Where’s the Outrage?

Thursday night football. I’m not sure that I’m ready for more Thursday night football. It is hard to block out time to watch football, Thursday, Sunday and Monday Night.

So, we have the Dallas Cowboys vs. the Green Bay Packers. It has been a long time since both of these teams played in a meaningful game against each other. In 1994-5, I thought that the Packers were the better team. Brett Favre was playing extremely good football. Reggie White was leading their defense. Now, this wasn’t the old Reggie White, this was Reggie as a beast. The Cowboys had Eric Williams. Eric was the best offensive tackle in the league, possibly the most dominant ever (drunk in a car crash killed his career). The Cowboys throughout the early to mid-90’s would beat up Brett Favre until he would make a mistake. Once the mistakes started coming they would come in bunches.

How the Cowboys win: The Cowboys offense will need to show some patience. They will need to control the clock and take their shots when they are available. The Packers have an excellent rush package. Jason Garrett, the offensive coordinator for the Boyz, has talked about the offensive line all year.  Well, it is time for them to step up.  They will have to give Romo some time to throw.  The Cowboys must avoid 3rd and long just like with the Giants. Tony Romo will have to protect the ball. Early turnovers will be deadly. Brett Favre will make you pay. The Green Bay defense is ranked #13 in the league in stopping the run. They give up an average of 100 yards on the ground per game. The Cowboys will have to sprinkle in the run as they have the last 2 or 3 games. Use the pass to set up the run. I think that we should throw out of some of the 2 tight end sets in order to keep Green Bay off balance. If we are able to control the clock and keep Brett Farve frustrated (hit him and hit him often) then the Cowboys will roll.

How the Cowboys Lose: Brett Farve loves to go up top. He just love to throw deep. If he has time, he will go deep early. If he has success he will throw deep all day. His offensive line must control Demarcus Ware, Greg Ellis and the much improved Chris Canty. The Cowboys will stunt and blitz. I do not see any reason for the Packers not to try what the New York Giants and Washington Redskins did which was to try to isolate their tight end on Roy Williams. Farve loves Bubba Franks, Donald Lee and his running backs out of the back field. If Farve has time he will carve up the Cowboys secondary. On the other side of the football, the Packers will have to force Tony Romo into some bad decisions. If they are able to force turnovers and handle the ball to Brett in good field position it will be a long afternoon for the Dallas Cowboys.

I suspect that this game will be like most in the NFL, turnovers will tell the tale.  The Cowboys will win but late turnovers will make the score look more lopsided than it truly is.  Cowboys by 8.  This will be a good game.

 

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