Life Without Tony: The Cowboys' Guide To Winning

It's a new day in Dallas. Not only did they lose starting quarterback and resident team leader Tony Romo to a broken pinkie, they got their proverbial you-know-whats handed to them (rather unceremoniously) by the formerly mediocre-at-best Arizona Cardinals. I hope Travis LaBoy and Darnell Dockett both received game balls after Sunday's game against the visiting Cowboys. I don't remember the last time two players disrupted an offense more effectively than these two. They were reminiscent of Strahan and Umenyiora, except Dockett was coming up the middle. Where was the Dallas offensive line on Sunday? Jason Garrett better start limiting his front five to a pound of pasta per day from now on. They were slow, weak, and bursting with technical errors. Next week, the Boys' in blue roll into St. Louis to face another average-at-best defense that just helped its team break an eight-game losing streak by bringing down Washington QB Jason Campbell four times and forcing three fumbles. Several things ... (link)