Big D: A Dallas Cowboys Dynasty (Madden 10)

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DALLAS COWBOYS

Stadium: Cowboys Stadium

Location: Arlington, Texas

Franchise Settings:

12 Minute Quarters

15 Second Runoff

Myskill Sliders

Roster used: Roster Update 7
NCAA Draft Classes

ROSTER:

Offense:

QB Tony Romo, Jon Kitna, Stephen McGee

HB Marion Barber III, Felix Jones, Tashard Choice, Chauncey Washington

FB Deon Anderson

WR Roy Williams, Patrick Crayton, Miles Austin, Sam Hurd, Kevin Ogletree

TE Jason Witten, Martellus Bennett, John Phillips

LT Flozell Adams, Doug Free

LG Kyle Kosier, Montrae Holland

C Andre Gurode, Duke Preston

RG Leonard Davis, Cory Proctor

RT Marc Colombo, Pat McQuistan

Defense:

LE Marcus Spears, Jason Hatcher

RE Igor Olshansky, Stephen Bowen

DT Jay Ratliff, Junior Siavii

LOLB Anthony Spencer, Victor Butler

MLB Keith Brooking, Bradie James, Bobby Carpenter, Jason Williams, Curtis Johnson

ROLB DeMarcus Ware, Steve Octavien

CB Terence Newman, Mike Jenkins, Orlando Scandrick, Alan Ball, Allen Rossum

FS Kevin Hamlin, Michael Hamlin

SS Gerald Sensabaugh, Pat Watkins

K Nick Folk, David Buehler

P Mat McBriar

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Preseason Week 1 Notes and News
Transactions:
Bengals sign FB Lorenzo Neal and LG Mike Wahle
Broncos sign K Matt Bryant

Injuries of note:
Patriots lose Junior Seau for season with torn tricep muscle

Preseason Week 1 Cowboys at Raiders

Arlington, Texas -- The Dallas Cowboys opened up their preseason play with a sloppy loss to the Oakland Raiders, 24-20. The first team played the entire first half, looking sharp for the most part. Tony Romo was very impressive throughout the first half going 14 for 17 and 151 yards. Marion Barber wasn't spectacular, gaining 48 yards on 15 carries. Barber was knocked out of the game early in the first quarter but returned to play the rest of the first half just shortly after.
The first team defense played as expected in holding the Raiders to 10 points in the first half. The defensive unit gave up one big play that led to the Raiders only TD in the first half. JeMarcus Russell hit Schilens for a 79 yard bomb in the second quarter. The defensive front held the Raider running game in check, but was unable to pressure Russell. This is an area the Cowboys will definitely look to improve upon before the regular season begins.
Wade Phillips brought in the second team to begin the second half. Immediately, Jon Kitna led the offense down the field and hit Roy Williams for a 62 yard pass for a TD. This was the only impressive highlight of the second half for the Cowboys offense. The Raider defense shut down the running game and held the Cowboys offense in check the rest of the game. Sam McGee was brought in to play the 4th quarter and quite honestly looked pretty unimpressive. McGee missed open receivers all night, even missing a wide open Roy Williams in the endzone.
Dallas had a 20-17 lead late in the 3rd quarter when Bruce Gradkowski threw an 80 yard bomb to Watkins for the go ahead TD. This gave the Raiders a 24-17 lead, and they would hold on from there, taking game one of the preason.
Looking ahead, the Cowboys will open up new Cowboys Stadium in week 2 of the preaseaon against the Tennessee Titans. Expect the starters to play about the same amount of time as game one, the first half. The unimpressive looking second and third stringers will look to show they are better than the way they performed in week one.

Team Stats: Cowboys/Raiders
Score 20/24
Offense 458/364
Rushing 80/87
Passing 378/277
Turnovers 3/1

Player Stats:
Oakland:
Russell 6/12, 147 yards, TD
Fargas 8 rushes, 51 yards
Kelly 5 solo tackles, 3 TFL
Scott, Holland 1 INT each

Dallas:
Romo 14/17, 151 yards
Kitna 5/5, 89 yards, TD
McGee 7/15, 127 yards, 2 INT
Barber 15 carries, 48 yards
F. Jones 3 carries, 17 yards, TD
R. Williams 5 catches, 106 yards, TD
Bennett 4 catches, 107 yards, TD
Butler 4 solo tackles, 3 TFL, Sack

Player of the Game:
Bruce Gradkowski (OAK) 5/8, 137 yards, 2 TD

Next game:
Titans at Cowboys

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Preseason Week 2 News and Notes:
Transactions:
New York Giants release ROLB Gerris Wilkinson, WR Sinorice Moss, LOLB Chase Blackburn
New York Giants sign QB Jeff Garcia, FS Daniel Bullocks, and LG Jeremy Parquet

