J-E-T-S, Jets, Jets, Jets

Well, Thanksgiving Day is upon us once again. I say this every year but I can't believe it came so quick. I'm sure our family does the same thing that most families do on this day. We sleep in late (or try if we have little ones), eat a later breakfast, sit down for Thanksgiving Dinner about 2:00 and settle in for the Cowboys game about 3:15. Thanksgiving is a time to be thankful for everything God has blessed you with. I am blessed to have been given a beautiful and loving wife, a healthy son, good family and friends, a good job to provide for my family and the Cowboys being 9-1 after 10 games (most people, my wife included will probably roll their eyes at that last one...but hey, up until recently America's Team hasn't been very blessed).

The Thanksgiving Day football tradition continues today when Dallas takes on the NY Jets who happen to be 2-8. Now I really don't think Dallas will lose (I spelled it right that time, Chance/Ryan) but there are a few things that scare me about the Jets. Pittsburgh, who everyone thought (and really still thinks) is a top tier AFC team got beat by the Jets in OT this past weekend. That was definitely a "what?" game. That could have been a fluke game where Pittsburgh took for granted they would beat the Jets and wound up getting beat themselves. But of the Jets 8 losses, 6 of them have been 7 points or less meaning that they have been in almost every game but just haven't been able to finish them out. And NY has at least one good player at just about every position, sans quarterback. Also, NY's running back, Thomas Jones, ran really well against what was thought to be a stout Pittsburgh defense. So even though Dallas' strength, on defense, is stopping the run, the Cowboys will need to be on their toes. And Leon Washington is probably up there with Devin Hester as far as running kicks/punts back...and Dallas' kick/punt coverage teams haven't been doing so well lately.

So, those are the things that scare me about the Jets. But even with all those things, I still think Dallas wins. I think that because the Jets beat Pittsburgh this past weekend, Dallas will not take them for granted...NY should have Dallas' full attention. And I think Dallas got a wake up call themselves last weekend when they almost let their game vs. a very mediocre Washington team slip by. In the NFL, you really have to be on your toes for every game because every team has capable players. So even though Dallas will be without Patrick Creighton today (he better be there next week vs. the Packers as Dallas will probably need to outscore Green Bay to win that one), I like Dallas 27-10 over the Jets.