Jerry Jones Give Phillips Vote of Confidence

[Skinny Tee]

The Cowboys are coming off a win so it seems a little strange that Jones would have to show front office support for his coach during this week.

Do you suppose Jones is trying to shed light on their subpar season by making sure the media doesn't group the Cowboys in with teams who have been really struggling so far this season...Bills, Browns and Skins.

Dallas Cowboys coach Wade Phillips' job safe for this season - ESPN Dallas

[freddyg12]

yeah, funny timing. Almost like a shot to DAnny, put em on the spot even more.

It was also a while since Jerry got to say anything.

[JGisLordOfTheRings]

F Jerry.

F him right in the A.

[calia]

He's just driving down the asking price for Wade's replacement.

[CRedskinsRule]

Anyone who thinks Wade is not on the hotseat is crazy. His contract expires this year, and fans there are looking at the same list we see and drooling over the possibilities. They are not a much happier lot.

[Hog1]

Probably ONLY because the Rooney rule prevents him from pulling the trigger on a big coach deal during the season?

[sandtrapjack]

Originally Posted by Skinny Tee

The Cowboys are coming off a win so it seems a little strange that Jones would have to show front office support for his coach during this week.

Do you suppose Jones is trying to shed light on their subpar season by making sure the media doesn't group the Cowboys in with teams who have been really struggling so far this season...Bills, Browns and Skins.

Dallas Cowboys coach Wade Phillips' job safe for this season - ESPN Dallas

Subpar? What subpar?

It could be worse though....

Originally Posted by ESPN

Washington Redskins coach Jim Zorn appears to be sitting on one of the hottest seats in the NFL.

With uncertainty surrounding their coach, some players would like the front office to give the embattled Zorn a public vote of confidence -- if it doesn't intend to fire him during the season, The Washington Post reported.

Only 12 percent of SportsNation approves of the job Jim Zorn has done with the Redskins this season. Just the Raiders' Tom Cable and Bills' rick Jauron rank lower. Ratings

The newspaper talked with two prominent offensive players and a veteran defensive player who wished to remain anonymous.

"I wish someone upstairs would just say he's going to be our coach for the season," one of the unnamed players told the newspaper. "That way, we don't have to answer any more questions about it and everybody knows we're in this boat together."

Thats all Jones is doing, showing support for the coach, and preventing the full melt down like the one going on with the Redskins season.

Or the Associated Press could be writing things like this about Dallas
The Associated Press: Redskins' cream-puff schedule surpasses '54 Giants

But I certainly do not understand the "subpar" in your statement. Was anyone expecting Dallas to be 5-0 at this point or something?

[Skinny Tee]

Originally Posted by sandtrapjack

Subpar? What subpar?

But I certainly do not understand the "subpar" in your statement. Was anyone expecting Dallas to be 5-0 at this point or something?

Going to the wire and beyond with the Chiefs is subpar. Tony Romo is looking like the pedestrain QB he is without TO. Roy Williams is being shown up by 3rd stringers. Without the dumb luck of two long pass plays in that game would have lost all 4 quarters of that game instead of the 3 that they did.

By the way, 5-0 is way above par. Sub-par is below what is average. In the NFC East they are in 3rd place out of 4. Whether you agree or not the cowboys are not meeting their expectations.


Look at the bright side though...at least you won't go into overtime with a winless team this week.

[sandtrapjack]

Originally Posted by Skinny Tee

Going to the wire and beyond with the Chiefs is subpar. Tony Romo is looking like the pedestrain QB he is without TO. Roy Williams is being shown up by 3rd stringers. Without the dumb luck of two long pass plays in that game would have lost all 4 quarters of that game instead of the 3 that they did.

By the way, 5-0 is way above par. Sub-par is below what is average. In the NFC East they are in 3rd place out of 4. Whether you agree or not the cowboys are not meeting their expectations.

Look at the bright side though...at least you won't go into overtime with a winless team this week.

Ok, thats irony for you, talkng smack about going to OT with a winless team, albiet winning in OT, when the Redskins have LOST to 2 winless teams, could not score a TD against the third winless team and barely squeeked out a win in a FedEx filed that resounded with boos. Not to mention they host a third winless team this Sunday.

Yet even after all that, Dallas still has the #1 offense in total yards and 8th in yards per game. Do we even want to discuss where the Redskins ranked? (HINT: It is in the low to mid 20's). The only 2 losses Dallas has are against 2 of only 5 undefeated teams in the NFL. And in those 2 games Dallas either had the lead in the last minutes of the game or were in position to take the lead. Taking 2 of the best teams in the league (this season) to the wire is okay.

Even without Owens (and what has Owens done thus far) Romo is still the #5 QB in the league in total yards, #8 in yards per game.

Originally Posted by Skinny Tee

Whether you agree or not the cowboys are not meeting their expectations.

What expecatations? I know the preseason polls I read, and most posters on this board were in concurrence speculating the Cowboys finishing no better than 9-7 this season, probably 8-8 and missing the playoffs.

All of these "Power Rankings" that sports sites do, none have ever had the Cowboys ranked higher than 14th in the NFL.

So what expectations are you referring to? I know it cant be the players expectations. Because the next question would be what were the Redskins players expectations for the season?

So I really do not get the 'subpar' comment. I think they are right about where we expected them to be.

[Skinny Tee]

Originally Posted by sandtrapjack

Ok, thats irony for you, talkng smack about going to OT with a winless team, albiet winning in OT, when the Redskins have LOST to 2 winless teams, could not score a TD against the third winless team and barely squeeked out a win in a FedEx filed that resounded with boos. Not to mention they host a third winless team this Sunday.