Notable Injuries:
NYG Eli Manning out 9 weeks with broken wrist
MIA Ricky Williams out 6 weeks with broken collarbone
PIT Willie Parker out 9 weeks with torn hamstring
MIN E.J. Henderson out for season with torn tricep muscle


Preseason Leaders:
Passing
ARI Kurt Warner 127.1 Rating, 481 yards, 5 TD
NO Mark Brunell 123.8 Rating, 266 yards, 2 TD
NO Drew Brees 123.4 Rating, 372 yards, 3 TD

Rushing
MIA Ronnie Brown 232 yards, 2 TD
TEN LenDale White 174 yards, 1 TD
STL Steven Jackson 147 yards

Receiving
NO Marques Colston 14 catches, 186 yards, 2 TD
CAR Mushin Muhammad 11 catches, 111 yards
GB Greg Jennings 11 catches, 113 yards, 2 TD

Defense
NE Gary Guyton 23 tackles
BAL Haloti Ngata 5.5 sacks
TEN Donnie Nickey 2 INT
TEN Gerald McRath, PIT Troy Polamalu, NE Leigh Bodden, IND Bob Sanders 1 TD each



Preseason Week 2

Arlington, Texas -- Well, this game was definitely not what the Cowboys expected when the Tennessee Titans came to town for the grand opening of Cowboys Stadium. The Cowboys were absolutely embarrassed by the Titans, losing 41-3. The Cowboys could find no rhythm on either side of the ball. Add to that 5 turnovers and it spells disaster.

The offense for the Cowboys apparently stayed in Oakland last week. Romo turned the ball over 4 times, throwing 4 INT. Add to that the running game was nowhere to be found, and the Cowboys put up a measly 3 points on the Titans defense.

The defense was not much better for the Cowboys. The running back tandem of Lendale White and Chris Johnson torched the Cowboys defense for 187 yards total and 3 TD's. The Cowboy secondary looked especially bad missing tackles left and right.

Dallas also had a couple early scares in the first quarter, as both Marion Barber and Felix Jones had to miss some of the first quarter due to injury. Both returned however, but with the Cowboys trailing, the running game was abandoned.
The Cowboys aren't going to panic yet, as it's just week 2 of the preseason, but if this keeps up there will have to be some adjustments and changes made.

Next week the San Francisco 49ers come to Arlington in a week 3 preseason matchup.

Titans/Cowboys
Score 41/3
Offense 376/264
Rushing 185/23
Passing 191/241
Turnovers 1/5

Key Player Stats:
Cowboys:
Romo 9/15, 132 yards, 4 INT
F. Jones 4 catches, 78 yards
Newman 4 solo tackles, Sack
Brooking INT

Titans:
Young 8/11, 104 yards, TD
Johnson 19 carries, 98 yards, 2TD
White 18 carries, 89 yards, TD
Kearse 1 Sack
Mickey 2 INT
McCourty, McRath, Tulloch 1 INT each

Player of the Game:
Gerald McRath (TEN) 3 solo tackles, INT return for TD

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Preseason Week 3 News and Notes:
Transactions:
Vikings release DT LeTroy Guion, SS Eric Frampton, TE Jeff Dugan
Vikings sign RG Dan Buenning, LT Levi Jones, C John Wade, MLB Zach Thomas, RG Adrian Jones, LG Jeb Terry

Notable Injuries:
MIN Anthony Herrera lost for season with broken tibia
MIN Jon Cooper suffered a career ending fractured vertebrae injury

Preseason Leaders:
Passing
Rating - NO Drew Brees 125.5
Yards - IND Peyton Manning 850 yards
TD - IND Peyton Manning 9 TD
COMP% - NO Drew Brees 75%

Rushing
Yards - MIA Ronnie Brown 349 yards
TD - TEN Chris Johnson 4 TD

Receiving
Rec - NO Marques Colston 19 catches
Yards - ARZ Larry Fitzgerald 291 yards
TD - ARZ Larry Fitzgerald 4 TD

Defense
Tackles - TB Barrett Ruud 27 tackles
Sacks - BAL Haloti Ngata 5.5 sacks
INT - 7 players Tied with 2 INT (TEN Nickey, PIT Frazier, PIT Taylor, JAX Mathis, PHI Mikell, DAL Jenkins, KC Brown)

Kicking
FGM - 3 players tied with 9 (NYJ Feely, KC Succop, ARZ Rackers)
FGA - KC Succop 12 attempts
FG% - 14 players tied with 100%


Preseason Week 3

Arlington, Texas -- The Cowboys finally get their first win of the preseason today, defeating the San Francisco 49ers 33-14. Dallas was clicking on all cylinders for once in this preseason. They looked to put last week's embarrassing performance behind them, and they did just that.

