Dallas Cowboys 34 - Tampa Bay Buccaneers 21

Note: Tony Romo hurt his ankle in the 3rd quarter, but said it was fine in the post game press conference, tests being done this morning, more news to come later when the story breaks on what exactly happened

In a rust filled start of the season, the Cowboys decided to win a game for all us dear, loving fans. Though it was a fairly unexciting game, with 3, count them 3, big plays that I can recall off the top of my head, and the top of my head is a steel trap of recent footballing knowledge (the bottom of my head is where the real magic happens, but that has nothing to do with this blog) I enjoyed the game. That said, the coach in me has a lot of things the Cowboys could do better, and plenty of things I'd rather not see them do worse, so with that wild roundabout negativity, I'll jump into my team breakdown, buckle your seat belts beloved readers, it's time to get down, deep down, into the bottom of my head for all of my wonderful knowledge I shall now impart to you.

Players of the Game POGS
Offensive POG: Tony Romo, career game = first career regular season POG for you sir.
Honorable mention: The receivers, they played well and as a team, mad props

Defensive POG: ummm...I guess Spears for that hit on Leftwich, but really an unimpressive showing by my favorite side of the ball
Honorable mention: Gerald "46" Sensabaugh for his hit on that receiver whose name escapes me, hopefully he's fine.

Special Teams POG: I'm not going to give an honorable mention, because I'm giving three POG's for special teams, Buehler for touchbacks, Folk for that awesome field goal, and McBriar for a HUGE punt in the game, well done, those of you who kick the ball.

Breakdown of the 3 sides of the ball, offense, defense, and special teams

It's time for the the Awesomeness Scale!

Offense: The offense is number one on my awesomeness scale with "way totally wicked awesome" as my ungraduated first rating. Romo started slow, missing receivers long, high, and short at the start of the game making the Buc's defense look that much better...then he went on to throw for the most yards ever in his career, like way totally AWESOME. Furthermore, Marion Barber had a good game, and the receivers had us all saying T. Go...away cause we don't need you anymore...ok so I didn't say that, but I felt that way, the receivers had the three great plays, Roy Williams, Miles Austin, and Patrick Crayton, congrats, you've made the awesome list! Felix Jones, you'll be here soon, this week though, you were fairly disappointing. Their defense was way fast though, it was tough to expect a lot from you.

Special Teams: Second on the awesome scale with a score of "pretty friggin awesome" is the special teams. We had if I recall 3 touch-backs, which was 3 more than last year. Go Buehler (btw I still have to google him to ensure I'm spelling his name right, who thought that h was a good idea, honestly) The coverage teams looked to be better coached than last year, and Folk kicked a field goal from 51 that looked good from maybe 63...well done.

Defense: Last on the awesome scale with a score of "meh *shoulder shrug*" I was very disappointed with what I saw. Not only did they destroy Byron Leftwich only after he released the ball, forcing my friends and I to beg the screen for the beating to stop, they had no sacks, no turnovers, and they were simply gouged by the albeit good running game of the new and improved Cadillac (knee surgery or bionic implants?). Even with the terminator Wade Phillips calling the game, sporting gas station sunglasses and everything, they struggled. I still stick by my word though that they will get it together and be awesome, you just wait reader, you just wait. Still though, the middle of the defense got run on a little too much, which I blame mostly on running stunts with the middle linebackers too often, which ran them out of the play, and I firmly believe that with a good coach, you should be able to stop the running game, and I believe Wade is a good coach, so I think it'll be better. Which considering we're playing the Giants next week, we better. I think that the issue this week was the Boys were too hungry in trying to make plays, blitzing too much because they kept getting so very close. If the timing were a little better, a little faster, then that game would've been dominated by the Cowboys. If I were watching the film as a quarterback, I'd be worried about playing the Cowboys, and that's a good sign. Also Bobby Carpenter had a pretty solid game, so well done sir, well done.