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The Dallas Cowboys 2009/2010 season did not end as we had all hoped.  It was not their year.  TheCowboysCorner.comneeded a short sabbatical after the Cowboys season ending blowout in Minnesota.

Well I'm back now and ready to go.  As I look back on the season it was a heck of a ride.  The Cowboys at times seemed to under-perform and then just when you think they were out of it they turned it on.  Finished the regular season strong and won their first playoff game in over a decade.  Not what we all wanted but not bad.  Only one team wins the Super Bowl each year.

The Cowboys can now look forward to the off-season and the 2010 season.  The Pro Bowl was finished last week so we don't have to worry about that this week.

If the Cowboys are going to take anything into the off-season it should be these two things:

1.  Any player even an un-drafted 4th year back up player can turn it on and make a huge difference to the team.  WR Miles Austin may have save the Cowboys season this year which completely came out of nowhere.  Where would the Cowboys have been if Roy Williams had done the same?

2. The Cowboys were the first team this season to beat the New Orleans Saints.  They did it in New Orleans and it was no fluke.  This is something every Cowboys player needs to think about this off season.  What if?

Everyone needs to enjoy the off-season.  Visit TheCowboysCorner.com daily this off-season as I will not be taking the off-season off.  I will provide the best insight and analysis of this past season; look forward to the 2010 NFL Draft; the OTAs, Training Camp and more!

Lets Go Cowboys!  Lets be the first team to host a Super Bowl and be in that Super Bowl.

PRICELESS SUPERBOWL PICKS!!!

 PRICELESS SUPER BOWL PICK!!!

Priceless NFL Picks had a great year picking football winners this year.   Thanks to all my readers for a great 2009/2010 season.  it was nice to know that I did as well if not better in my picks then the so-called experts on ESPN.

As a Cowboys fans I don't really care who wins the Super Bowl.  I have been trying to find reasons all week as to who to vote for.  Honestly, I can't think of one.  I used to live in Louisiana during the time of the 'aints'.  They were not very good back them.  I would like to vote for them but I will get a little nuts every time they announcers mention the City of New Orleans and Hurricane Katrina.  Nawlins was a below sea level dump before that happened and I know that it was a terrible event but I am tired of hearing about it during football games.

Live near the water and eventually you are going to get wet.

Do you think the announcers will mention the struggles of the Indiana farmers whose families fled the Great Potato Famine in the 1800s.  Get over it already.

Florida has 2 or three bad hurricanes a year and you don't hear them crying about it.  Everyone in the U.S. knew a category 5 hurricane was coming.  Most people could have gotten out if they had not been stupid.

The people in Haiti had no chance to prepare or respond.  The people in New Orleans did.

OK, now lets talk football.

The Cowboys beat the Saints so if they win the Cowboys can build on that for next year.  The Colts should be undefeated going into this game but are not.  No one will care if they win the Super Bowl.  the problem with the Colts is they have the worst uniforms and are them most boring good team on the NFL.

That said I don't know how you go against Peyton Manning.  He just seems to have that it factor.

Either way I don't care.  Lets start the 2010 season so the Cowboys can play in the Super Bowl at home next year.

PRICELESS SUPER BOWL PICK!!!

Go ahead pick against Manning I dare you on last time.

At least NO still has Bourbon Street.  I love that place.

Vikings Favre lose in OT - Yesssssssssssssss!!!

I knew it was bad carma to run up the score on the Cowboys!!!

 

PRICELESS AFC / NFC CHAMPIONSHIP PICKS!!!

PRICELESS PICKS!!!

SUN, JAN 24	TIME (ET)	PICK
NY Jets at Indianapolis	3:00 PM	Cinderella was a Ho!!!
Minnesota at New Orleans	6:40 PM	The Vikings will never win a Super Bowl WITH Brett Favre!

Dallas Cowboys Brooking "It was B.S."

 
Vikings Called on the Carpet!!! 

"I was just trying to say something to whoever wanted to listen on their sidelines," Brooking said. "Whoever was in charge of calling that play and making that decision. It was B.S."

The Vikings lead by Farve ran up the score throwing a TD pass on 4th down with less than 2 minutes to go in a game that was a blowout.

The Cowboys will be playing the Vikings during the 2010 regular season.  Start the Clock now and go Saints!

 

Dallas Cowboys Romo Progression or Choking???

Lets face it.  Cowboys QB Tony Romo did not have a good game against the Vikings.  Is this the best he will ever be or is this just part of his progression to being one of the NFL's best QBs.

