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tmdba37 · Post by **tmdba37** » Sat Oct 24, 2009 12:10 am

Oh, and one other thing, there's no truth to the rumors that we acutally put out a bounty on Ronnie Brown after stomping on our heads last week. . .

Perhaps we may have joked about it with our friends on the Houston Staff, that we might have a lifetime of pasties* in play for a long term injury to the number one seed's number one weapon, but there certainly wasn't any intent. . .

A Pasty is locale faire in the DSP Texans Home Office of Marquette, MI

eman · Post by **eman** » Sat Oct 24, 2009 12:31 am

TheGamer2 wrote:Cowboys coach Wade "BHoward" Phillips warned his players today not to get caught up in a war of words with opponents that are chasing you. Take care of the task at hand, don't lose focus and do what you've done all season. Win this week and you clinch a spot in the playoffs, win out, and you get home field advantage throughout the playoffs. You and your fans have earned the right to be proud of your success this year and in the past. But we haven't completed our mission. So disregard the detractors and those that would want to get you off your focus to disrupt all that you work for.

Remember you are the Dallas Cowboys!! DSPs Team!

Tears in my eyes... you're too much. Go get 'em Zep - lets send him into the playoffs on a two game skid. /envy

TCrouch · Post by **TCrouch** » Sat Oct 24, 2009 12:33 am

LOL good stuff, guys!

Raiders put away the Browns 31-10 on the back of their defensive line and linebackers, who played out of their minds.

Leading the charge was Thomas Howard, who had a solid all-around game with 2 tackles (1 TFL), 1 sack, 1 INT, and 1 pass defensed on a 4th down attempt late in the game. #53 seemed to be everywhere.

What wasn't clicking for Oakland in this game was the rushing attack, with Darren McFadden carrying 15 times for just 47 yards. Justin Fargas matched his yardage output on just 2 carries, one a 45 yarder for a TD. Cleveland tailbacks carried just 6 times for 7 yards. Brady Quinn had the Browns' longest run of the day on a 16 yard scamper.

JaMarcus Russell's day was average and unspectacular in his first of two "audition" games leading into the playoffs. Russell completed 6 of 13 passes for 147 yards, 2 TD's, and a 127.2 rating. Almost all of his yardage went to Darrius Heyward-Bey, who streaked past defenders and hauled in 3 catches for 103 yards and both touchdowns.

Brady Quinn was 15 for 29 for 246 yards, 1 TD, 3 INT's, 5 sacks, and a 52.4 rating.

Oakland (11-4) looks to finish out the season strong next week when they play host to the (9-6) Baltimore Ravens.

eman · Post by **eman** » Sat Oct 24, 2009 1:49 am

Wipe that smiley icon off your face - this is no joke. Oakland would be in trouble if they played full-time in the NFC.

Case in point, Atlanta (fresh off a Philly loss) just went up to the Meadowlands and smacked the top rated Jets around, while McNabb was 14 for 15 for 230yards and 3 TD's against the #5 rated defense in the league (Broncos). Yep, you heard right, 14 for 15 for 3TD's and no interceptions.

I know you think this little QB experiment is cute (you should stick with Garcia), but we're not playing games down here in the NFC. You caught the Cowboys on a bad day and the Redskins should have beaten you from what I gathered during the post-game review. For your conferences sake I hope Ronnie Brown gets healthy soon, as the Raiders have no chance against a soon-to-be NFC wildcard team like the Vikings let alone an NFC East power like the Cowboys or Redskins.

Consider yourself warned.

TCrouch · Post by **TCrouch** » Sat Oct 24, 2009 2:37 am

Oh, no arguments from me. My team pretty much blows. I'm lucky to be where I am and I know it. I easily could have lost almost every game I played so far this season...

...and yet somehow, my Raiders are still 8-0.

Nozzleman_216 · Post by **Nozzleman_216** » Sat Oct 24, 2009 3:48 am

Good game Terry. The score doesn't truly reflect the entire game. This one was closer than I expected but was still lopsided and a nice fat L for the Brownies.

eman · Post by **eman** » Sat Oct 24, 2009 8:26 am

TCrouch wrote:Oh, no arguments from me. My team pretty much blows. I'm lucky to be where I am and I know it. I easily could have lost almost every game I played so far this season...

...and yet somehow, my Raiders are still 8-0.

Yes, very lucky my friend. I noticed in your sig that you seem to get lucky in other leagues too, whats your secret?

