SB Nation User Blog: sduncan24

BTB Observations

sduncan24 — Mon, 12 Oct 2009 00:01:22 -0000

I have been noticing a trend on our beloved blog over the last two weeks. Everyone who reads this web-site knows that there are some posters who are a part of every conversation, every topic, and quite frankly are (almost) as important to this blog as the writers, who by the way are the best around. I post some, not as often as a lot of those guys, but what I have noticed is an influx of new posters over the last two weeks and what they have had to say has been overwhelmingly negative. People who want to fire Wade, cut Romo, get ride of Garrett, be-head Jerry (maybe an exaggeration, but you get the point). Now there have been many people who have been around for a long time and post constantly who also have these feelings, but the inundation of new posters with these feelings has been overwhelming.

My point in bringing this up is that it is very easy for a fan to be critical and demand all sorts of change and claim that Romo sucks, and Wade is a bum, and Jerry is an idiot, because you are putting yourself in a win-win situation. If the team suffers because of the individuals that you call out then you were right all along and the team should be listening to you, someone sign that guy up. If on the other hand the teams wins with these players, well you are a fan of the team and all you really want in the end is a W anyway, so we are good to go.

I think that the positive and glass half-full posters on this site are getting a bad rap, labeled as homers and there is starting to be a significant lean towards the negative, chicken little posts. Let's not all take the easy way out and say that the team stinks and should can everyone, because I am sure each and everyone of you would be right there cheering the team along when (if for you guys) the team makes their run in the playoffs.

Let's Go Cowboys!!!

and Romo and Wade and Garrett and Jerry and apparently Crayton sucks now (or so says Chicken Little), so let's go Crayton

Maybe Camp Cupcake isn't so bad afterall...

sduncan24 — Tue, 04 Aug 2009 01:29:30 -0000

I just read on ESPN.com that Stewart Bradely, one of Philadelphia's starting linebackers will miss the whole season with a torn ACL. My first reaction was that this is a big blow for the Eagles and a tough break. Then I read on further to see that is appears as if he was injured in a pile up at practice.

This lead me to think about all the ridicule the Cowboys have taken over not tackling in TC because Wade wants to protect his players, and now it appears as if one of our rival's starters has been lost for the year because of training camp tackling.

I never really had that big of a problem with the no tackling, but for those of you who did, does this change your mind? Would you rather have us not tackle or risk losing Demarcus Ware for the year in a training camp pile-up?

Just some food for thought.

Bradely out for year

I just wanted to clarify that I do not buy into the "Camp Cupcake" idea, it was the best way I could think to broach the subject.

I came across this while on Bleeding Green Nation earlier today. I know the ads are random, but...

sduncan24 — Mon, 27 Jul 2009 19:52:23 -0000

I came across this while on Bleeding Green Nation earlier today. I know the ads are random, but this one is perfect for those miserable Iggles fans. They probably need it.

Classic Eli face

sduncan24 — Tue, 16 Dec 2008 01:09:39 -0000

So I was on "the network which will remain unnamed" (for those of you who are boycotting) and watched a tape of the game review. It had this great picture of the classic Eli face in it, I mean priceless so I got a screenshot of it for everyone to take a look at. Normally you get to see this after the play is over, but this is even better, in the grasp of Demarcus Ware. I hope you all enjoy it.

via i295.photobucket.com

I need this win!

sduncan24 — Fri, 07 Nov 2008 00:12:23 -0000

I need this win in week 11!!! I know that the Dallas Cowboys need it, for their season, for their confidence, to have a chance of making it to the playoffs they need this win. I get all of that, but my point is that I, personally, need this win!

I know that most everyone one this blog lives in enemy territory, and knows how tough it can be. I live in Redskins country though, and let me tell you, with them having a good year and beat us at out place it is especially tough. Giants fans know it will be tougher the next time they play us, we put on an offensive clinic against the Eagles, but we lost, at home, to the Redskins and that is hard to deal with here.

But it is not just the fans. I listen to sports talk radio all the time, I can't even remember if my car has FM or not. The problem is that as bad as ESPN is, it is all I get except Redskins Radio. So I grin and bear it a lot, listen to the love-hate fest that network has with us until about 3 pm when the worst local sports talk guy in the country comes on. He is horrible (not even a Skins fan, a Rams fan) I have not met anyone who likes to listen to this guy, but yet he has been on the air for over 15 years. So to stop this insanity I tune into the Redskins talk show to entertain myself.

They have in the past done a pretty decent job of being fair and unbiased in recent years. I guess that was only because the Redskins were just barely above a bottom rung team, even on playoff years for them they just squeaked in so it was too bad to listen to, But now, now that they think they are Gods of the NFL I can't do it anymore, I can listen to them talk about how great they are (barely, but I can tolerate that because they are playing decent) but what I can't stand is that the only other thing that do is bash the Boys! Even when we aren't part of their conversation they come up with a way to bash us, be it a TO blowing up the team comment, or Pacman is a thug, or Tank is a thug, or Jerry is the coach of the team.

