Week 2: Dallas Cowboys (1-0) @ Philadelphia Eagles (0-1)

[CM Hooe]

Game of the week? No? Sorry.

Several interesting stories here nevertheless:

- Is Philadelphia going to use Demarco Murray? If not, can we have him back please?
- Is Sam Bradford going to start slow again? Or will he look more like the second half of the MNF game?
- With Dez Bryant gone, can the other Cowboys' receivers pick up the slack?
- Can Dallas establish the run to the level that they did last year? They failed to do so against New York.

[Dwaresacksqb]

Quote: Originally Posted by CM Hooe

Game of the week? No? Sorry. Several interesting stories here nevertheless: - Is Philadelphia going to use Demarco Murray? If not, can we have him back please? - Is Sam Bradford going to start slow again? Or will he look more like the second half of the MNF game? - With Dez Bryant gone, can the other Cowboys' receivers pick up the slack? - Can Dallas establish the run to the level that they did last year? They failed to do so against New York.

-Would love to have Murray back if he took a pay cut
-I'm hoping With Atlanta up 20-3 in the first half they started playing conservative becoming a bend but don't break defense allowing all that underneath stuff that fluffed his stats.
-That we shall see. It's the next man up in Big D
-I thought we did an okay job sustaining some drives with the run. Being down in the second half definitely dictated our Run-pass ratio.

I think the loss of Dez might have a bigger impact on the run game than the pass game. Romo should be alright with the amount of other weapons on the team. Dez being out should free up a Safety to play in the box and help against our run.

Although, Now that I think about it. Chip isn't known to give much Safety help anyway even when faced against an elite receiver. Julio Jones ate them up because of it and last year Chip took a lot of flack when Dez did the same...

Regardless, should be a great game and can't wait!

[kcharles520]

As great as D. Murray is, McCoy was a better back for this system due to his insane lateral agility.

Not sure why Chip Kelly would opt for a pure north-south runner when all of the handoffs are from shotgun and involve the back running somewhat east-west to receive the football.

Chip Kelly is certainly one mysterious dude.

[PurplePitchers]

Cowboys win 28-17, Terrance Williams has 2 td's and 135 yards cause why not.

[PurplePitchers]

I would have went for there, but okay Chip.

[BattleBornLV]

Lol yeah let's throw a flag way after the play is over.

[PurplePitchers]

Garret's challenges so far have confused me. I mean, I think the ball was across the line, but it's only 1 yard. If you lose the challenge and still score then you wasted a challenge and a timeout for nothing.

edit:Settling for 3...

[kehlis]

I have no idea how that wasn't a touchdown.