Dangers are a weak spot for Dallas
Cowboys' safety spots safe place for opponents (Jim Reeves, FWST)
What I saw Sunday night convinced me the Cowboys cannot win a Super Bowl with these safeties. I'm not even sure they can win another game, so exposed was this defense against the Saints.
Roy Williams hits like a freight train but couldn't cover a parking meter. And on the other side, Keith Davis and Patrick Watkins alternate weeks posing as burned toast.
None of this is really new to Sooner fans. Williams was a poor pass defender at Oklahoma, but Stoops and crew minimized his exposure. It's harder to cover up deficiencies in the NFL, and it became harder still with the retirement of Darren Woodson.
The coverage abilities of the Dallas safeties are so bad that they should probably rename the position from Safety to Danger or Jeopardy or some such.
Posted by Kevin Whited @ 12/12/06 08:55 | Dallas Cowboys | Technorati
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Yup. I've been saying this for years, ever since Easy Eddie Reed got jobbed for the Jim Thorpe Award by a safety who can't cover. Even my most blindered Cowboy fans now concede what I have been saying for years. Kryptonite, as I've taken to calling him, is a good player, but not a great one.
Posted by TP @ 15:05 on 12/12/06
My favorite two teams growing up were always the Oilers and whoever was playing the Cowboys. I wasn't too surprised by the Cowboy loss Sunday. I've watched a couple games this season both of which were much akin to watching paint dry. All I could think about Sunday night was "or him". As in we could have had Vince who finished off the Texans Sunday, "or him". Unfortunately, neither.
Posted by T.W. Gibson @ 18:03 on 12/14/06
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