The stats from the game don't show the whole story.  6 sacks, multiple passes knocked down and just one big butt kicking all around.  Romo would hand the ball off and the RB would get hit almost as soon as he took the ball.  The first quarter looked so promising but it did not last.  As the game went on nothing seemed to work.  WR Williams wasn't even in the game and gave his QB no help.  He has little help other then Witten and Austin who at least had positive plays.

Romo did not help himself with 3 turnovers but in the end it would not have changed the final outcome.

Team Stat Comparison
1st Downs	16	16
Passing 1st downs	10	11
Rushing 1st downs	6	4
1st downs from Penalties	0	1
3rd down efficiency	3-13	4-13
4th down efficiency	0-2	1-2
Total Plays	66	60
Total Yards	248	323
Passing	156	214
Comp-Att	22-35	15-24
Yards per pass	4.5	8.9
Rushing	92	109
Rushing Attempts	25	33
Yards per rush	3.7	3.3
Red Zone (Made-Att)	0-1	2-4
Penalties	2-10	8-50
Turnovers	3	0
Fumbles lost	2	0
Interceptions thrown	1	0
Defensive / Special Teams TDs	0	0
Possession	30:34	29:26

There was another QB who had a bad playoff game which ended his fifth season as a QB.  He lost 34 - 9 and it wasn't even that close.  That QB was Brett "Run the Score Up" Favre.  The Cowboys made him look bad realy bad in that game.  Favre ended the 1995 season with a 99.5 passer rating.  Romo's passer rating in 2009 was 97.6.  There is hope for the future.

Favre's Passing Stats
YEAR	TEAM	G	CMP	ATT	PCT	YDS	AVG	TD	LNG	INT	RAT
1991	ATL	2	0	4	0.0	0	0.0	0	0	2	0.0
1992	GNB	15	302	471	64.1	3227	6.9	18	76	13	85.3
1993	GNB	16	318	522	60.9	3303	6.3	19	66	24	72.2
1994	GNB	16	363	582	62.4	3882	6.7	33	49	14	90.7
1995	GNB	16	359	570	63.0	4413	7.7	38	99	13	99.5
1996	GNB	16	325	543	59.9	3899	7.2	39	80	13	95.8
1997	GNB	16	304	513	59.3	3867	7.5	35	74	16	92.6
1998	GNB	16	347	551	63.0	4212	7.6	31	84	23	87.8
1999	GNB	16	341	595	57.3	4091	6.9	22	74	23	74.7
2000	GNB	16	338	580	58.3	3812	6.6	20	67	16	78.0
2001	GNB	16	314	510	61.6	3921	7.7	32	67	15	94.1
2002	GNB	16	341	551	61.9	3658	6.6	27	85	16	85.6
2003	GNB	16	308	471	65.4	3361	7.1	32	66	21	90.4
2004	GNB	16	346	540	64.1	4088	7.6	30	79	17	92.4
2005	GNB	16	372	607	61.3	3881	6.4	20	59	29	70.9
2006	GNB	16	343	613	56.0	3885	6.3	18	82	18	72.7
2007	GNB	16	356	535	66.5	4155	7.8	28	82	15	95.7
2008	NYJ	16	343	522	65.7	3472	6.7	22	56	22	81.0
2009	MIN	16	363	531	68.4	4202	7.9	33	63	7	107.2
Career		289	6083	9811	62.0	69329	7.1	497	99	317	86.6

Romo's 2009 Stats

Stats Overview	Passing
SPLIT	CMP	ATT	YDS	CMP%	YPA	LNG	TD	INT	SACK	RAT
2009	347	550	4483	63.1	8.15	80	26	9	34	97.6

Dallas Cowboys to Extend Coach Phillips Tenure!!!

   

 
1 More Year!!!

Coach Phillips has been on the coaching hot seat since he took over the Cowboys in 2007.  Win or else has been the rule of the day.  He has earned the right to stay one more year.

Overall he has done a good job.  He led the Cowboys to a 12-4 season in 2007 but lost in the first round to the Giants who were on their way to a Super Bowl win.  2008 was scene as a failure because the Cowboys missed the playoffs in part to Romo missing several games and a season ending blowout to the Eagles.  This year it was win at least a few games in December, make the playoffs and win ‘a’ playoff game.  Well he did that and he should be rewarded for it.

Defense wins Super Bowls and the defense under Phillips has shown signs of being something special.  Remember the Cowboys had no first or second round draft pick impact players added to their team in 2009.  This I’m sure hurt down the stretch when a stud rookie has enough playing time to make something big happen which really could have helped in the season ending game against the Vikings!

