Wins may not satisfy Dallas Cowboys' critics

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Cowboys vs. Media
Published 10/7/2008 by noreply@blogger.com (Chip's Moody Blues) at Uwe Blog
... listen to talk radio and you'd think the Cowboys were 1-4 getting whooped by 32 points every week. Instead they're 4-1 and the criticism has never really been harsher. Jean-Jacque Taylor took head coach Wade Phillips to task for not getting his team inspired amid a very uninspiring stretch Sunday versus the Bengals. Today, Tim Cowlishaw criticizes Phillips for continually defending his team's lackluster play. Todd Archer, too, gets in the act citing a general dislike of the Cowboys play. There are several factors at play here. For one, the ...

Cowboys are the subject of much debate
Published 10/7/2008 by Dave Halprin (Grizz) at Blogging The Boys
... pretty dang good. The other side sees the win as a good thing but focuses on the overall growth of the team and how well they're playing. Are they getting better or regressing? And how does this look for the team's chances down the road? It's an interesting debate. And by the way, I don't think the two sides are mutually exclusive. As I said before, the reality is more complex than just a "right or wrong" way of thinking. Todd Archer looks at the statistical side of things, here. Tim Cowlishaw examines Wade Phillips' role in the whole ...

'Round the League We Go: Week 6
Published 10/7/2008 at Da Bears Blog
... Todd Archer says that the Cowboys are victims of high expectations and that's why we're not saluting their 4-1 start. Really Todd? Why these high expectations? Could it be that it's a team full of celebrities that never shut up about how good they are and tell us time and time again how they're the best team in football and how it is championship or bust while their quarterback turns the ball over and defense looks like the weak unit that it is and facially re-constructed owner parades on the sideline the second the team falls behind a field goal? Maybe? ...