Cowboy's Report

Friday, September 6, 2013

The 2013 season is again full of hope for our Cowboys.

With a new defensive coordinator joining head coach Jason Garret, and Garret no longer calling the plays, we have reasons to be optimistic.  The NFC East looks to be up for grabs again.  Dallas has been one game away from winning the conference and going to the playoffs for the last two seasons, but they found a way to lose.  And to make the embarrassment worse, the one game loss each season was to New York and then to Washington.

So?  Why so much hope?  Such positive feelings?!

In addition to the coaching changes as mentioned, Dez is going to pick up where he left off last season, for starters.  Jason Witten and DeMarcusWare will be solid as always.  The O line should be improved, which will open up a much needed running game.

And last, we have a great QB in Romo.  Yes!

I know a lot of you are shaking your heads right now.  But without him, the ’Boys would not have been in contention at the ends of the last years, and without him again, they won’t stand a reasonable chance of making it to the playoffs.  Yes, Tony has his flaws, and I don’t want to make any excuses for him. But I am!  The O line was awful last year.  Tony was under pressure on every play and was peeling himself off the turf on what seemed like every play.  But he got up, went to the huddle and then begged his receivers to line up in the right slots.  It seemed like just total chaos on every play, last year.

Now, I know, the preview has been preseason.  But the Cowboys looked much improved.

The defense gave up a lot of late-game points and rarely took any turnovers last year.  Now to be fair, they were riddled with injuries, and key guys missed large portions of the 2012 season.  So, you have to believe they will not have such bad injury luck this season.

One thing we know for sure, as TRUE Cowboys fans, we will watch every game.  No matter what we say after a loss, by Wednesday all is forgiven, and we can’t wait for the next Sunday.

Me personally, I’m going to do my best not to mix beer, Cowboys and Facebook.  I’ve had to give way too many apologies, always “I’m sorry for being so rude yesterday," on days after tough losses.

So I’m deactivating my Facebook account.  You don’t expect me to do without beer, do you?

As always, the Dallas (we-play-in-Arlington) schedule looks tough, especially in December.  And also as always, being the TRUE Cowboys fan that I am, I don’t see a loss, and we are going to win our SIXTH Super Bowl.

GO COWBOYS!

By Big Fat Al, El Cowboy Fan