Yet even after all that, Dallas still has the #1 offense in total yards and 8th in yards per game. Do we even want to discuss where the Redskins ranked? (HINT: It is in the low to mid 20's). The only 2 losses Dallas has are against 2 of only 5 undefeated teams in the NFL. And in those 2 games Dallas either had the lead in the last minutes of the game or were in position to take the lead. Taking 2 of the best teams in the league (this season) to the wire is okay.

Even without Owens (and what has Owens done thus far) Romo is still the #5 QB in the league in total yards, #8 in yards per game.

What expecatations? I know the preseason polls I read, and most posters on this board were in concurrence speculating the Cowboys finishing no better than 9-7 this season, probably 8-8 and missing the playoffs.

All of these "Power Rankings" that sports sites do, none have ever had the Cowboys ranked higher than 14th in the NFL.

So what expectations are you referring to? I know it cant be the players expectations. Because the next question would be what were the Redskins players expectations for the season?

So I really do not get the 'subpar' comment. I think they are right about where we expected them to be.

I think you don't get it because you're a cowboys fan. Everything is bigger in Texas...including their ignorance.

For the 'subpar' comment, it's like the cowboys defense, there's really not much to it. You seemed to highlight all of the one-sided aspects of the team and left out some particulars. The cowboys defense is 21st in the league letting 357.8 total yds roll a game and has the 28th ranked pass defense giving 251.4 pass yards a game.

The cowboys aren't doing as well as you might seem to think. In fact, why would any owner need address the fact that they aren't firing their coach if they are where they should be so far this season.


By the way, I know shots at the Skins are easy and all, but not during ANY POINT did I back up the on field performance of the Skins. It's easy to start ranking on them I know, but you're not proving anything to me that I don't already know about them...It's not like I'm disillusioned about my team like you are.

[53Fan]

Originally Posted by Skinny Tee

I think you don't get it because you're a cowboys fan. Everything is bigger in Texas...including their ignorance.

For the 'subpar' comment, it's like the cowboys defense, there's really not much to it. You seemed to highlight all of the one-sided aspects of the team and left out some particulars. The cowboys defense is 21st in the league letting 357.8 total yds roll a game and has the 28th ranked pass defense giving 251.4 pass yards a game.

The cowboys aren't doing as well as you might seem to think. In fact, why would any owner need address the fact that they aren't firing their coach if they are where they should be so far this season.


By the way, I know shots at the Skins are easy and all, but not during ANY POINT did I back up the on field performance of the Skins. It's easy to start ranking on them I know, but you're not proving anything to me that I don't already know about them...It's not like I'm disillusioned about my team like you are.

Good points but you're wasting your time Tee. This is what he does. He came on the board last year running his mouth and then after we whipped their ass in dallas he disappeared. Typical Cowgirl fan. They come and talk shit when you're down, and disappear when they're beaten.

[Ruhskins]

Originally Posted by sandtrapjack

Ok, thats irony for you, talkng smack about going to OT with a winless team, albiet winning in OT, when the Redskins have LOST to 2 winless teams, could not score a TD against the third winless team and barely squeeked out a win in a FedEx filed that resounded with boos. Not to mention they host a third winless team this Sunday.

Yet even after all that, Dallas still has the #1 offense in total yards and 8th in yards per game. Do we even want to discuss where the Redskins ranked? (HINT: It is in the low to mid 20's). The only 2 losses Dallas has are against 2 of only 5 undefeated teams in the NFL. And in those 2 games Dallas either had the lead in the last minutes of the game or were in position to take the lead. Taking 2 of the best teams in the league (this season) to the wire is okay.

Even without Owens (and what has Owens done thus far) Romo is still the #5 QB in the league in total yards, #8 in yards per game.



What expecatations? I know the preseason polls I read, and most posters on this board were in concurrence speculating the Cowboys finishing no better than 9-7 this season, probably 8-8 and missing the playoffs.

All of these "Power Rankings" that sports sites do, none have ever had the Cowboys ranked higher than 14th in the NFL.

So what expectations are you referring to? I know it cant be the players expectations. Because the next question would be what were the Redskins players expectations for the season?

So I really do not get the 'subpar' comment. I think they are right about where we expected them to be.

I really don't care what your comments are all about or whether you're right or wrong, I'm just noticing that you and your Cowboy buddies around here are just showing up now that the Skins are in the dumps and your team survive that moral defeat against KC (trust me we know about moral defeats). Maybe if they had lost, you would not even be showing up here...

Wait, I just bothered reading a bit of this post...your Cowpukes team will always have big expectations from the media, thanks to the hundreds of bandwa...I mean "fans" that the team has. In case you didn't notice, just about everyone had the Redskins not doing well (and rightfully so), but there's always a media talking head or two that has the Cowgirls in the playoffs.

[sandtrapjack]

Originally Posted by Skinny Tee

Going to the wire and beyond with the Chiefs is subpar.

Well at least the 'Skins didn't take the Chiefs to OT.

[Ruhskins]

Originally Posted by sandtrapjack

Well at least the 'Skins didn't take the Chiefs to OT.

Yes, but we don't have your team's expectations.

[sandtrapjack]

Originally Posted by Ruhskins

Yes, but we don't have your team's expectations.

So just what are the Redskins expectations compared to those alleged expectations of the Cowboys?