Playoff Writeup....

The Dallas Cowboys of 2006 have had a rocky season, that just got even rockier, having the 2-13 Detroit Lions at home heading into the postseason, hoping to gain momentum the 9-6 Cowboys had fell on there face, rather hard. After the 39-31 loss at Texas Stadium, the 5th seeded Cowboys will head West to face off against the 9-7 Seahawks on Saturday night. I've no idea what to expect of this game, Seattle isn't as hot as they should be which is a good thing, also it seems that the Cowboys are playing better on the road this year, having won crucial games at Carolina, New York, and Atlanta, with wins at Tennessee and Arizona.

Tony Romo has FINALLY come back to earth, which could also equal the perfect time, now knowing what he needs work on a week before the big tournament. The Cowboys a month ago were looking to secure a #2 seed in the NFC, that went out the window with a key loss to New Orleans. All was still well, as we could still win the NFC East and play a first rd. home game. That idea was scratched after Philly came into Dallas on Christmas and outplayed us, taking home a 23-7 victory, and a week later, the division.

The Cowboys haven't met with Seattle this year, only last year as we led most of the game until Drew Bledsoe forced a late pass in the late 4th quarter to setup a Josh Brown game winning FG. It's been A LONG 4 years since I have expierienced a playoff matchup. The last one taking place in 2003 as the 6th seeded Cowboys faced the Superbowl losers Carolina, losing 29-10. That was Parcells' first year, the year our defense was stout as all hell, the year Quincy Carter was up and down as anyone in the league, the year we have ZERO running game. Things have changed since then, our defense is playing like paper, our offense can't find a rhythm, but one thing is definitely for sure, I would choose Tony Romo to start this game over Quincy Carter( no longer in the league) and Drew Bledsoe (benched earlier this year) Parcells has talked of improving in all aspects since the New Orleans thrashing on Monday Night several weeks ago, we have gotten worse. We have gone from good to terrible on defense dealing with 3rd downs, we have 1 pass rusher in Demarcus Ware, and our secondary, save for Terence Newman cannot cover ANYONE.. This is not a good thing when facing Seattle's Branch, Jackson, etc....

Playing on the road does not scare me, I KNOW we can hold Shaun Alexander to under 70 or 80, we have done it before, his 4 career games against total around 215 yds combined rushing in all 4. Speaking of playing Seattle, it was Julius Jones 2 years ago that ran ALL OVER them for 198 yds and 3 td's on Monday Night, well Julius we can sure use you under those lights again, as our running game has failed to get going recently. If we can attack early and get TO involved we should win this game. Also, spelling Julius with Barber III should tire the Seattle D. Hopefully I won't get let down since I haven't seen a playoff win since 1996, wow 11 years ago... Come Saturday Night, GO COWBOYS!!!!! I'll say Cowboys 24 Seahawks 20