LONG KICK: New England’s Stephen Gostkowski extended his NFL-best streak of made field goals to 19 with three, including a career-long of 57 yards in the final seconds of the first half. As the starter, Weeden had one touchdown pass and two interceptions, but the Cowboys scored just 26 points in their past two games after scoring 28 points on his first six drives. Both penalties came on rub routes, when Martin and Edelman were deemed to illegally pick defenders in an effort to free open a receiver.
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Now there’s a deadline with his wife just days away from delivering. Lucky Whitehead had no impact on kickoff or punt returns and Cole Beasley remains a punt catcher. The main reason for this dubious dip is the loss of quarterback Tony Romo under center. He has more experience as an National Football League starter than Weeden and has been to a Pro Bowl.
Dallas Cowboys’ Brandon Weeden (3) is sacked by New England… The hope is that Cassel gets it headed back in the right direction, and keeps the Cowboys playoff hopes alive until Romo gets back.
Now there is a lot of football between now and then and with the teams stars missing on offense, every week is going to be a struggle to find ways to win the game.
“The Patriots are the most complete team in the game right now”, Newsday’s Bob Glauber said in moving New England ahead of Green Bay, “with Tom Brady performing flawlessly on offense and Bill Belichick pushing all the right buttons on defense”.
Overall, it could not be more obvious that this team misses Tony Romo and Dez Bryant. There are too many questions with the other teams in the division for them to compete with a healthy Cowboys team.
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So, they turned to Brandon Weeden as a backup and Weeden did exactly what you’d think Weeden would do when they told us they were going with Brandon Weeden.
The 33 year old has played for the Minnesota Vikings the last couple of seasons, but just three times last year, with Teddy Bridgewater taking over the QB #1 role.
Cassel also inherits a defense that just added defensive end Greg Hardy, already with two sacks on the season, and middle linebacker Rolando McClain, already with a sack and 8 tackles.
Speaking of weeks going by, the Cowboys have a bye week and it couldn’t have come at a better time.
Weeden, on the other hand, hasn’t won a game as a starting quarterback dating to his 2012 rookie season with Cleveland. Thank goodness for Romo’s sake, he’s already on the injured reserved designated to return list.
By that time, the now 2-3 Cowboys could have a record of 2-7, 6-3, or anywhere in between.
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The Giants are getting ready for a crucial NFC East showdown with the Eagles this coming Monday in Philadelphia. If Cassel can deliver even modest results, the 2015 campaign is still very much alive.
