Cowboys (4-1) @ Cardinals (3-2)

#1TKfan · Post #1 » by **#1TKfan** » Fri Oct 10, 2008 8:37 pm

Week 6 - Oct. 12, 2008
Sunday 4:15 PM ET
TV: FOX

Last meeting
Tony Romo threw two touchdowns and Marion Barber ran for another as the Cowboys rolled past the host Cardinals, 27-10, in Week 10 of 2006.

Streaks
The Cowboys have won three consecutive games and lead the all-time series 55-27-1. Check out the historical matchup of the last five games.

Last week
Romo had three touchdown passes as the host Cowboys defeated the Bengals, 31-22. ... The host Cardinals had three combined rushing touchdowns from Tim Hightower and Edgerrin James to defeat the Bills, 41-17.

Keep your eye on ...
Offensive fireworks: The Cardinals rank third and the Cowboys fourth in passing offense this season. Kurt Warner ranks third with a 102.5 passer rating, while Romo is right behind him at 100.5.

The Cowboys going to the Barber: The Cowboys made a committment last week in getting the ball to their rugged runner, who had 23 carries against the Bengals; he had just eight attempts the previous week against the Redskins. The Cowboys are 23-1 when Barber has at least 11 carries.

Rookie runners: The Cowboys and Cardinals have a pair of electrifying rookie running backs in Felix Jones and Hightower. Jones has four touchdowns (including one on a kickoff return), while Hightower has five touchdowns as he has emerged as Arizona's short-yardage back.

Line battles: Both teams have explosive offenses, so this game could come down to which defense can pressure the quarterback. The Cowboys are led by DeMarcus Ware, who has five sacks this season and has had a sack in nine consecutive games. Cardinals defensive end Travis LaBoy has four sacks himself.

Did you know?
Cowboys receiver Terrell Owens has 26 receptions for 373 yards and five touchdowns in four games against the Cardinals. ... Cowboys tight end Jason Witten leads the NFL with 15 receptions on third down. ... The Cardinals are 8-2 at home under Ken Whisenhunt and have outscored two opponents 72-17 at home this season.

Post #2 » by **HMFFL** » Mon Oct 13, 2008 1:47 am

Luckily Washington didn't win. However, Philly did win against the 49ers, and hopefully the Giants will fall to Cleveland on Monday night.

Post #3 » by **Geddy** » Mon Oct 13, 2008 4:14 am

I don't know what to think of this team lately. Either they were majorly overrated at the start of the season, or they are not playing up to their capabilities. I was leaning towards the latter before, but now i think it's a little bit of both.

The D and especially the secondary was in total disarray today. It seemed as though after most completed passes by the Cardinals, the guys in the secondary were were arguing with each other over botched coverages. I'll cut them some slack though because some of those catches by Fitzgerald would probably not been stopped by any DB in the league. On the other hand many of those catches by Breston should not have been so easy.

On the offensive end there wasn't much of a running game aside from a few good runs. The offense hasn't been flowing as a whole the past few games. Some bright spots here and there, followed by some series that are total stinkers. I'm a bit confused about Tony as well - when he gets rattled the guy just seems to lose it and goes way off his game. Also, I'm not saying that they should give TO the ball more to keep him happy, but rather because he gets the job done when he does get decent passes his way.

Anyway i'm not happy at the loss but I'm glad they did get beat instead of squeaking by so that they can eventually get their **** together down the stretch.