While Tony Romo’s back problems have been a concern throughout this season, Jerry Jones said Tuesday morning that the franchise quarterback’s health with three games remaining actually gives him “additional excitement” about where the Dallas Cowboys are headed.
This final stretch will begin with a rematch against the Eagles in Philadelphia Sunday night.
Why might this game go differently than the Eagles’ 33-10 win on Thanksgiving Day at AT&T Stadium?
“I think the fact that the Thanksgiving game was just so out of step relative to really both sides of the ball, I think we can play better than that,” Jones said on 105.3 The Fan [KRLD-FM]. “I think the fact that we’re playing good on the road and that we can play a lot better than we played against the Eagles here at home on Thanksgiving, I think all of that really encourages me that we have a real chance to go up there and win the ball game.”
Later in the interview, Jones said he thinks the Cowboys have overachieved this season. Sitting at 9-4 after three consecutive 8-8 seasons, Jones specifically discuessed the offensive line, Romo, DeMarco Murray and the defense.
“In the case of the offensive line, it’s jelled quicker than anyone could have imagined with the youth that’s in the offensive line,” Jones said. “Do I think Romo has overachieved? If you want to start with everybody worried about his back, everybody worried about where is he? What stage is he? He’s certainly having a great year.
“When I look at the talent of Murray, I don’t know that that’s overachieving, but it’s certainly more than we expected. Overall, we’re doing a lot more out there than we expected.
“The same thing over on the defensive side of the ball. We got holes, but boy I’ll tell you what, they are not the holes that could’ve been there. Fifty-five, [Rolando] McClain, has just absolutely been a godsend and is doing a job for our defense and for our team that it would have been a stretch to [expect that] before the season.”
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This final stretch will begin with a rematch against the Eagles in Philadelphia Sunday night.
Why might this game go differently than the Eagles’ 33-10 win on Thanksgiving Day at AT&T Stadium?
“I think the fact that the Thanksgiving game was just so out of step relative to really both sides of the ball, I think we can play better than that,” Jones said on 105.3 The Fan [KRLD-FM]. “I think the fact that we’re playing good on the road and that we can play a lot better than we played against the Eagles here at home on Thanksgiving, I think all of that really encourages me that we have a real chance to go up there and win the ball game.”
Later in the interview, Jones said he thinks the Cowboys have overachieved this season. Sitting at 9-4 after three consecutive 8-8 seasons, Jones specifically discuessed the offensive line, Romo, DeMarco Murray and the defense.
“In the case of the offensive line, it’s jelled quicker than anyone could have imagined with the youth that’s in the offensive line,” Jones said. “Do I think Romo has overachieved? If you want to start with everybody worried about his back, everybody worried about where is he? What stage is he? He’s certainly having a great year.
“When I look at the talent of Murray, I don’t know that that’s overachieving, but it’s certainly more than we expected. Overall, we’re doing a lot more out there than we expected.
“The same thing over on the defensive side of the ball. We got holes, but boy I’ll tell you what, they are not the holes that could’ve been there. Fifty-five, [Rolando] McClain, has just absolutely been a godsend and is doing a job for our defense and for our team that it would have been a stretch to [expect that] before the season.”
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