Phillips and his staff have done a good job with Romowith the exception of his final game of the season which can be said about most QB.  Look how soon to be Hall of Fame QB Kurt Warner's weekend went.  Phillips has also done a nice job with this years batch of late round draft picks.  Rookie TE John Phillips had a great season.

 

Let’s hope that this off-season Jones gets his wallet out and lets Phillips keep the players he needs and adds a few studs through the draft.

++++

Wade Phillips was named the seventh coach in Dallas Cowboys history on February 8, 2007. A native Texan with a rich appreciation for the game of football in his home state, Phillips is the only head coach in franchise history to assume the Cowboys top job with previous coaching experience on the high school, collegiate and professional levels in the Lone Star State.

Cowboys 3 Vikings 34 Video Highlights!!!

That's All Folks!!!

 
It will not get better the second time around.  Hopefully the Cowboys can learn from this and be even better next year.

Check out the game highlights including Favre running up the score at the end.

http://www.nfl.com/videos/nfl-game-highlights/09000d5d815cac84/Vikings-34-Cowboys-3

 

No Class Favre and Vikings Run Up Score on Cowboys!

Cowboys 3 NO CLASS Vikings 34 (RAN UP SCORE) 
  NO CLASS

 

I use to have respect for Favre, his success is well documented and even today he got the job done.  But throwing a TD pass on 4^th down up 27-3 with less than two minutes to go in the game is just NO CLASS!  And Keith Brooking let them know it.

 

There was no reason to go for it on fourth down and there especially was no reason to throw the ball on fourth down.  Running up the score in this game WILL NOT BE FORGOTTEN!!!I

 

I would never be happy with a Cowboys loss in a playoff game.  The Cowboys started strong but just couldn’t convert that success into points.  Then Flozell Adams gets hurt and the wheels come off Romo and the offense.

 

The game was over when Romo through that terrible interception.  Romo still needs to make that next step but let’s hope that he does not follow the no class act of today.

 

 

Chicago Bears DE Gaines Adams, 26, DEAD!

In another sad story out of the NFL Chicago Bears DE Gaines Adams was found dead.  No cause of death is yet known.

 

Career Statistics
Year	Team	G	tckls	solo	ast	sacks	int	yds	avg	lg	td
2009	TB	5	10	8	2	1	0	0	0.0	0	0
2009	CHI	9	5	4	1	0	0	0	0.0	0	0

Adams Bio:

 

Early years

Adams attended Fork Union Military Academy in 2001 and recorded 58 tackles, 22 sacks, and two interceptions in 10 games. He was a three year starter at Cambridge Academy, a small private school which only had an 8-man football team, where he was a dominant wide receiver and defensive end. His coach during high school was former University of South Carolina quarterback, Steve Taneyhill. In 2000, his team won the state title. During that year, Cambridge shut out four different teams, beating one team 80-0. They had suffered only one loss that season to arch-rival King Academy. He had 158 career receptions for 4,394 yard and 65 touchdowns, as well as 341 tackles, 10 interceptions, and 33 sacks in his career, and was a two-time All-state honoree. He chose Clemson over Georgia, Maryland, North Carolina, South Carolina, and Virginia. He had narrowed down his choices to North Carolina and Clemson, then signed with Clemson after the Tar Heels unexpectedly rescinded their offer. At Cambridge, he was named to the Greenwood Touchdown Club/Index-Journal All-Lakelands Team (which included four counties)

College career

Adams redshirted in 2002.

In 2003, as a redshirt freshman, he did not see much action as the second-team defensive end, only totaling 15 tackles and a sack.

In 2004, he had 35 tackles with 8 sacks, and two blocked punts playing on special teams. For his hard work on special teams, Adams was awarded the 12th Man Award for Clemson's defense. Adams considered coming out for the NFL Draft after his sophomore year, but after the underclassman panel gave him a conservatively low ranking he decided to stay for his junior year.

Adams' 2005 junior year was the year he broke out. Adams totaled 56 tackles, 9.5 sacks, and forced three fumbles while starting at boundary defensive end.

For Adams' senior year, 2006, he was slated to be among the best defensive ends in the college football. Adams lived up to his reputation by starting all 12 games, recording 12.5 sacks, causing 2 fumbles and recovering 3. By the end of the 2006 season, Adams recorded a total of 28 career sacks, tying the school record set by Michael Dean Perry (1984-1987)^[1]. In addition, Adams was named to all five official All-America teams acknowledged by the NCAA in 2006, one of seven unanimous All-Americans that year.

