When it was announced that Romo broke his pinky finger in OT last week in Phoenix, and would be out probably four weeks, the first thing that came to mind was “who is our backup?” I had to look at the roster to find out Brad Johnson was still under contract and was a bit surprised he was #2 on the depth chart.
The much anticipated day has come. We are 24 hours away from the season opener between the Dallas Cowboys and the Cleveland Browns. It’s a season that has been much hyped, some say over hyped, whether it be HBO’s Hard Knocks or premature speculation about a Super Bowl season.
In the largest game of the NFC this season, Brett Favre will lead his Green Bay Packers down to Texas and try to reverse his 0-9 losing streak at Texas Stadium. It’s NFL Thursday, and the game is only available on the NFL Network.
With Patrick Crayton healthy and the Cowboys defense on the upswing, give the points on this one. Cowboys beat the Packers by 8-10 points at least this week. But don’t you worry. This won’t be a snoozer. Expect this game to be one aerial display after another.
It was a typical route of the New York Jets. You got what you expected on that one. It doesn’t matter that the Jets found a way to dismantle the Steelers last week. This is this week, and the Cowboys are for real. With Terry Glenn out for most of the season and Patrick Crayton missing in action due to an ankle sprain, the Cowboys were looking pretty lean at the wide receiver position.
Terrell Owens and Sam Hurd got the start at wide out. After that, though, who’s left? Some third or fourth string guys we’ve never heard of. Not to bag on those guys, though. We’ve seen quite a few somebodies emerge from the ranks of the nobodies around the league.
