Random thoughts from around the rest of the NFC East

is such a threat WR. I love the ability and explosiveness of DeSean and Jeremy, but I truly wish we had a number one with size and ability like Austin that didn’t disappear in games/the red zone.

What’s absolutely maddening about Austin too is that they got him for free. For all Romo’s faults, Dallas has a #1 receiver and starting QB that they got for nothing.

How much of that is luck, and how much credit we give them for coaching those guys up, I’m not sure, but imagine how ****ed they’d be if they hadn’t gotten those guys off the scrap heap.

Im worried about the Giants. Im glad we dont play them soon. Maybe they can self implode before we play them

… I’ve never seen anything like it. I’m actually less worried about them after their 3-2 start than I was looking at them on paper in preseason.

Simply put, their style of victory (so far) is unsustainable.

They could easily be 0-5 like the 49ers. They aren’t, and that’s a credit to them. I actually think their best game was the OT loss against the Texans (so to be fair, they could be 4-1 as well).

They have played good defense the past few weeks. They haven’t really gotten much out of Haynesworth yet. They are cutting a lot of the dead weight off that roster and giving jobs to young, hungry players like Anthony Armstrong, Brandon Banks and Ryan Torain.

That would be about where the positives end. They go long stretches (at least 2 quarters) in every game not being able to move the ball. They usually can’t run the ball and rely on Kyle Shanahan’s Texans magic to bail them out. They were terrible on defense against the Texans, and they don’t generate much pressure outside of Orakpo. They just benched their best guard (though not their best fit for Shanahan system) and Trent Williams is banged up, so I think their O-line will continue to struggle.

Basically they have a lot of improving to do. If the Jags weren’t also 3-2, I’d say they are the flimsiest 3-2 team in the league. And yes, since the Eagles lost to these guys, they must be mentioned in the same breath.

The Cowboys are an absolute mess.

Yes, they are.

Their O Line can’t block anybody

If what we saw in the Tennessee game continues, yeah, but before that game they saw 1 sack in god knows how many attempts from Romo (a lot)… Just because the Tennessee game was a complete meltdown from the Line, it doesn’t mean that they have been awful in the other games…

Now, can they get the auto-aim from their own foots? I hope that they do, you can do the opposite.

And its the reason they are winning now. It disgusts me to have to say they look pretty good.

RE: Cowboys

Remember last year during week 14 when the Cowboys were on a 2 game losing streak and had just escaped Washington by a score of 7-6? They had to face the undefeated Saints the next week.

Wheres Joe-D? I thought he said the Giants Blow.

It was just a matte of time before they got better, and now they are.

Just got word that Brodrick Bunkley is out for the whole year. He will undergo surgery.

Remember last year that the Gigantes were 5-0 at this point, and had the 2nd-best defense (either yards-wise or points-wise, maybe both, I can’t remember) in the league, both with better numbers than they have now.

Fates can change at the drop of a hat.

Nicks or Maclin? So far I would have to give the edge to Nicks

Really good read.

I know how this is going to sound coming from a Giants fan, and I know you already gave us a lot of props…but I just have to state my case for Hakeem Nicks for best receiver in the NFC East here.

The Cowboys throw the ball a hell of a lot more than the Giants do, clearly evident by the fact that Romo has the same number of attempts as Eli…in one less game. Nicks is only a second year player, and he’s leading all NFL Wide Receivers in touchdowns so far (6), and third amongst WRs for 20+ yard receptions (8).

Take into account Eli loves to spread the ball around (28 Receptions for Steve Smith, 14 for Mario Manningham) and I think the edge might have to go to Nicks here.

Ø OK, now I’m wondering which draft class is worse… the Cowboys’ 2009 class, or the Redskins’ 2008 class, which consisted of the following players: Devin Thomas, Fred Davis, Malcolm Kelly, Chad Rinehart, Justin Tryon, Durant Brooks, Kareem Moore, Colt Brennan, Rob Jackson, and Chris Horton. It’s way too early to tell yet, but I’m leaning toward the Cowboys’ 2009 class.

Kareem Moore starts at free safety and since he’s been back (last 2 games), they’ve stopped stinking up the joint back there.

That alone gives the Skins the edge at the moment.

Good write up, can’t say I disagree with much.

Even if I don’t like Miles Austin…

regarding the d-line, it’s amazing how people don’t take into account the injuries they had. With Tuck playing with two healthy arms, and Canty not being crippled by his calf tear, they can actually show what they’re capale of when everyone is healthy and…oh yeah, Kiwi’s been out and Osi has foot and hip problems. Huh. I’ll just fall back on the easy answer that Bill Sheridan was a freaking moron that couldn’t utilize his weapons properly, something PF seems to have figured out after a quarter of the season.

the guy catches about EVERYTHING…he’s as strong as a TE and as fast as a guy 30lbs smaller.

He really makes me wish we had a guy that we could force it to (like Austin, like Roddy White)

A nice writeup of the division with a personal slant.

I think the big difference is the two new DC’s in the division.

Fewell is using the same players Sheridan had last year and turned them into the defence we thought we were getting last year. Haslett despite all the protests about using the 3-4 has the Skins playing strong defence with some good players and some cast offs like Carriker.

The Cowboys still have WP as the DC but the inside LB’s have got old and the safeties are next to useless – but they still have some good players in Ware, Ratliff and Spencer.

The Eagles were a real tough defence under JJ but appear to have lost their way under McDermott – is that a fair comment to make? If so do the Eagles fans still feel that he is the right man for the job or should he be replaced at season end?

The Eagles were a real tough defence under JJ but appear to have lost their way under McDermott – is that a fair comment to make?

I think that’s fair, though JJ defenses threw up their share of stinkers, too. To me, they just seemed like the defensive version of the “bad McNabb” games. Here, there seems like less variation and more consistent mediocrity, the Jags (who maybe aren’t as completely awful as we made them look?) game being an outlier at this point.

I think it’s still unclear whether it’s McDermott or the talent he has at his disposal. Vincent, Taylor (and later Brown and Sheppard in their best years), Dawk, Trot, and Hugh Douglas in their primes could probably hide a lot of sins.

I don’t mean that as disrespect to JJ at all, I just don’t think McDermott has had the same caliber of playmakers. I think the D still has room to grow with a lot of young and new starters who still need to mesh as a unit. I don’t think that process will be complete in 1 season*, but I’m hoping they get better throughout the year.

If they don’t, this might be Dick Jauron’s mess to clean up next year.

*I didn’t say the “r” word, but you know what I mean.

has the best secondary in the NFC East?

My bias goes with the Giants. Any dissenters?

And I am not biased(though an eagles fan), they lead the east in interceptions and with samuel and hobbs starting have shutdown corner potential on both sides, q and allen in the backend with hanson as the third corner are not too shabby either. Their secondary is extremely underrated this year with samuel in.