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If You Thought Cowboys Would Have Best Weekend in NFC East, Kindly Pass Along Lotto Numbers

Posted on October 19th, 2009 7:52am by Jeff Miller
Filed under Dallas Cowboys, Football, NFL

The Giants blocked a New Orleans PAT attempt, but they failed to block the other six and lost by 21. The Eagles couldn’t score a touchdown on the Raiders. The Chiefs joined the Lions as beneficiaries of that little-known Washington stimulus program known as playing the Redskins.

The battle of unbeatens at the Superdome was Eli Manning’s first pro visit back to his hometown. He played a passable game (he did get miffed like when Peyton flicked his ear in on that ESPN family tour), but the Giants’ defense didn’t. They’ll host Arizona next Sunday night.

The Cowboys scored as many touchdowns as the Eagles and Redskins did combined despite Philadelphia playing Oakland and Washington playing Kansas City. The Eagles should have had enough to win, anyway. David Akers hit three field goals in the mid 40s but also missed two. They became the first team in three years not to score a touchdown against the Raiders. Not a happy scene in the visitors’ locker room.

At least in New York and Philly they’re slightly distracted by cold-weather baseball. In Washington? At this rate, D.C.’s looking like a good hockey town. It appears that late-season Cowboys trip to Washington won’t be so difficult. All Thomas Boswell of The Washington Post called Sunday’s loss at home to K.C. was the bleakest moment in club history. (Personally, I thought they would have felt worse when Jimmy Johnson’s winless 1989 team came to town and won.) The Redskins became the first NFL team to play winless opponents in each of the first six games. Yet they have only two wins to show for it. The Redskins, with a new play caller and maybe a new quarterback, will host the Eagles next Monday night.

6 Comments to “If You Thought Cowboys Would Have Best Weekend in NFC East, Kindly Pass Along Lotto Numbers”

Beesley @ October 19th, 2009 at 8:38 am

I think this perspective should quiet the Cowboys’ knee-jerk fans. The level-headed ones should prevail. At least we’re not Philadelphia or Washington today. I’m actually totally positive the results will be about the same with any team playing the Saints right now. But it shows our division isn’t filled with world beaters. There is life.
Adam D @ October 19th, 2009 at 10:20 am

doesn’t everyone play a winless opponent in the first week? should that really count for Washington?
Jeff Miller @ October 19th, 2009 at 12:22 pm

@Adam D: Once you’ve lost to the next three winless foes following the opener, you get blame for the first one, too.
Adam D @ October 19th, 2009 at 7:42 pm

I was just thinking… Steve Smith is awfully unhappy in Carolina. Wouldn’t he be happier with a star on his helmet and a QB that can actually get the ball to him?
S. Arcasm @ October 19th, 2009 at 8:59 pm

How about the kid from Hawaii, Colt Brennan? Isn’t he the 3rd string QB for Washington? Give him a chance.
Babyarm @ October 19th, 2009 at 10:23 pm

You are in bad shape when your best feelings come from watching your foes during offweek.
The falcons have a real gm and their qb only cares about football….it may not be pretty.
Oh yeah, they have a savvy coach.

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