Cowboys Game Report Card

Time to hand out the grades:

Offense: B-
Played well at times, not so well at others. As a unit they seem to be coming around.

Defense: A
Another great effort, the Cowboys couldn't run the ball and they didn't do much in the air either. Sucks that we had yet another game where the opponent gets points on the board and it's not the D's fault.

Special Teams: B
Coverage was solid, nothing much to talk about here but sometimes that's a good thing.

Coaching: C-
I'm sure the coaching grade is going to draw the most discussion today. The negatives, the clock management was piss poor, timeouts were burned at bad times and the goal line play calling could have been much better.

Some positives, the team is not quitting and they play hard from start to finish. Something we haven't been able to say about this team since Gibbs left. I have no doubt Gibbs will get this ship headed in the right direction.

What grade would you give the individual performance of Sean Taylor for his first start? To me, he seemed like he was only one step from making some major big plays (i.e. like the trick play touchdown). I do not profess to be an expert on Safeties so I would like to hear the views...

Sean Taylor made some BAAAAAAD non-tackles throughout the first half. (almost as bad as Ryan Clark, why the hell was he out there? MNF vs. Dallas is no place to be testing players!). he warmed up later in the game, and was onscreen more everytime the ball was thrown, but he's not near the force he was in preseason. wonder if the lights shook him.

I'd give Taylor a C+. He missed some tackles, and I was hoping he could come up with a big play. But he did defend a couple of passes pretty well. He'll come around eventually.

Taylor needs to think about wrapping up and going for the sure tackle first and going for the knockout shot second.

Sean Taylor is a head-hunter. He'll make some bodacious hits that make the highlight reels and will stick in your memory. And for every one of them, he'll give up extra yards on four or five other plays where a good sound fundamental tackle would have saved the yardage. He gave a first down away in the first half to a tight end when he went head-hunting.

Also, he was about 5 yards away from the TD pass in the endzone. Nice hustle trying to get to the ball, but that is a highlight reel play and not an effective one.

Sean Taylor has a whole lot to learn about the NFL before he is valuable. Please recall that he was the almost unanimous pick here to be defensive rookie of the year. After 3 games, the only vote he should get for that honor is from his family.

On the TD he was late on did anyone notice him fly through the air about 10 yards? The guy literally looked like he was flying! Check out the replay I swear he had a cape on his back.

His closing speed is amazing for a guy his size. He also had a nice play on a pass defense against Keyshawn, the play where he got nicked up.

how do u gardner haters feel about him after last night

RG had a great game, now let's see him continue to play at a high level.

1 game isn't going to change what he's done his entire career. He needs to be consistent, that's always been the knock on him.

Offense - B. The first half was like a C/C-, the Second half was about a B+
Defense- A. We didnt play as well on defense as some of the other games, but that unit is keeping us in every game.
S.T. - Punt Coverage was awsome, kick coverage is still average at best. Kick/Punt returns suck. Chad Morton isnt doing anything.
Coaching - Alot of people have critized the coaching, I Think it was alright. The replay challenge was kinda stupid, but the real problem I had was on the goaline.