XXXIV · Post by **XXXIV** » Sat Oct 24, 2009 9:59 am

eman wrote:
TCrouch wrote:Oh, no arguments from me. My team pretty much blows. I'm lucky to be where I am and I know it. I easily could have lost almost every game I played so far this season...

...and yet somehow, my Raiders are still 8-0.
Yes, very lucky my friend. I noticed in your sig that you seem to get lucky in other leagues too, whats your secret?

Lucky indeed

No one buy any of that luck bullshit. Hes a stone cold killer.

eman · Post by **eman** » Sat Oct 24, 2009 10:21 am

36-3 isn't too shabby, is it? I'd like to know who in the hell actually beat him.

Post by **ScoopBrady** » Sat Oct 24, 2009 10:29 am

vader29 wrote:Pittsburgh falls to Baltimore 17-14. After a turnover filled first half by both teams the Ravens went into halftime with a 3-0 lead. On Pittsburghs first possession of the third quarter Willie Parker scores on a 55 yard run to put the Steelers up 7-3.

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Before the third quarter was over though Willis McGahee would score 2 tds for the Ravens, a 60 yard run and a 61 yard pass play to put the Ravens up 17-7. Carey Davis would score on a 2 yard run for the Steelers halfway through the 4th quarter to cut the lead to 3. With 4 minutes to go in the game Pittsburghs defense was unable to get the ball back for their offense and the Ravens were able to run out the clock.

Willie Parker finished with 16 carries for 114 yards while Willis McGahee finished with 14 carries for 104 yards. Roethlisberger was 9 for 16, 104 yards and 1 int. Flacco was 11 for 17, 175 yards 1 td and 2 ints. Pittsburgh finishes the season next week at Miami while Baltimore travels to Oakland.

This was definitely one of the most bizarre games I've ever played. It was like we were mirror images of each other. The first half played more like hot potato rather than football. "You take the ball." "No, you take the ball." The 3rd quarter saw us exchange long touchdown runs to the same side of the field. I knew the game would be tough since our first game was much closer than the score would indicate. Good game and I look forward to our 2 meetings next season.

eman · Post by **eman** » Sat Oct 24, 2009 10:51 am

ScoopBrady wrote:
vader29 wrote:Good game and I look forward to our 2 meetings next season.

That's the great thing about the franchise - year after year you get to build those friendly rivalries. I hope the guys in the NFC East stick around - this has been a blast.

Slumberland · Post by **Slumberland** » Sat Oct 24, 2009 11:39 am

Jets travel to Indianapolis to try and regain their offensive mojo against the Colts, who suffer an unfortunate injury to Peyton Manning (lower back) early in the game and fall to the Jets 24-10. The two best highlights of the game had their interesting part chopped off by the Madden highlight system, so... darn.

Jets came out tentative in the first quarter after the Colts elected to kick, then Sanchez continued his shaky ways by throwing a pick in Jets territory, leading to a 39 yard field goal for Vinatieri.

Jets get a little rhythm going in the second quarter and score on a 41 yard pass play to Leon Washington to take the 7-3 lead, but the Colts, simply trying to run out the clock deep in their own territory near the end of the half (especially with Curtis Painter behind center), get an extraordinary run from scrimmage by Donald Brown after being initially wrapped up by what appeared to be sixty-eight dudes in green. 88-yard TD run for the Colts and a 10-3 lead. Rex Ryan then let the leash out a bit on Mark Sanchez who completed several long passes in the span of 30 seconds, enough to set up a 39 yard Feely field goal to tie things up at 10-10 going into the half.

The Jets found their running game in the second half, with Thomas Jones netting 7 on a 30-yard run:

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Down 17-10, the Colts worked it back to the outer limits of field goal range, but lacking confidence in their kicking game, went for it on 4th and 2, only to have an good pass by Painter bounce off the receiver's fingertips. The Jets then commenced a clock-killing drive, saved by this lucky catch and first down by Thomas Jones after Sanchez gets nailed:

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Eventually Tony Richardson punched the ball in from the 1-yard line to take the Jets up 24-10, and then an interception on the following Colts drive sealed the deal for Gang Green.

Both running backs had good days, with T. Jones running for 133 and Donald Brown going for 101 after that long one of 88. Not quite an even playing field after Manning went down.

Jets face the CPU Bengals in week 17.