The Cowboys put up 23 points in the first half on the back of Marion Barber. Barber had a 14 and a 20 yard TD run to put the Cowboys out front for good. Chauncey Washington added a 19 yard TD run late in the 4th quarter as well. The rest of the scoring came from the foot of Nick Folk.

Tony Romo looked to put last week's terrible performance behind him and he did just that. Romo went a solid 13/18 for 157 yards and no turnovers. The ground game for Dallas looked strong behind solid offensive line play. Add to that the key defensive plays of the game from Mike Jenkins and Terrence Newman and the Cowboys made this game look easy.

Game Stats:
49ers/Cowboys
Offense 340/378
Rushing 139/121
Passing 201/257
Turnovers 3/1

Player Stats:
Dallas
Romo 13/18, 157 yards
Barber 17 carries, 69 yards, 2TD
Crayton 5 catches, 91 yards
Spencer and Olshansky 1 sack each
Jenkins 2INT
Newman 1INT
Folk 3/3 FGs

49ers
Smith 13/18, 180 yards, INT
Gore 10 carries, 47 yards, 2TD
Walker 7 catches, 112 yards
Lawson 1 sack

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Preseason Week 4 News and Notes:
Transactions:
CIN releases FB Johnson and signs RT Runyan
BUF releases SS Wendling, TE Stupar, WR Johnson, QB Hamdan
BUF signs C Fowler, FS Smith, C Lichtensteiger, LG Davis
KC signs DT Smith, FB Johnson

Notable Injuries:
GB WR Jordy Nelson out for season with fractured elbow


Preseason Leaders:
Passing
Rating - NO Drew Brees 130.2
Yards - IND Peyton Manning 1,133
TD - IND Peyton Manning 10
COMP% - IND Drew Brees 75%

Rushing
Yards - MIA Ronnie Brown 386
TD - Chris Johnson 4

Receiving
Rec - NO Marques Colston 22
Yards - ARZ Larry Fitzgerald 302
TD - 3 players tied with 4 (STL Donnie Avery, NYG Domenik Hixon, ARZ Larry Fitzgerald)

Defense
Tackles - NYG Antonio Pierce 35
Sacks - BAL Haloti Ngata 6.5
INT - PHI Sean Jones 3

Kicking
FGM - 2 players tied at 10 (KC Succop, ARZ Rackers)
FGA - KC Succop 13
FG% - 9 players tied at 100% (Bironas, Carne, Brown, Janikowski, Kasay, Folk, Bryant, Prater, Graham)


Preseason Week 4
Arlington, Texas -- The Cowboys finished up their preseason schedule today against the Minnesota Vikings in losing fashion. The Vikings beat the Cowboys 31-21. This loss drops the Cowboys to 1-3 to finish this preseason. Not quite what Dallas was expecting, but they are remaining positive for the upcoming season.

Turnovers once again ruined any chance of a victory today for Dallas. The Vikings defense returned two interception for touchdowns in the second half to seal the victory. Dallas must improve on protecting the football if they have any hopes of competing in the tough NFC East this season.

Dallas will travel down to Tampa Bay to open the season. Preview of that game will come shortly.



Game stats:
Dallas/Vikings
Score 21/31
Offense 355/250
Rushing 83/102
Passing 272/148
Turnovers 4/1

Player Stats:
Cowboys
Romo 10/12, 88 yards, 2TD
Jones 15 carries, 47 yards
Hurd, Ogletree and Crayton 1 Receiving TD each

Vikings
Favre 11/17, 117 yards, TD
Taylor 5 carries, 84 yards, TD
Paymah and Griffin INT return for TD each

Player of the Game
MIN Karl Paymah INT return for TD

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Week 1 Preview

Dallas Cowboys at Tampa Bay Buccaneers

Keys to winning for the Cowboys:

1. Protect the football - After a preseason full of turnovers, Dallas must ensure they protect the ball on offense. This means Tony Romo must limit the interceptions and play smart. So look for the Cowboys to run smart, safe routes to ensure they don't turn the ball over.

2. Defensive front must apply pressure - The Cowboys defensive line and linebackers must show they can apply pressure to the QB. This is something the team lacked in preseason play. Dallas expects Tampa to run the ball seeing as the Bucs have struggling Leftwich starting week one over Josh Johnson, along with Michael Clayton out. So stopping Tampa's three back tandem will be key for Dallas.

3. Run the ball, then run the ball some more - The Cowboys will look to utilize all three running backs against a weak Tampa defense. Expect Barber, Jones and Choice to all see action early and often.

