TIVO!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Well, it's now 11:49 on Sunday night and I just finished watching the Cowboys game. And by "finished" I mean that I got all the way to the end, with :03 seconds left, and just as the ref was announcing that the Cardinals had a man offsides on the previous play, my TIVO cut off. That was it...I felt so freaking jipped! I just sat there looking at my tv. All I could say was, "you've got to be kidding."

The reason I had to watch it so late was that I was attending a wedding of a friend of the family. I kept telling people I didn't want to hear anything about the game but this man walked by our table and proceeded to tell my dad something about a 51 yard field goal which is the time I got my hands up to my ears. So, I remembered that and deduced that Dallas had made the kick of what would have been a 51 yards. However, I still didn't know the final score. So, I logged onto trusty ESPN.com and read all about it...a freaking blocked punt by Arizona returned for a touchdown, in overtime. That's how it ended. As my shoulders slumped, I closed my eyes and just thought, how could Dallas lose to the freaking Cardinals?!?!?!

Had I posted my pregame thoughts, I would have said that the only way Dallas will win is if they pressure Kurt Warner and put him on the ground. I thought if Dallas doesn't do that, then Warner will throw for 400+ yards and Dallas will be history. However, Dallas did put some good pressure on Warner, got some turnovers and still lost. What?!?!? Are you kidding me?!?!? No, it's the truth. And the two huge reasons for their loss today was special teams and pass defense (as I feared).

The Dallas special teams today sucked, sucked, sucked, sucked, sucked! Guess how I feel about them? First off they let backup RB JJ Arrington (can anyone say, forgotten about?) take the opening kick back for a touch down. Nick Folk missed a 37 yard field goal (but we'll disregard that since he made the 52 yarder to send it to OT). And then they allow a punt to get blocked, in OT, and returned for the winning touch down by Arizona. They also allowed more return yardage than they normally do on kick offs and punts. And where the hell is Adam Jones with his "Deion like" punt returns? I haven't seen it once in the regular season. He's probably more concerned with picking fights with his own security detail like he did this week. Special teams is what lost them the game but the pass defense didn't help.

There is this talk jock, on the sports talk radio station I listen to, that always has one question before every Cowboys game...can they cover? And I think after the last 3 weeks, the answer to that question is an emphatic NO! They couldn't cover Jerry Jones if they had to. It's a good thing Anquan Boldin didn't play becuase I think he would have torched Dallas more than Fitzgerald (5 rec. for 79 yards; 1 TD) and Breaston (8 rec. for 102 yards; 1 TD) did. Those two guys consistently got open and made the Cowboy's secondary look a high school defense. I may be overreacting and knee jerking a bit here but I don't think I'm that far off. And I'll say this...Dallas IS NOT going to the Super Bowl until they can get that fixed...period. Dave Campo better put on his coaching hat this week and figure out what the hell is wrong with that defensive secondary. I know Terrance Newman didn't play but Dallas, supposedly, has other capable players that should be able to hold the fort down, but their not. Anthony Henry has struggled this season, Adam "Pac Man" Jones is average (if not below) and Scandrick/Jenkins still look like rookies. I'd be lying if I said that the coverage, or lack thereof, isn't worrying me.

Well, it's now 12:26 am and I really need to hit the hay. Hopefully Dallas can get back on track vs. St. Louis next weekend but I don't even know if I can say that because the Rams beat the Deadskins today (what?). This is a great start to the week, let me tell ya.