RobVarak · Post by **RobVarak** » Sat Oct 24, 2009 12:20 pm

I've said it about 1000x, but one of my proudest videogame moments was taking Terry into OT in Madden. This happened about 5 or 6 years ago and I still lost, mind you...just to show how momentous it was. And I'm sure he has absolutely no recollection of it whatsoever. LOL

XXXIV · Post by **XXXIV** » Sat Oct 24, 2009 1:13 pm

RobVarak wrote:I've said it about 1000x, but one of my proudest videogame moments was taking Terry into OT in Madden. This happened about 5 or 6 years ago and I still lost, mind you...just to show how momentous it was. And I'm sure he has absolutely no recollection of it whatsoever. LOL

...Bingo! ...

My moment was last month in a Ram Raider exhibition. I threw an int on what could have been a fg tying drive(Ya, I know I wasnt going to get close enough) on my last possession.

Beating Terry in Madden or anything would be the greatest videgame thing ever

Badgun · Post by **Badgun** » Sat Oct 24, 2009 11:10 pm

XXXIV wrote:
RobVarak wrote:I've said it about 1000x, but one of my proudest videogame moments was taking Terry into OT in Madden. This happened about 5 or 6 years ago and I still lost, mind you...just to show how momentous it was. And I'm sure he has absolutely no recollection of it whatsoever. LOL
...Bingo! ...

My moment was last month in a Ram Raider exhibition. I threw an int on what could have been a fg tying drive(Ya, I know I wasnt going to get close enough) on my last possession.

Beating Terry in Madden or anything would be the greatest videgame thing ever

Well, I only lost to him 6-0...felt like I won.

eman · Post by **eman** » Sun Oct 25, 2009 10:05 am

Says a lot that he's doing it with the Raiders.

I keep checking the board for the game of the week (Dallas/Skins). Anyone know when they're kicking off?

TheGamer2 · Post by **TheGamer2** » Sun Oct 25, 2009 10:45 am

Its on

GameSeven · Post by **GameSeven** » Sun Oct 25, 2009 11:46 am

Giants win over the hapless Panthers 45-21

Brandon Jacobs would carry the Giants for three TDs and safety Michael Johnson would return two of Jake Delhomme's 4 INTs for TDs as the Giants win for just the second time in six games.

The Giants led by one score before Delhomme would throw picks twice within the two minute warning of the first half. One would be returned for six and the other within the ten to be converted and put the Giants up 35-14 at the half.

The Giants improve to 8-7 while the Panthers fall to 5-10.

The Panthers head home to close the season against an vastly underachieving Saints squad while the Giants will finish out their season in Minnesota as the Vikings look to tool up for the playoffs.

Zeppo · Post by **Zeppo** » Sun Oct 25, 2009 12:29 pm

Cowboys 14 - Redskins 31

A windy 40º night at FedEx Field was the site for the second meeting of the season between these bitter Division rivals. The Redskins kept their playoff hopes alive, evening their division record to 3-3 on the year, and the Cowboys absorbed a major blow heading into the post-season, losing QB Romo for the next 4 weeks.

The game started with fireworks right off the bat, and for a while looked like it was going to be an Arena League type of score-fest, but eventually as the cold soaked deep into the bones of the team from Texas, the Redskins took over the game behind great defense and special teams.

The Redskins started off with a bang on the first play from scrimmage. Randle El caught a quick pass in the flat, juked one man, and turned it upfield for a 72yd touchdown with only 0:18 elapsed in the game.

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Randle El gets the home team started quickly with this long TD catch and run.

The Cowboys then took the ball and engineered an 11 play drive to even the score at 7-7. After the Redskins punted the ball on their next possession, the Cowboys took the field, and that's when the character of this divisional game started to take shape. On a play that ended up being a holding penalty against the Cowboys offense, Corneleus Griffin hit Romo just after he threw, and knocked him out of commission for the next four weeks. It was a tough blow for the Boys, but John Kitna rallied his group and converted a tough 2nd and 27 into Redskins territory on a nice toss over the middle. On the next play the Cowboys struck gold with a 46yd TD run by Marion Barber.

The visitors had taken the lead 14-7, but had lost their QB for the rest of the regular season., and inside of 2:00 remaining in the half, the key segment of the game was about to unfold as the Redskins' special teams and defense made their stamp. After a third and two run by the Caveman Mike Sellers was stopped short at the 6, the Skins settled for a field goal making the score 14-10, Cowboys. But on the kickoff, Jones fumbled the ball after being hit by Fakhir Brown, and back up safety Kareem Moore scooped up the pumpkin and ran it in for the score.

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This must have rankled the coaches on the Cowboys sideline, because they came out aggressively on the next possession, looking to retake the lead. But John Kinta's throw under pressure was picked off by FS Laron Landry, and he was able to take this one in for the score as well. Suddenly in no time at all, the Redskins had scored 17 unanswered points and turned a 14-7 deficit into a 24-14 lead at the half.