Injury Report:
Cowboys - No injuries

Tampa Bay - Michael Clayton out 1 week with Ab tear; Geno Hayes out 5 weeks with torn hamstring; Jermaine Phillips, Xavier Fulton and E.J. Biggers all out for season

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Week 1 - Dallas holds on late in Tampa to beat the Bucs 30-24

Dallas 14 9 0 7 30

Tampa 0 7 3 14 24

AP – The Dallas Cowboys survived a ferocious comeback attempt from the Tampa Bay Buccaneers today, winning 30-24. The Cowboys had the game in check until the 4^th quarter, when the Bucs put up 2 touchdowns to cut the lead to 6 with less than a minute remaining in regulation. The Cowboys recovered the onside kick, leading to three kneel downs to secure the victory.

The Cowboys dominated from their first possession on until late in the 4^th quarter. Dallas took the opening possession the length of the field, where Tony Romo found Jason Witten for the touchdown. On Tampa’s first possession, Byron Leftwich threw a pick six to Orlando Scandrick, giving the Cowboys a 14-0 lead in the first quarter.

Dallas was unable to stop the big runs from Carnell Williams, as he had 2 runs for 20+ yards. One of them, a 44 yard run for a second quarter touchdown, fresh off a Tony Romo interception. Dallas would answer quickly however, with Felix Jones making a big play of his own, scoring from 39 yards out.

Dallas had several opportunities in the red zone and failed to come away with points. Romo threw 2 interceptions in the red zone, along with a key fumble by Sam Hurd inside the 5 yard line. Late in the 4^th quarter, Felix Jones fumbled inside the red zone, which allowed the Bucs to pull within a touchdown late.

Dallas, however, was able to pull out the victory in the end. Tampa put up 2 quick scoring drives inside 2 minutes remaining in the game. Dallas recovered the last onside kick, and iced the clock to move to 1-0 on the young season. Dallas will once again look to solve their turnover problem going in to week 2, where they face one of the top teams in the NFL, the NY Giants.


Dallas/Tampa
Offense 337/352
Rushing 169/158
Passing 168/194
Turnovers 5/1

Dallas
Romo 17/27, 178 yards, 2 TD, 3 INT
Barber 27 carries, 94 yards
Jones 8 carries, 81 yards, TD
Witten 5 catches, 55 yards, 2 TD
Ratliff 1 sack
Scandrick INT return for TD (Player of the Game)

Tampa
Leftwich 19/32, 202 yards, 2 TD, INT
Williams 17 carries, 133 yards, TD
Stovall 7 catches, 84 yards
Ruud 6 solo tackles, 4 assists
Piscitelli, Barber, Jackson INT each

Week 1 News and Notes

Scores:
Steelers 34 Titans 17
Ravens 41 Chiefs 16
Texans 34 Jets 31
Vikings 25 Browns 17
Eagles 24 Panthers 7
Colts 31 Jaguars 21
Bengals 20 Broncos 13
Cowboys 30 Bucs 24
Saints 21 Lions 11
Falcons 40 Dolphins 10
Rams 17 Seahawks 14
Giants 34 Redskins 28
Cardinals 38 49ers 9
Packers 28 Bears 21
Patriots 45 Bills 14
Chargers 34 Raiders 10

Standings:
NFC
North:
Packers 1-0
Vikings 1-0
Lions 0-1
Bears 0-1

South:
Saints 1-0
Falcons 1-0
Panthers 0-1
Buccaneers 0-1

East:
Giants 1-0
Eagles 1-0
Cowboys 1-0
Redskins 0-1

West:
Cardinals 1-0
Rams 1-0
Seahawks 0-1
49ers 0-1

AFC
North:
Bengals 1-0
Ravens 1-0
Steelers 1-0
Browns 0-1

South:
Colts 1-0
Texans 1-0
Jaguars 0-1
Titans 0-1

East:
Patriots 1-0
Dolphins 0-1
Jets 0-1
Bills 0-1

West:
Chargers 1-0
Broncos 0-1
Raiders 0-1
Chiefs 0-1

Players of the Week:
NFC:
ARZ Kurt Warner 31/39, 278 yards, 5TD
ARZ Adrian Wilson 6 Tackles, Sack, INT, FF

AFC:
NE Tom Brady 31/50, 492 yards, 5TD
NE Pierre Woods 4 Tackles, Sack, Fumble Recovered, TD

Transactions:
Panthers release K Lloyd, FB Fiammetta, FS Teal, TE Rosario
Panthers sign C Justice, LG Metcalf, C Ghiaciuc, SS Ferguson
Texans release TE Dreessen, DT Okam, SS Ferguson, TE Hill, WR Davis
Texans sign RG Coston, RT Tucker, ROLB Brooks, RG Weary, LG Brown

Injuries of note:
SEA Matt Hasselbeck out 3 weeks with dislocated elbow
DEN Ryan Clady out 8 weeks with torn hamstring