticing how open the middle of the field was for the Bills because of the threats of lining Lee Evans and T.O. outside presented, made me wonder if only the Bills had a legitimate TE like Witten the damage they could do. I really wish their offensive coordinator could have also seen this. Then I started hearing all the T.O. talk from Mike and Mike (Do not get me started about how much I hate they are broadcasters), and I realized I had finally come to terms with his release.

I realized that I love how less dramatic this year has been so far, and am actually finally glad to see him go. I love his production and I truly believe he is one of the best wrs of all time, but this offseason was a thing of beauty. I did not have to see T.O.'s face on DallasCowboys.com everytime I checked the site, and although everyone around here still loved to bring his name up I did not receive all the annoying texts from friends and family asking me when he Team Obliterator is going to blow up this season.

To get back on track with my point about the Giants two years ago, is everyone including myself thought placing a workload on a fat player like Jacobs, on a team so dependant on their running game , would kill them. It was very funny because everyone was calling for Coughlin's head and there were reports that all the players just did not like him, but what do they do?Tthey go out and not only win the Super Bowl, but beat the best team of all time. I have seen us all over the place and right now according to nfl.com we are ranked 13th in their power rankings, but this is exaclty where I would rather be. The more hyped up a team is; the more another team wants to come in and beat you. (See our vicotry against a much better Colts team a few years back when they were undefeated).

It is a brand new season ladies and gentlemen, and as far as I am concerned our Boys are undefeated. I have been holding onto the grudge and dissapointment of the releasing of T.O., but hopefully this so called addition by subtraction truly does work, and I will be able to finally watch a playoff victory this year. I do not care where everyone has my Cowboys ranked, and I am finally willing to say it GOOD BYE T.O. I loved your production but Good Riddance to your drama it is TONY TIME GET YOUR POPCORN READY CAREER HIGH IN HIS FIRST GAME!!!!!!!!!!!!

Hey Grizz.......

rioplayer7 — Sun, 09 Aug 2009 23:41:15 -0000

Do you think it would be possible to open up an in game discussion for tonights Titans and Bills game. I have been waiting for football for a very ong time and I would love to start an in game discussion for tonight on everybody's favorite wide receiver. I am hoping we can get this done.....Boy am I excited and it is only a preseason game and it is not even the Cowboys playing!!!!!!

The True Area of Concern

rioplayer7 — Wed, 01 Jul 2009 07:31:36 -0000

I have heard way too much talk about the wide receiver position and I am ready to bring light to the true position that may break or make our season. It might live or die by the left tackle position. Flozell Adams is getting up there in age, and it is this position I believe we have absolutely no depth at. I have heard the idea of moving Leonard Davis to the position if there was a problem, but does anyone remember his days in Arizona at that position?

I think the main concern, after teams make their cuts, is to try and find a veteran that might be able to fill in. I am very concerned about this position and it will not matter who are Wrs are or even our Qb if his blindside is left to a sub par fill in. We already saw what the mess did at LG, but what happens if Flozell goes down or if his age really starts to set in?

Even looking at the opposit side, what happens if Columbo goes down. Wrs do not win Super Bowls, and it will be an extremely sub par season if one of these positions goes down. I only hope we can find some sort of depth at that position if not we might be in for a world of hurt!!!!!

A Conflict of Interest

rioplayer7 — Mon, 15 Jun 2009 18:53:37 -0000

I have been pondering the coaching situation and team identities recently, and I think our problem is our conflict between our defensive coordinator (Wade) and Offensive coordinator (Jason). I feel as if our defense is meant to pressure the qb and create long passing situations. On the other end our team needs to stray away from our passing attack. I believe Wades defense needs to be complimented by a ball control hard nose running game in order to truly compliment our type of defense. I saw too many shootouts last year, and I do not believe this compliments Wade's defensive strategy. We need to be holding on to the ball and limit turnovers. Jason looks for the big play too often, and hopefully he will look to settle down. Jason is a very young and creative coordinator, but I do not believe he is right for our team. We need to allow our defense to pin the opposing team in their side of the field and play field position, but turnovers are costly and ruin that aspect of the game. Tony Romo is a great qb and I am very grateful to have him but he and Jason must learn to limit fumbles and interceptions. Our defense is going to take us places and that is why Wade is still the coach. I am tired of the WR talk it will be our run game and defense that takes us somewhere this year and those stupid shotgun run plays need to be taken out of our play book. We do not need to trick the opposing team we need to rely on our defense to do their job and then just line up and run it down the opposing teams throats. Something has to give and our identity needs to be declared this year. The passing game has obviously not been working and it is time for us to compliment our strength in a very strong defense. It is Wades turn to finally step up, and if he has to take over the offense as well. It was a mistake to give Jason that much money and basically tell Wade to back off the head coach needs to have a say in the offense. Run the ball already i do not care who our WRs are.

I fanposted this because i really want people to read it

rioplayer7 — Fri, 08 May 2009 00:21:43 -0000

One of the best articles I have read from Eatman by far and definitely deserves some credit if you have some time read it, it is well worth your time and really good to know that we drafted some guys that know how to react. I was really shocked when he said the photographers fell 40 feet from the air and how well the training staff did along with the players so definitely take your time and read this article from a gu who was actually there.

http://www.dallascowboys.com/news/news.cfm?id=1D36BDB3-B949-DE68-E16D4E0F3B6D0DEB

Character Concern Returned

rioplayer7 — Wed, 22 Apr 2009 05:13:10 -0000

http://sports.espn.go.com/nfl/draft09/news/story?id=4087941

According to Espn Percy Harvin failed his drug test. This could mean he could slip out of the first round. I am asking is it worth it to take him if he does slip because he has so much potential both as a returner and a speed wr. I want to be rid of these character guys, but a guy like Harvin dropping around us or near us would have to spark that little kid in Jerry looking for a new toy. I did not fanpost it because it seems like a legitimate topic to discuss.

Choose Choice... Commodity or Luxury

rioplayer7 — Mon, 20 Apr 2009 19:05:34 -0000

My friend came up to me today asking me if he thought the Cowboys could possibly use the play of Tashard Choice's December to dangle in front of the Cardinals and a second and some later picks for Anquan. My initial thoughts on the matter were wow Anquan and Roy Williams with Austin going deep not too shaby!

Yet I sat on the matter and realized that Choice, is a very valuable player on our team and I am very impressed with Choice's work ethic and skill set. Not to mention he is the only running back on our team that I think can carry a full workload. Felix and Marion have not shown they can play the entire game yet, so the importance of Choice is that he might be the only player on our team that eventually turns out to fill that top spot on the depth chart in the end.

Your starting running back, in my opinion, needs to be a work horse and find some rhythm. Felix and Marion both have their roles to play, but should not be starting. Barber is a Closer and Felix is more of a third down back or explosive sweep player. Barber is so physical he needs to run the defenses into the dirt when they are a tired, he is not as effective when the defense is rested. Choice needs to be our starter and is more valuable to our offense than a Wr in my opinion.

Choice could end up giving us 12-15 touches a game if not more this next year, and this will always be more than a wr even if it is Anquan. Choice is the Choice for starter in my opinion and nobody should be surprised if he ends up on top of the depth chart this upcoming year!!!!