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The second half was all Redskins, as they wore down Dallas with tough ball-control offense and physical defense. They were getting pressure on Kitna consistently, and were able to keep the vaunted Cowboys running attack under control despite giving up 87 yds on 10 carries to Barber over the course of the game. Laron Landry effectively ended the contest with his second interception of the day, as Kitna ended 5-14 with 2 INTs and no TDs.

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Total Offense was 219 for the Boys, 239 for the Skins. Rushing yards were 102-104 for the Skins, with Campbell throwing for 135 while the Romo / Kitna combo threw for 117. Amazingly even across the board, with 9 first downs to the visitors, 8 for the home team. The big discrepancy, however, was the turnovers, where the Cowboys gave the ball away three times and the Redskins didn't give it away once. Campbell was 7-12 with no INTs, but Romo's day was cut short after throwing 3-4. One wonders if there are any Free Agent QBs out there receiving phone calls from the Cowboys as we speak.

Great game, Gamer. Turnovers were the key, no doubt about it, and they were mostly due to the pressure my D-line was able to create.

Now the Redskins head to San Diego for the last game of the season with a 10-5 record, still not eliminated from the post season. The Eagles and Cowboys are now tied at the top of the NFC East with 11-4 records. Their game to end the season will determine who wins the Division and may decide who will be the Wild Card teams from the NFC.

It all comes down to the last game of the year!

(Highlights are down, so I hope to get them uploaded later.)

TheGamer2 · Post by **TheGamer2** » Sun Oct 25, 2009 2:00 pm

SPLAT!!

That was the sound of the Cowboys hitting the ground when they faced the Redskins this weekend. A demoralizing loss to say the least, reminiscent of Cowboys' December's past. What started promising in getting out to a 14-10 lead, the Boys completely fell apart, with a fumble from normally reliable kick returner Felix Jones, and two interceptions from a wild John Kitna. The Cowboys offense was totally discombobulated by the injury to starting QB Tony Romo, who will be out for 4 weeks. Which means he won't return until the NFC Championship game at best, if the Boys make it that far.

Cowboys will look to Kitna to shake off the cobwebs of inactivity as they prepare to face the talkative Eagles in the final game of the season. The Boys may need help from the opponents of the Redskins and the Vikings to solidify their playoff hopes.

Great game Zeppo, your Skins really stepped up when they needed to. Too bad we couldn't play last night while you were on the PUP list

eman · Post by **eman** » Sun Oct 25, 2009 2:10 pm

Incredible turn of events. The Redskin win gives me a shot at the division title, but could also knock me out of the playoffs should Kitna and the Cowboys rally and win.

Tough loss B, a fumble on a kickoff and Landry's pick six had to be a terrible stretch. And to lose Romo? That's just terrible luck.

Zep, great game. You've hung tough and had a hell of a run to close the season. Hats off to you my friend.

TheGamer2 · Post by **TheGamer2** » Sun Oct 25, 2009 2:21 pm

Eman, is that a smirk I see?

Zeppo · Post by **Zeppo** » Sun Oct 25, 2009 3:17 pm

The only outstanding game right now is Truth's v CPU. Otherwise we are all set to advance to Week 17.

And looking at the conference and division records, I'm pretty sure I need the Cowboys to win so that, assuming I can beat the CPU Chargers, the Eagles and i would be tied across the board. If the Eagles win, even though the Cowboys and I could have the same 11-5 records, the Cowboys have superior conference and division records, which should be the first tie breaks. Same goes for the Vikings - better conference record than I.

Damn that CPU Panthers game! Aarrrrrgh!

But if the Eagles and I end up tied, I don't know what the tie break would be.

eman · Post by **eman** » Sun Oct 25, 2009 3:19 pm

TheGamer2 wrote:Eman, is that a smirk I see?

No, not at all. I would have prefered the challenge of facing a healthy Dallas team.

When asked about the news out of D.C. Andy Reid had this to say, "Tony is a great player and I'm sure he'll be missed, but we have a lot of respect for Jon Kitna. I know he's fully capable of running their offense. For my money Jon's probably the best backup QB in football."

eman · Post by **eman** » Sun Oct 25, 2009 3:30 pm

Zeppo wrote:
But if the Eagles and I end up tied, I don't know what the tie break would be.

I think it would come down to point differential, right? If so, you hold a slight edge so I either win or go home. This is what it's all about.