Professional career

Tampa Bay Buccaneers

Adams was chosen by the Tampa Bay Buccaneers as the 4th overall pick in the 2007 NFL Draft, despite his admissions during interviews at the scouting combine of previous marijuana use.^[4] He signed a six-year deal with the Buccaneers on July 26th, 2007, worth $46 million, with $18.6 million guaranteed. He registered his first solo sack against the Atlanta Falcons in week 11 of the 2007 season.

At the end of the 2007 season Adams had 35 tackles, 6 sacks and 2 forced fumbles in 2007, he led all 2007 rookies with his six sacks. This performance gained him a place in the 2007 NFL All-Rookie team. He also played in Tampa Bay Buccaneers playoff loss to the New York Giants and finished the game with five tackles and one sack. Against the Colts on Week 5, he blocked a field goal attempt by Adam Vinatieri.

In 2008, Adams recorded two sacks against the Atlanta Falcons in Week 2. He recorded his first career interception and returned it for his first career touchdown in a Week 3 overtime win over the Chicago Bears. The following week, Adams recorded another interception off of Packers quarterback Aaron Rodgers to seal a Buccaneers victory. In Week 8, in a loss to the Dallas Cowboys, Adams recorded two sacks.

hicago Bears

On October 19th, 2009, Adams was traded to the Chicago Bears for a 2nd round draft pick in the 2010 NFL draft.^[5]

COWBOYS VIKINGS ALL TIME RECORD - VIDEO OF 2007 GAME!

Vikings Head Coach:	Brad Childress
Series Record:	Dallas leads 14-12 (Vikings lead preseason series 5-4-1)
Last Time:	Cowboys 24, Vikings 14 (Oct. 21, 2007)
Last Cowboys Win:	Cowboys 24, Vikings 14 (Oct. 21, 2007)
Vikings In 2009:	12-4, NFC Central Champs
Key Additions:	QB Sage Rosenfels, WR Glenn Holt, QB Brett Favre
Key Losses:	C Matt Birk, SS Darren Sharper, DB Benny
Top Draft Choice:	WR Percy Harvin (1st round, Florida), OL Phil Loadholt (2nd Round, Oklahoma)

Cowboys Vikings Playoff Matchup: Game Preview and Prediction!!!

 
IT IS TIME!!!

The question is...is it his time?  Brett Farve has had his time in the sun.  He has won a Super Bowl and done many amazing things.  Can Romo show that it is not hype - he is a great NFL quarterback.

To be the best you have to beat the best and the Vikings are loaded.  The are not a fluke. They were good (sometimes great) this year and they were good the previous year.

They have the most players (8) going to the Pro Bowl of any team.  The Cowboys have the second most six.  To me there are three Vikings that if controlled will lead to a Cowboys victory.

Jared Allen, Brett "Who do I play for now?" Favre and Adrian Peterson are the keys to the game.  If Allen can be minimized by Flozell Adams which should be the case it will give Romo time to pass.  The Cowboys will need that at the Vikings were 2nd against the rush this season.  That may be a little misleading in that early in the season the Vikings were ahead in the score in many games so other teams abandoned the run early.

Farve can have his bad days.  He does throw into tight spost which can get him in trouble and once you get one interception more are sure to come.  Put him on his butt and watch the mistakes happen.

Peterson is great and with two weeks off to re-fresh his legs he will be ready to go.  Expect him to get the ball alot.  If the cowboys can keep him under 100 yards they can win the game.

Note: Kick Returner Percy Harvin will be minimized by the kicks of kickoff specialist Beuhler.

PREDICTION:

COWBOYS 24

VIKINGS 23

Pro Bowl Selections:

Minnesota (8)

Jared Allen, defensive end Heath Farwell, special teamer Brett Favre, quarterback Percy Harvin, kick returner Steve Hutchinson, guard Bryant McKinnie, tackle Adrian Peterson, running back Sidney Rice, wide receiver Kevin Williams, interior lineman

It's Playoff Sunday and TheCowboysCorner.com is...

...and I am Jacked Up!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Cowboys Bubble Collapse on HBO's Real Sports!!!

 
Blue Star Fallen

The HBO Show Real Sports with Bryant Gumbel airs Tuesday night at 9pm EST.  They will cover the collapse of the Cowboys Practice Bubble in May 2009.  They state that they have new information about the incident.

I don't like Bryant Gumbel.  He is a less than average sports commentator and why he is still on TV is beyond me.  That said I am interested if they really have some new information or just want to show the video of people getting hurt over and over again.