Sunday Night Football: Tampa Bay @ Dallas Game Thread

[Dopey]

Broken thumb for Dak?

[Buffalo_Stampede]

Whoa

 

[ExWNYer]

Apparently, Prescott is going to need surgery for an injury in the joint above the thumb of his right hand, per Jerruh. Hello, NFC East basement.

 

 

[Warcodered]

3 minutes ago, Buffalo_Stampede said:

Whoa

 

Oh no Dak's not going to be able to play he was doing so well...

[Simon]

3 minutes ago, ExWNYer said:

Apparently, Prescott is going to need surgery for an injury in the joint above the thumb of his right hand, per Jerruh..

 

 

Well, that was a short season. 🤷‍♂️

[ExWNYer]

7 minutes ago, Simon said:

 

Well, that was a short season. 🤷‍♂️

 

Much like my 'run' in the TBD Survivor Pool. Done in on Week 1 by the stupid Titans. I have never been eliminated in the first week. I guess there's a first for everything. Oh, well. One less thing to do...

[Big Blitz]

Bengals coming in to town next week.  

 

Big that they lost that game today vs Pittsburgh despite the refs best efforts to help them.  

[0017]

Jimmy G to Dallas? 😃

[Simon]

14 minutes ago, ExWNYer said:

 

Much like my 'run' in the TBD Survivor Pool. Done in on Week 1 by the stupid Titans. I have never been eliminated in the first week. I guess there's a first for everything. Oh, well. One less thing to do...

 

You're just getting rid of the unnecessary things in your life 

[Fan in Chicago]

31 minutes ago, Warcodered said:

Oh no Dak's not going to be able to play he was doing so well...

Never good to hear about any injury. 

But he was not playing well. Indecisive, inaccurate. I have never bought into the hype surrounding him and tonight was proof of why.

[Warcodered]

Just now, Fan in Chicago said:

Never good to hear about any injury. 

But he was not playing well. Indecisive, inaccurate. I have never bought into the hype surrounding him and tonight was proof of why.

Yeah nobody wants anybody to get hurt, but I do wonder if this injury is going to gloss over the fact that he was ***** awful.

[LabattBlue]

How ‘bout them Cowboys! 😂

[Special K]

43 minutes ago, ExWNYer said:

 

Much like my 'run' in the TBD Survivor Pool. Done in on Week 1 by the stupid Titans. I have never been eliminated in the first week. I guess there's a first for everything. Oh, well. One less thing to do...

 

Me too!

 

I already hated the Titans, now this gives me yet another reason.

[ChronicAndKnuckles]

1 hour ago, Royale with Cheese said:

I think its the Eagles.

Don’t sleep on the Giants. They played with a lot of heart today.

[dollars 2 donuts]

2 hours ago, Fixxxer said:

game over...

 

The idea that this dreadful mess could possibly have higher ratings than the Bills game last Thursday is appalling.

 

We watched an old man and a China doll tonight.  
 

 

[Beck Water]

1 hour ago, Doc Brown said:

He's always benefited from a top five offensive line until now.  I'd put him in the middle of the pack.

 

For a veteran QB, he seemed totally clueless about needing to account for an unblocked rusher on the L edge

[QCity]

That was not an entertaining game. This looks like the last year for McCarthy. Maybe Jerry will finally wise up and hire a GM? Hahaha who am I kidding.

[John from Riverside]

3 hours ago, billsfan714 said:

He was an un-drafted free agent.

An undrafted free agent tight end at that

[BillsfaninSB]

2 hours ago, Big Blitz said:

Bengals coming in to town next week.  

 

Big that they lost that game today vs Pittsburgh despite the refs best efforts to help them.  

Bummer that Bengals will get a freebie.

[GunnerBill]

Monday morning reflections:

 

1. Is this the year Tampa finally committs to Fournette as a featured part of their offense? Ronald Jones is gone, as is Bruce Arians... a playcaller who generally lacks patience for the run game. He looked fast and decisive last night. Can see him having a big year.

 

2. I am not sure how many more losses to the offensive line Tampa can absorb. Personally I think if Smith is out long term it is time to flip Tristan Wirfs to the blindside. He has been an elite right tackle his first two years. Time to see if he can man the big boy spot. 

 

3. Talking of offensive lines a lot of the pre-season talk has been around this being the worst Dallas Oline in over a decade. It looked every bit that last night. It wasn't just rookie tackle Tyler Smith that was up and down. The whole line struggled. Not sure how fixable that is. 

 

EDITED: Just seen that the hit that took Dak out has actually been diagnosed as a broken bone in his throwing hand. Well that's that. I always say nothing can sink a season faster than a bad offensive line. Dak done for 6-8 weeks. Dallas done for the year. Stick a pin in Mike McCarthy. 

 

4. The Cowboys know their protection is struggling and their adjustment first half was to try and go heavy play action keep extra guys in to protect and only run 2 or 3 people into the pattern. Which resulted in every Dallas receiver looking double covered - they were. 

 

5. As a spectacle compared to last year's Thursday night opener this was a boring football game. The two brands that I think most NFL fans are officially over are the Cowboys and Brady. I need to see less of both in prime time. 

Edited September 12, 2022 by GunnerBill