The reason I decided to rant about this is because of what I heard today. They were talking calls about any Skins topic and someone called in who was at the Monday night game and was horrified about the number of Steelers fans who were at the game, it almost seemed like the games was being played at Hines Field. After ranting about it for a second the host makes the comment that he can already feel the same thing happening for our games, that these IDIOTS (in reference to Cowboys fans--which I assume he knows all of us and our intelligence levels) will be there in full force. His co-host then went on to bash Cowboys fans saying we wouldn't even take a bus fare to an away game, let alone a flight up to FedEx and that we were the most fair-weathered fans in football. I probably missed the next 5 minutes of talk because I was screaming at my radio and telling John Thompson, the host, exactly what I thought of him and his opinions.

Bottom line, is that I hear nothing from Redskins radio and fans about how we are 1-2 in the last three because the team in falling apart, or is blowing up (not that we are decimated by injuries), or imploding and that they can count us out and our season is over that I need this win. To show my face to work on Tuesday (I will be making the 4 hour drive to the game Sunday night and taking Monday to bask in the glory of victory) I need the Dallas Cowboys to step up and win. Now I have not been talking trash to anyone, I have been quiet and just responded to heckling, we'll find out in a couple weeks when we get healthy--just make sure I can find you at the end of the season ok? So I need this win, I am sure they are more of me out there in Redskin country who feel the same way as me, but I NEED THIS WIN!!!!

T-New

sduncan24 — Tue, 20 May 2008 14:24:34 -0000

Just saw an article from the Dallas Morning News where it looks like Terence Newman is close to signing a contract extension. I know there has been a lot of talk about this, and whether he would demand too much from us or if we could a hometown discount. It looks as though he wants to stay here and get a deal done soon. All I can say is good for Jerry and Steven! This is huge in my estimation, we need to lock this guy up because I am in the camp that believes he is a top 5 corner in this league.

Now just waiting to hear more about the two no-shows at OTAs. We need to the Barbarian re-signed along with Hamlin. I just hope we aren't overlooking these guys while they are working on T-News deal. That could breed some bad blood.

http://www.dallasnews.com/sharedcontent/dws/spt/football/cowboys/stories/052008dnspocowsnewman.3883648.html

Adam Jones

sduncan24 — Fri, 25 Apr 2008 11:01:18 -0000

I know it has been mentioned before, but I would like to put out a formal petition here on Blogging the Boys that we refer to our newly acquired cornerback with a troubled past only as Adam Jones and leave the nickname, that he was formerly known, by back in Tennessee.

I think the new start in a new place should come along with forgetting about that stupid nickname that he used when got in so much trouble. A new start for #21 for the Dallas Cowboys, Adam Jones.

Poll

What do you think about forever forgetting "Pacman" and only recognizing Adam Jones on BTB?

I like it, Pacman was left in Tennesse, it's Adam now.

21 votes

That is stupid, he will always be Pacman Jones

22 votes

You can call him Xena Warrior Princess for all I care, as long as he stays out of trouble and preforms well in Big D

47 votes

90 votes | Poll has closed

NFL Owners Meeting

sduncan24 — Fri, 28 Mar 2008 11:16:19 -0000

I just saw on the Bottom Line on ESPN that the Owners are discussing changing playoff seeding for the upcoming season. The change would be that when a Wildcard team has a better record than a division winner, that team will get to play a home game. Perfect example this year would have been the Giants (10-6) playing at the Bucs (9-7) this year.

I would like to see this rule change. For a team like the Bucs to be allowed to play a home game just because they play in the worst division in football is a raw deal for the rest of the conference. You have a team, who is clearly inferior, playing a home game instead of allowing the team who was better during the course of the season to reward it's fans with one more game. In this case the Bucs were 5-1 in their division and only 4-6 against the rest of the conference.

The only down side to this is I can see the slippery slope you are starting to climb. What happens when a division winner is say 9-7 or 8-8 and the two wildcards are 10-6 or 9-7, then you have a third team that is 10-6 or 9-7 who loses out because of tiebreakers. You gave higher seeding to the two wildcards because they had better records, what about the third team who also has a better record than that division winner and misses the playoffs completely? Would that lead to doing away with division winners all together?

What do you guys think?

DJ Hackett

sduncan24 — Mon, 17 Mar 2008 17:02:35 -0000

Looks like Hackett has officially spurned the advancements of ole' Danny Boy in Washington. Hackett signed with the Panthers today. I always like seeing a rival of ours miss out on a player they desperately need.

The one thing I don't really get is that Hackett stated he wanted to play for a contender and I could see the Deadskins being considered as such and to some extent the Bucs, being defending NFC South Champs, but the Panthers? I just don't see how that makes sense, I guess it really was all about the money.

http://sports.espn.go.com/nfl/news/s...

Farve to Retire

sduncan24 — Tue, 04 Mar 2008 15:11:06 -0000

Its a sad day for football. This is a surprise to me after the kind of year he had this past season. Football will miss greatly, as in my opinon was one of the all-time greats.

ESPN's Chris Mortensen reported that according to Favre's agent, Buss Cook, Favre informed Packers coach Mike McCarthy of his decision Monday night.