>haha, yes, the Cowboys need a kicker.
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>I don't understand what's with Vanderjagt. He's lost all confidence in himself. I remember around 2000-2001, he was automatic.

Yeah, but he leads the free world in plunked uprights. At least thse kicks are straight instead of shanked, he just needs to get the angles back. Just for the sake of psyche, he should have the holder kneal at a slight angle toward the center of the uprights. He couldn't do any worse.

>Dallas certainly benefited from a few favorable calls [and non-calls]...but I give them credit, they played a very aggressive and tough game against Dallas. It was a great game to watch, and you never could safely bet until the very end who would come out on top. But if I were a Cowboy fan, I'd admit in the back of my head that Indy got the short end of the calls.

Yes, and there was the bad Roughing the QB call against Dallas that was nothing but a love-tap. Yeah, technically Manning was bumped well after the pass, but jeesh, if you call that, at least put a dress and pumps on Manning. I think the announcers had a tremendous idea for a new rule where the refs can call a 5-yard penalty and no auto-first down on that kind of "roughing." Kind of like running into the kicker versus roughing the kicker.

>It will take a big coaching job for Parcells to get his team physically and mentally ready for Thursday.

The mind games are already under way, but, yeah, this could be another Washington Redskins trap game. However, if the defense continues to play like they did against the Colts, the Cowboys could run the table on the rest of the regular season or at least finish with 11 wins. Who scares you among these final games? TB, @NYG, NO, @ATL, PHI (no McNabb), DET.

>Hey, how 'about 'dem Chiefs? If the Giants beat Jax on Monday night, KC will have sole possesion of the number 2 WC spot. Yeah, there's still a long way to go, but I can dream. Bring on the Broncos....

I would not count on any favors from the Giants. They are severely beat up and injured.